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  • The Role Of Quality Management In Supporting Efficient And Compliant Projects.

    As I listened to a recent IET Webinar relative to this topic delivered by our Chairman David Perton it struck me that this topic is not often covered routinely in our forums or events.  As I continued to listen several questions naturally arose some of which I list below: - What is Quality within the Project Space? - What are the cultural considerations that exist when seeking to drive a quality focus? - What Quality Tools are available for use? - What types of data exist and does this govern how Quality tools are used? - What are the distinctions between Compliance, Governance, Assurance, and Quality Control? As a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered Quality Professional I feel that I am able to offer some guidance on these issues.  Going forward I will offer a monthly vignette of some of these…

    Louis Redding
    Louis Redding

  • Meet The Tribology TN Team - Introducing Kranthi Maniam

    From December 2020, the IET Tribology Technical Network are starting a new initiative to introduce the members of their Executive team to the wider Tribology community.  We start this month with an introduction to our colleague Kranthi Maniam who has a doctorate in Chemical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India. Besides the research compatibility, Kranthi has experience of setting a high industry benchmarks in its core competency by developing the products/process from lab/pilot scale to industrial scale and acknowledging the efforts. He also has industrial experience in an engineering consultancy and R& D industries such as Atotech and served as an Assistant General Manager- Technical at Vishnu Group, India.  Kranthi’s primary research and engineering activities…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Santa's 2020 Cyber Debrief

    Reboot-Blog Alert! Rudolf has been re-fitting his fellow team with smart Covid-19 tracing mechanisms and also ensuring their sleighs have Covid-19 secure hygiene systems in place, he's updated the entire sleigh-fleet with new Industry 4.0 based GPS tracking devices. All software and hardware have also just completed vulnerability testing and he's working with the elves to address the remediation plan against the online delivery system that Santa engaged in earlier this yea r .  Santa is accountable and responsible to ensure that all individuals will receive gifts this xmas - Rudolf and the elves are working through the risk register to help Santa reduce risks identified to make sure deliveries remain successful. Santa is a founding member of the Inter-Galactic-Tech-Standards (IGTS) steering…

  • IET YPS Malaysia 150 T-shirt Design Competition

    IET YPS Malaysia 150 T-shirt Design Competition IET 150 th anniversary year has officially begun. IET Young Professionals Section (YPS) Malaysia kickstarting the IET 150 th celebration in Malaysia with this awesome T-shirt Design Competition.   Entry Period: 29 th Nov 2020 - 17th Jan 2021 (submission before 12 noon) Who can participate: Competition is open to public (IET members and non-members from Malaysia) Prizes: First prize – Lazada Voucher RM250 + Digital Cert Second prize – Lazada Voucher RM150 + Digital Cert Third prize – Lazada Voucher RM50 + Digital Cert Notifications of Winners: Dec / January 2021 How to participate For T-shirt design, format MUST be in .AI and .JPEG (both required). Send your T-shirt design together with registration form to: wengmun.ng@ietvolunteer.org ; CC: TengHwang…

    Dr John Tan
    Dr John Tan

  • #PurpleLightUp

    #PurpleLightUp   Published     #PurpleLightUp is a global movement that celebrates and draws attention to the economic contribution of the 386 million disabled employees around the world. 3 December is #PurpleLightUp    day

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • Call 6: Essential First Steps To Gathering, Coordinating And Organising Manufacturers’ Product Data

    Watch the video of the call about the sixth article in our series on manufacturers' product data, recorded on 20 November 2020This video is a recording of a call to discuss the sixth article in the series about manufacturers product data. You can read the article and subscribe to further updates here:   Essential First Steps To Gathering, Coordinating And Organising Manufacturers’ Product Data Join the conversation on the blog, on the calls (registration link in each blog post) or via LinkedIn and Twitter using the hashtag #ManufacturersPLG.

