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IET West Yorkshire Local Network Prizes for Student Excellence 2020

The West Yorkshire Local Network Prizes for Student Excellence have now been belatedly (due to corona virus restrictions) awarded for the year 2020. Each award consists of a certificate and £250 plus something significant to add into the student’s CV. We wish all four students further success in their engineering careers. The four 2020 winners are: Sanita Dombrovska (age 28) studying Level 3 Advanced Apprenticeship Framework in Engineering Technical Support (Performing Engineering Operations Level 2 + BTEC level 3 Diploma in Engineering) at Keighley College. Sam Ferguson (age 19) studying BTEC L3 Extended Diploma in Advanced Manufacturing (Mechanical) at Wakefield College. Danny Spink (age 19) studying EAL Level 3 Fabrication and Welding at Leeds City College School of Engineering. Samuel Batchelar…

Oliver Clarke
International Cost Management Standard (ICMS) 3

This third edition of ICMS recognises the criticality of consistently reporting carbon emissions if a disaster caused by global climate change is to be averted. By providing a common reporting framework for capital costs, life cycle costs and carbon emissions, it allows their interrelationship to be explored, and provides the data to make decisions about the design, construction, operation and maintenance of the built environment that optimises environmental sustainability. In addition to extending the use of ICMS to carbon emissions, the Standard Setting Committee has taken this opportunity to add five new project types: ‘Offshore structures’, ‘Near shore works’, ‘Ports’, ‘Waterway works’ and ‘Land formation and reclamation’ as well as making minor modifications in response to feedback received…

Joanne Longton
Arc Flash Risk Management - A Health And Safety Factfile Provided By The IET.

This IET factfile seeks to set out the key principles of arc flash risk management using a risk-based approach. It is aimed at persons with responsibility for the management of safety in the control and implementation of work on electrical power equipment. Have a look and let us know what you think? Any technical questions or points you want to raise, then comment below and we will get to them.The document describes an approach, based on a hierarchy of risk control measures. It adopts a holistic risk management methodology using the 4Ps of Predict, Prevent, Process and Protect to ensure that arc flash hazards are systematically identified, analysed and prevented from causing harm. Removal of the hazard through working only on or near equipment that is made dead and suitably isolated should…

Lynsay Callaghan
Electrical Safety Management, 7 - 9 September 2021

According to Ireland’s Health and Safety Authority “In Ireland, there have been 40 electrocutions or deaths from the explosive/burning effects of electricity from 2001 to the end of 2020. Of those, 25 deaths have been associated with a work activity”. It doesn’t seem very many, but one fatality a year represents a loved-one lost, doing their job. Electrical safety in organisations is often the responsibility of non-electrically qualified staff, from facilities managers up to company directors. Is that you? If so, are you confident you know how to manage your organisation’s electrical risk? This course has helped hundreds of delegates to audit their policies and procedures through the simple approach of the Code of Practice: "All presenters were engaging. Giving useful and practical examples…

Lynsay Callaghan
High Performing Flexible Railway Systems For The Future, A Joint Institution Seminar With IRSE, IET, IMechE, PWI, IRO And RIA

The need to provide high performance railway systems has never been greater. While the outlook for the rail sector is bright, it faces many real threats in the post COVID era. This autumn, 5 major institutions and the Railway Industry Association bring together expert speakers from across engineering and operational disciplines to present a vision of “High Performing Flexible Railway Systems for the Future” IET Discount code available - contact lcallaghan@theiet.org for this code. Live Q&A on 13 October 2021 and 3 November 2021 at 9am - 10.30am The seminar will cover factors spanning the operational and engineering disciplines, focusing on how they contribute to increasing capacity, reliability, flexibility and resilience, while delivering the high quality of service that customers demand…

Lynsay Callaghan
Quality Attenuation On Broadband Services (IET Anglian Coastal Local Network).

"If customers don't notice the difference, then they won't want pay for more" explained Gavin Young MIEEE FIET, Head of Fixed Access, Centre of Excellence at Vodafone Group Technology at the 'Quality Attenuation and its Impact on Broadband Service Assurance' webinar organised by the IET Anglian Coastal Local Network hosted by Kevin Foster. Gavin, started at the basics, so as packets go through hops, they either get delayed, or get dropped, ideally, we want zero delay and zero loss, however this never happens, and the difference is known as the 'delta' which is degradation from a perfect state. The delta is dependent on variables such as Wi-Fi issues or rerouting or can now even be serverless apps moving around dynamically. For years broadband has been focused on speed. The more speed meant…

Rimesh Patel
Professional Registration slides

The slides from Rob Wright's Webinar presentation (Tuesday 6th July 2021) "Professional Registration" have been uploaded to the "Files" area of the IET Buckinghamshire Community Webpage.

