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  • TV’s Sustainability Challenge – Engineering A Better World

    The recent IPCC report (Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change) makes clear that we now face a “ Code Red for Humanity” and if you are not convinced by mere words, pictures of wildfires from the Mediterranean to Siberia and “ heat domes” over the Pacific Northwest should be enough. Climate change is just one of the areas where humanity is pushing at natural environmental limits. Pollution and reductions in biodiversity are other examples where our collective abuse of the environment is now only too apparent. While governments need to act, we as media engineers, technologists and practitioners can and must play our part. The IET Media Technical Network is running a year long series of events designed to help our members, fellow engineers and colleagues understand these issues, analyse the…

    David Short
    David Short

  • Perspectives On Audio (IET Cambridge Local Network)

    Bob Stuart from MQA, gave deep-insights in understanding if digital audio is as good as it can be, during an online lecture jointly organised by the AES UK Section Cambridge Group and IET Cambridge Local Network. His talk explained that by better defining objects we can achieve better sound recording and playback abilities. He started by explaining how the fundamentals of psychoacoustics and neuroscience from auditory sciences help us understand pure tone frequencies/harmonics and contrast them against vocalisation and stimulated sound. Advances in neurosciences, is now letting us do more, like dealing with more natural signals. When humans encode, for example, the intensity of sound to 'loudness', it is nonlinear, like when we encode frequency to the subjective element of 'pitch'. Our frequency…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • TfWL innovation accelerator programme, cohort 3 Demo Day

    The TfWL Cohort 3 demo day event will showcase the MVP's that their 5 start-ups have developed during the programme, as well as highlighting the success that cohort 1 and 2 alumni had had.  Lab by Transport for Wales proudly presents their cohort 3 virtual demo day event! Demo day is a showcase of the innovative ideas, products and solutions that have been developed over the Transport for Wales Innovation Accelerator Programme, to aid and improve Transport for Wales Rail.We’ll also be announcing recruitment for cohort 4 on our demo day event.   Where & When: Friday September 3rd - 13:30-15:30. Live Streamed on Youtube.  You can register for the event here >  https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/166169165447  You can follow us on F6S for updates >  https://www.f6s.com/tfwlaborg  To discover more about…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Your Particle Accelerator Engineering Network Needs You!

    The Particle Accelerator Engineering Network is a joint network run by the IET, and IMechE and with strong links to the IOP. The aim is to bring together professional engineers and technicians to network and hear about new developments in particle accelerators. The network runs an annual meeting, technician training, webinars and topical networks.We are seeking two new members of our committee, a communications officer to look after social media and other media communications and an ordinary member. Committee members should be engineers or technicians working in particle accelerators but can be at any stage of their career and be from labs, academia or industry. Applications from diverse backgrounds are encouraged. The committee meets 4 times per year (one of which is normally in person) and…

    Joanne Longton
    Joanne Longton

  • IET Mersey & Western Cheshire Local Network Events Newsletter For September 2021

    The IET Mersey & Western Cheshire Local Network Events Newsletter for September 2021 has been published .  The newsletter contains information on our upcoming events, past activities, information about the Local Network and Key Contacts.  Because of the restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, our events will be online.   Booking for the webinar events will be via the IET Events webpages.  The newsletter is attached to this post as a pdf file.

    Rob McDonald
    Rob McDonald

  • South Yorkshire Online Engineering Extravaganza event 8th July 2021

    After considerable organisation, we finally managed to hold an online 'Engineering Extravaganza' event with 4 local schools. We went out to 12 schools initially but understandably, due to variety of issues, this was eventually whittled down to just 4. All these schools managed to accommodate sourcing all the necessary materials for all the activities we ran on the day. IET delivered the 'Motor Madness' activity which we've done live over several times previously and chose this being familiar with any potential queries that arose. All schools managed to complete the activity with just a steer from ourselves which on the day was Matthew Morton and Dan Hardy as STEM Ambassadors and myself  coordinating the whole day for IET SYLN, as required. We used MS 'Teams' for the online platform with breakout…

    Alan Chater
    Alan Chater

  • Scholarships And Bursaries

    Are you a student or apprentice?  Find out about the IET's Scholarship and Bursary programmes offering funding to students and apprentices at Bursaries .  The closing date for applications is 2 September 2021.