  • IET Sussex Network Programme Of Events 2020/21

    In normal times we publish a programme booklet jointly with the IET Kent Network and the IMechE South Eastern Region. Also included are events held by the Retired Chartered Engineer Association (Sussex). For the 2020/21 season it was decided not to publish a booklet, so we have this list of events for the IET Sussex Network and links to other Networks and Institutions can be found here . At least until March 2021 all lectures are delivered via webinar and unless otherwise stated lectures start at 7pm. We will review the situation with regard to later lectures nearer the time. Entries on our home page have links that will take you to the place where you can register for the event. If the lecture is delivered via a webinar you will then be sent a link.       Date Location Title Speaker Synopsis…

    David James
    David James

  • The Institution Of Engineers Mauritius - Call For Papers "Engineering the Future of Mauritius and the World"

    Call for Papers "Engineering the Future of Mauritius and the World" On the Occasion of World Engineering Day 4th March 2021 The Institution of Engineers Mauritius (IEM) is organising a series of events to commemorate the World Engineering Day. One of them is a Digital IEM Commemorative Journal 2021 that will be launched on 4th March 2021. We therefore invite engineers from Mauritius and Worldwide to submit their articles which will demonstrate current challenges faced by Citizens of Mauritius and the World and what contributions can be made to enhance the standard of living of citizens in all key basic necessities of life. Submission Deadlines Abstract 15th Dec 2020 Paper Submission15th Jan 2021 Launch of Journal 4th Mar 2021 For more details on Paper & Presentation Guidelines, visit www.iemauritius…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • IET Quantum Communication: A Fully Gold Open Access Journal

    Quantum communication is a growing research area and it will change the direction of telecommunication research over the coming years by ushering in new computing, networking and communication paradigms. IET Quantum Communication -  is one of the latest fully Gold Open Access journals from The Institution of Engineering and Technology. It is the dedicated platform for publishing novel research and original survey articles in quantum communication research. Article Processing Charges (APCs) are waived for papers that publish in the journal in 2020 and 2021. Take a look at the journal information below and consider submitting your own paper for inclusion in a future issue. We have an exciting issue publishing in December 2020. To be kept up to date with the journal and to receive a link to the…

  • Environmental Management System (EMS)

    An invitation from Cambridge Carbon Footprint to four free seminars on using an Environmental Management System (EMS) to support your business or organisation to shift from words and ambition to real action on the climate and biodiversity crisis.  A webpage with details is at: https://cambridgecarbonfootprint.org/events/from-ambition-to-action-series-launch/

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • The UK Sale Of Petrol And Diesel Cars To Be Banned In 2030. Really?

    This week the UK Government has set a new target as it continues to drive it's Green Strategy.  In so doing it has stated that the sale of all new Petrol and Diesel Cars will cease in 2030.  This is said to pave the way for an electric vehicle revolution as part of a 10 point, £12 Billion plan to improve our environment.  Is this plan realistic? I am not so sure and offer some food for thought.Firstly, electric cars are generally more expensive than similar conventional petrol/diesel cars which is mainly due to the cost of the battery.  This increased cost will disproportionally affect the poorer members of society forcing them to retain older polluting vehicles for longer thus potentially negating the desire to reduce atmospheric pollution.  In addition, leading economists have indicated that…

    Louis Redding
    Louis Redding

  • Thames Tideway - Reconnecting Londoners (IET Central London Network)

    "To prevent pollution of the River Thames and increase its community relationship with Londoners" is a strong driver for the success of Tideway explained Roger Bailey, Chief Technical Officer of Tideway, at the IET Central London Network evening lecture webinar, hosted by David Tabor IET Central London Chair. In 1858 the Thames had high levels of pollution to which parliament decided to introduce a sewer pumping network, this became known as the Bazalgette System after its creator. In 1860 London had 2 million people, in 1920 had 4 million, in 2019 had 8.8 million and by 2160 its population is expecting to have 16 million. Currently, during high rain flow, flat valves allow water to overflow into the river where 40 million raw cubic meter of sewage contaminates the river creating ecological…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • #PurpleLightUp

    #PurpleLightUp is a global movement that celebrates and draws attention to the economic contribution of the 386 million disabled employees around the world. 3 December is #PurpleLightUp    day

    David Blake
    David Blake

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    8 November Kieran French gave us an excellent insight into the Celtic Electricity interconnector between Ireland and France. He was very informative about the type of cables, the conversion stations technology and the upcoming submarine cable laying operations, when the project gets into motion in the near future Kieran French28 May Kevin O'Connor Chairperson NSAI TC3 presented an update on the Standards for Higher Voltages in Ireland SR: 61936 . Aidan Langley Speaker at our opening 2020 event in the RCPI Dublin on 16 January Subject:  Incremental Change - Spreading International Best Practice in the Railway Industry

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • View On Demand Content From The IET Ireland Local Network Events