Andrew Dodd
IET Community Histories

G'day all Hope this message finds you well. As part of the IET150th anniversary celebration, some LNs in the Asia Pacific region (Queensland, Western Australia, Hong Kong and Brunei) have been chosen to share their history and achievements throughout the years. Do check out their history and also history of other LNs in the other regions (United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA), Asia Pacific, South Asia and America). Every month 2-3 LN histories will be featured. https://celebrate150.theiet.org/celebrating-our-history/iet-community-histories/

Siong Tang
CPD certificate for "Professional Registration" : 6th July 2021

CPD certificate for "Professional Registration" : 6th July 2021 Webinar presented by Rob Wright (IET PRA) 2 hours of CPD

Andrew Dodd
Virtual workshop on Gender Equity and Energy Access in Nigeria

Thursday 8th July 10am WAT - 12pm WAT This workshop is intended for professionals across the energy sector including policy bodies, regulatory authorities, NGOs, cooperative societies, international donor agencies, academics and energy enterprises. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAucequrjIuG9YdpuCrMN3bo6vxENzGADiL After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. More information and speaker information can be found on the attached flyer,

Lynsay Callaghan
ICEC World Congress 2022

ICEC, the International Cost Engineering Council, represents more than 300.000 ICEC Professionals (Cost Engineers; Project Controls Professionals; and Quantity Surveyors), in more than 40 Associations working in more than 120 Countries. The ICEC Professionals work globally in amongst others the building, infra, petrochem, steel, mining, food, manufacturing industries.The ICEC World Congress brings together Principals, Customers, Engineers, Contractors and ICEC Professionals to share experiences and knowledge around the theme of the ICEC World Congress, which is “Predictable Projects in a Dynamic World”. A Dynamic World refers to innovation (technical & IT), environmental challenges (sea rise, sustainability) and economic developments (world markets, COVID). Research shows that large numbers…

Joanne Longton
Slide pack for the Webinar "Holes & Poles"

Slide pack for the Webinar "Holes & Poles". These were shown in a Webinar presented by Carl Pimblett and hosted by IET Bucks on Tuesday 18th May. Publication delayed by unexpected circumstances.

Andrew Dodd
The Future Of Radio Platforms, Content And Discovery

Radio is one of the top media experiences by hours consumed and ease of consumption makes it ubiquitous. How will the “discoverability wars” shape this industry over the next decade? Which platforms will dominate? How will this change what we listen to? Join us at 15:30 BST on Thursday 15 th July to hear Quentin Howard, former President of the WorldDAB Forum, Michael Hill from Radio Player and Nicky Birch from BBC Sounds discuss these issues. Moderated by Aradhna Tayal from Radio TechCon. Register for the event at this link This event is orgainised by IET Media Technical Network and supported by Radio TechCon

David Short
Cyber Threats Facing Legacy Control Systems (IET Scotland South West Network)

"Responsible engineers need to start to promote cyber resilient systems" explained Nathan Dale, Senior Electrical Engineer from Mott MacDonald, at the 'Cyber Threats Facing Legacy Control Systems' webinar presented by the IET Scotland South West Network. He explained that Operational Technology systems are intelligent services that effect change in an environment, in the older days these were enclosed and disconnected from the outside work, now, physically boundaries have changed. Logical boundaries have moved down the stack whilst physically boundaries have moved up - this has been enhanced because of 'remote access' and new ways to move data around. Often, these new methods of interacting with data have come about quick and fast where legacy systems whose hardware or software components could…

Rimesh Patel in Cybersecurity
Internation Women in Engineering Day - University of Bradford - 23rd June 2021, 10am

Internation Women in Engineering Day - University of Bradford - 23rd June 2021, 10am The Faculty of Engineering and Informatics and the University Gender Staff Forum will be hosting an event on Wednesday 23rd June from 10am to 11am to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day 2021. The event will be an ‘in conversation with…” type event and will have two external speakers who both hold honorary positions within the Faculty of Engineering and Informatics and also some students from the Faculty. They will each share their perspective and there will be a Q&A session. The external speakers are Dr Paula Palade (Honorary Visiting Research Fellow) who works for Jaguar Land Rover and Miss Naseem Ghazali (Honorary Visiting Lecturer) who is Consultant Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeon at East Lancashire…

Oliver Clarke
Formula E Lecture

The recording our our June lecture - 'Formula E - racing to change the auto industry' - given by Sir John Samuel, is now available to view in the 'Videos' page on this site, and on our IET Surrey YouTube channel.