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • IET@150 EngTalk Auckland – Engineering A Better World

    Date: 21 August 2021 Time: 10:00am - 3:00pm  Venue: The University of Auckland, Engineering Department Programme:  1000-1100          Registration and Housekeeping  1100-1115          Presidents Address by Prof. Danielle George and Mr. Nigel Fine  1115-1125          Introduction of Eng Talks – “Engineering and Science in Healthcare”  1125-1155          Topic: "A.I in Healthcare" - Dr Angela Lim 1155-1235          Topic: "Revolutionising Healthcare Experiences with Digital People" – James Gower 1235-1300          Q&A Session 1300 – 1400       Lunch 1400-1430          #DifferenceMaker : "Do what you love, love what you do" – Elise Beavis 1430-1445          Q&A Session 1445-1500          Close and networking For further information, please visit here . If you have any enquiry, please feel free…

    Alison Siu
    Alison Siu

  • Aspidistra And The Broadcast Group Of The Diplomatic Wireless Service Including The Wartime Transmission Of Black Propaganda

    A talk that features our own Orford Ness aspidistra This is the story of Broadcast Group of the Diplomatic Wireless Service (DWS) which had its origins in the Political Warfare Executive (PWE) at the beginning of WW2.   In 1972 it was amalgamated into the administrative structure of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and was renamed Communications Engineering Department (CED).  The latter had two groups, Broadcast Group which was responsible for transmitters carrying many of the BBC’s World  and Vernacular services, and Communications group which provided radio communications to embassies for diplomatic traffic. In 1986 CED’s Broadcast Group was taken over by the BBC.  In this illustrated talk we will learn first about the transmission of black propaganda and associated activities during…

    Alex Barrett
    Alex Barrett

  • October half term sustainability project for children

    IET 150: My Sustainable Community Competition We’ve launched a competition for children aged 7-14 across the UK, where they can develop a sustainable community for up to 150 homes to be in with a chance  of winning the amazing new LEGO Education SPIKE set! Find out more... It is safe to say that sustainability and climate change are on everybody’s agenda and while us adults are now trying our best to do our bit for the planet, the main driving force behind the future is our younger generation! To help encourage these future difference makers, we have created the IET 150 Sustainability Community Competition, in partnership with Engineering Education Scheme Wales (EESW) as part of our 150th anniversary. We are asking young people from across the UK to consider their community response to sustainability…

    Charlotte Hounsom
    Charlotte Hounsom

  • Me, Myself And I

    In this blog, David James, chairperson of IET Sussex Network, discusses how we perceive ourselves, considering both old philosophical thoughts and behaviour of people in present digital age. I was recently reading a book on philosophy ( Fullerton, 1915 ), as one does during a lockdown, and was particularly interested in the views of philosophers through the ages on the subject of the ’mind’ and how people viewed themselves beyond their physical self. Views lurched from one extreme to the other and were almost always contentious, with different factions holding different views. Early philosophers such as Plato and Aristotle considered the mind to be somehow divorced from the body, like a breath, and then Descartes, in the seventeenth century, decided that the mind was located within the pineal…

    Ferheen Ayaz
    Ferheen Ayaz

  • Contributions to National Development by Malaysian Women Scientists 2022: Nomination of Awards

    Dear members, In conjunction with the International Women’s Day 2022, the Malaysian Invention and Design Society (MINDS) will be organizing a half day National Conference on Contribution to National Development by Malaysian Women Scientists on 5 March 2022 via Online. MINDS would like to recognise the outstanding Malaysian Woman Scientist/ innovator and outstanding Malaysian Young Woman Scientist/innovator below 40 years of age by bestowing the successful candidates with a Life Time Scientific Research Achievement Award and Young Woman Scientist Award respectively.   Thus, MINDS would like to invite Dr. Leong Wai Yie , the Immediate Past Chair of the IET Malaysia Local Network to nominate a high scientific achiever and a young woman scientist from your esteemed organisation for consideration…

    Alison Siu
    Alison Siu

  • Join us as volunteer!