A.C.Cunningham (Colin)
Computer Aided Design, Drafting And Modelling, Opportunities Webinar

Watch one of our IET Nigeria Local Network webinar that took place on 5th June 2021 covering 'Computer Aided Design, Drafting and Modelling, Opportunities for Engineering and Technology Professionals' with our speaker Hope Oharisi, Lead Civil/Structural Engineer Hope Oharisi is a Civil Engineer who majors in infrastructure planning and design, he is a member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology, a member of the Nigeria Society of Engineers and a registered Engineer with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) This webinar focuses on software applications use for designing, drafting and modelling and the opportunities they present to engineering and technology professionals, before now designing, drafting and modelling has been done manually by engineering…

Lynsay Callaghan
Publication of Book: The Earthing and Bonding for AC Electrified Railways

The Background to the Book Many public domain standards and company documents exist to guide the design of the earthing and bonding of AC railway electrification systems but in practice there remains both gaps, overlaps and conflicts between them. Therefore, it is not uncommon for the designs to follow discipline specific scope rather than being holistic in their approach. The complexity of integrating the earthing of a 25kV electrified railway with various electrical distribution systems and exposed conductive parts, means that it is impossible to prescribe one earthing and bonding design solution that addresses the needs of every railway. Therefore, this creates different earthing designs for individual railways. The Scope of 25kV Railway Earthing and Bonding Requirements This guide aims…

Lynsay Callaghan
National Particle Accelerator Open Day

The Cockcroft Institute hosted the 2021 National particle accelerator open day virtually on Wednesday, 3rd February 2021.The aim of the event was to ensure we get the opportunity to speak to undergraduate students about accelerators despite the lockdown. The open day had an exciting programme of events including talks and lab virtual tours plus the opportunity for students to talk to UK universities, laboratories and industry at virtual recruitment stands to find out how you can find studentship and employment opportunities in this exciting field. This year the tours were done in a virtual environment with two tours offered one of the Diamond light source, the UK’s flagship synchrotron light source, and one of the Elekta factory, a world-leading producer of radiotherapy machines. Talks on graduate…

Joanne Longton
John Snow And The Fight Against Cholera

Presenters: David Moore Synopsis: By the summer of 1831 cholera had become firmly established in the environment of the UK. The effects of this disease was devastating, people were dying in their thousands, there was no know cause and no known cure. Current medical knowledge thought that illness and disease was spread by bad air or miasma. A young apprentice doctor who treated cholera victims did not believed it was caused though bad air, but proving his theory became a challenge to the established medical and scientific beliefs of the time. This is the story of how John Snow changes out understanding of how diseases were spread, and how we could control it. This event clashed with another important event:- a lovely sunny evening. I must admit, I was going to log on, give it five minutes, then…

Samuel Wane
Multisensory Farmbots: Turning Data Into Action With Weed-electrocution And Slug Elimination

Here is the place to discuss the event. Interesting links will be added. Presenter: Andrew Hall, Tech Lead - Small Robot Company Synopsis: Meet Small Robot Company's monitoring robot Tom and artificial intelligence system Wilma. Tom is now on farms gathering a variety of data - including vision, sensors and geolocation - with soil probes and sound to follow. Find out how SRC is turning this into a robotic Per Plant Farming service. Location: Zoom Contact: Sam Wane E: samuel.wane@ietvolunteer.org Register: https://localevents.theiet.org/f799c6

Samuel Wane in Robotics
The Role Of Behavioural Science In Road Transport Webinars - 18-19 May 2021

We’ve all appreciated over the past year how user behaviour has impacted on travel across all modes of transport. Some see this as an opportunity to “reset” and to introduce new technology and change services to help meet future safety and environmental goals. Although it’s partly an issue of technology and investment, making these changes also depends strongly on user acceptance and behaviour.These two webinars were organised by the Automotive and Road Transport Systems Technical Network of the IET. They were intended to give engineers a better appreciation and understanding of the role of behavioural science in the design and operation of future transport-related products and services. We had over 300 registrants from more than 30 countries and the audience were encouraged to contribute…

Deborah-Claire McKenzie
Midlands Power Group -Power Networks Flexibility

On Tuesday 16th February 2021, the Midlands Power Group hosted an on-line talk entitled Power Networks and Flexibility to Accommodate Changing Usage Patterns given by Dr David Mills of PSC Consulting. PSC has many years of experience in power systems interconnection, HVDC systems, operational, market and distributed energy services along with advisory services to utilities. Dr Mills started by outlining the challenges for power system owners & operators as distributed renewable generation and the growth in decarbonisation of transport and heating become increasingly significant in both the planning and operation of both transmission and distribution networks. Aligning renewable generation to demand is not easy due to the variability of source outputs. When coupled with growing concerns about…

David Swanson
Time Travel - How We Keep Time Across The Modern World (IET Ireland Local Network).

Dr Jacquline walker, provided an insightful account of how time keeping began, and how over the decades, measurements and observations of time have progressed, from movement of the sun around objects, through to the use of atomic clocks, and now why GPS still remains the choice of satellite coordination. It really comes down to the different methods of measuring the passing of a day. Not only sundials, we've had water clocks (passing of time through water), candles, and by the 2oth we moved to quartz clocks - whose higher frequency gave a better oscillation for accuracy. But time keeping is regional dependent and that now all systems use leap second, for example international atomic time does not use it, since it's introduction, there are 18 second leap differences between GPS and UTC time…

Rimesh Patel in Cybersecurity

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