    Dear all members, We are looking for the IET Malaysia Local Network volunteers. Join us and email your interest to the Honorary Secretary at Syuhaida.Ismail@ietvolunteer.org before 15 August 2021

    Alison Siu
    Alison Siu

  • Celebrating the IET's 150th anniversary: timelines of the history of technology

    The History Network has published selected timelines on the history of computing, electronics, power and telecommunications to mark the 150th anniversary of the IET.Interested in how the world of engineering and technology has transformed over the past 150 years? Want to know more about how engineers have changed our lives since the foundation of the IET? The History Network has published selected timelines on the history of computing, electronics, power and telecommunications since 1871. These are selected landmarks in the history of these technologies, and include references to further reading and online resources if you want to discover more. Read the timelines in the History files section.

    Anne Locker
    Anne Locker

  • We Want To Hear From You! Nominate An Engineer Or Technologist

    We're celebrating the impact of engineers and technologists who have changed the world or are revolutionising it now! We want to know who you think should be recognised on our ultimate list. Find out more...   We want to know who inspires you in STEM! Whether they’re from the past, present, or working on something amazing from the future – we want to you to nominate the incredible engineers who are having or had an impact on the world!  Nominate today We also want to show how truly diverse and incredible the engineering and technology professions are and remove age-old, unrepresentative stereotypes of engineering. You can nominate as many people as you like, from the well-known greats of the past, to perhaps someone who was overlooked or not given the credit they deserved. Alternatively, are…

    Charlotte Hounsom
    Charlotte Hounsom

  • The IET150 event: Future of transport industry and impact on the engineering profession

    Dear members, Thank you so much for your contribution to our 150th-anniversary event.  It was a very informative session, and we got great feedback from the industry participants. I believe they got a great overview of where the industry is heading and align their competencies and hone their skills accordingly.  We will organise a proper 150th-anniversary celebratory event at the State Library venue later in the year and will invite your good self to join us. Hopefully, then most of the population would be vaccinated and have fewer disruptions.  Special thanks to our Guest Speaker and Panelist for being so supportive throughout the planning process.  If you want to relive the webinar, you can watch it via FaceBook Live on IET ANZ Young Professionals Campaign .  https://www.facebook.com/IET…

    Alison Siu
    Alison Siu

  • Lucas – A Brief History Of A Great British Company.

    For over 100 years the Lucas companies evolved and developed in line with the growth in mass mobility, starting with  bicycles and extending into motor cars and aircraft. Despite the usual fluctuations in business performance, overall, Lucas can be considered to have been a successful player in its automotive, aerospace and industrial spheres of activity. In a bid to become a global automotive systems supplier, a merger with Varity precipitated a rapid demise of the company bearing the Lucas brand, although many of its former activities continue today under a multiplicity of successors. The presenter has worked for 50 years with Lucas, its customers and one of its successors and so will add a personal dimension to the history of this great British company.   Howard’s presentation is now available…

    Samuel Wane
    Samuel Wane

  • Tune In To The IET’s Engineering Open House Day Live This Friday

    School’s out and from 10am until 3pm this Friday, 23 July, the IET will be hosting its first ever Engineering Open House Day show - live! Packed full of science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM) fun for children and their families, the interactive show aims to inspire young people to open their eyes to the world of engineering and technology and all the cool and exciting job roles on offer, with the ultimate goal of becoming our next generation of STEM superstars!The engineering marathon explores the worlds of aerospace, electricity, transport, energy and innovations and features BAFTA winning children’s TV presenter and YouTuber Maddie Moate and Science broadcaster, YouTuber and Podcaster, Greg Foot amongst a host of STEM talent! Ella Podmore, Jack Helsewood (Mr World), Sophie Harker…

    EngX Editorial
    EngX Editorial

  • 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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    Rimesh Patel

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