    Keep up to date with what is happening and view footage from our events. You can view footage from many of our past events on our YouTube channel. We also have footage from our most recent events below. 13 April 2021, The Celtic Interconnector – Linking the electricity grids of Ireland and France, Speakers Kieran French and Yann Delanne 23 March 2021, Ammonia in future propulsion and the alternatives, speaker Mike Mason 23 February 2021,History of Radio Aids to Navigation, Speaker Seamus Doyle 23rd September - Flexibility the key to renewable integration  (you have to register your details to view the content for this webinar) 23rd June- operation of the combined cycle gas turbine generating station in Whitegate Co. Cork, Speaker Rory Griffin 21 May - Data Centre Update, Speaker Garry Connolly…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Remote Sensing Of The Saturnian System - A Tale Of Two Moons

    You may have noticed that whereas there is usually at least two weeks between talks, the final event of this year is a little early. That means there are no programmed lectures between December 8th and January 12th. However, with the kind permission of Dr Graeme Awcock, who is an Honorary Fellow of the School of Environment and Technology at the University of Brighton, we have three recorded lectures for you to view over the holiday period. Some of you may recall Graeme’s talks to us in past years on imaging technology and remote sensing. He has recently developed three, one hour talks under the heading ‘Remote Sensing of the Saturnian System - A Tale of Two Moons’ and made them available to IET Sussex members between Christmas and the New Year. Due to copyright reasons, each talk will only…

    David James
    David James

  • Essential First Steps To Gathering, Coordinating And Organising Manufacturers’ Product Data

    Take these six steps to structure your product data and get ahead of the game. In this article we set out the first steps a product manufacturer should take on their journey to structure product data. This is a simple process focused on understanding how your company works with information and data* about your products. This process is usually called a data strategy. It will include a methodology for defining product data consistently across the business, a strategy to roll out appropriate capability across the business, and systems to provide consistent product data, enabling it to be shared externally with your customers and partners. These steps should be taken before embarking on any investigation of the standards or technology. In order to comply with the UK and European processes emerging…

  • Call 5: The Future Of Construction Is Not 3D BIM Objects

    Watch the video of the call about the fifth article in our series on manufacturers' product data, recorded on 6 November 2020This video is a recording of a call to discuss the fifth article in the series about 3D BIM objects. You can read the article and subscribe to further updates here:  The Future of Construction is not 3D BIM Objects Join the conversation on the blog, on the calls (registration link in each blog post) or via LinkedIn and Twitter using the hashtag #ManufacturersPLG.

    ManufacturersPLG Team
    ManufacturersPLG Team

  • Mailings And Events

    Please sign up as a member of the IET Cambridge site to receive mailings. If you wish to attend an Event, please use the registration link on the Event page to ensure you receive a Zoom link. David

    David Blake
    David Blake

  • Energy Storage and why it's critical to NetZero (IET Shropshire Network)

    'Energy as required not as available' is the approach towards UK's NetZero energy-storage requirements explained Bridgit Hartland-Johnson Integrated Systems Innovation Manager of Offshore Wind UK at the IET Shropshire webinar moderated by Simon Hart. Explaining how energy-technology is already in place and now a key enabler for any regional 2020 energy strategy the technology infrastructure is proving itself, we are finally able to experience moments of what a carbon neutral UK might look like with less reliance on coal (finally). The generation of energy from offshore wind technology is now cheaper compared to onshore wind generation efforts when considering a new-build effort - this is really good news for the UK. In just 10 years, the wind and solar technology has demonstrated a contribution…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • Midlands Power Group - Electric Vehicle Technologies And Applications

    On Thursday 29 th October 2020, the IET Midlands Power Group were pleased to host the latest in their technical talks, this time on the subject of Electric Vehicle Technologies and Applications.  The talk, given by Professor Wen Cao of Aston University, supported by Doctor Bing Ji of Leicester University, was delivered via webinar to an audience of 200 attendees. Prof Wen Cao, who is Chair Professor of Electrical Power Engineering at Aston and a member of the MPG Committee, delivered a comprehensive presentation covering the state of EV technology today by looking at the rationale for continued development of EV solutions, the options available regarding the selection of electric motor/drive train design, the continuing development of power electronics technology in motor control systems and…

    David Swanson
    David Swanson

  • V&I Technical Network On Social Media

    The Vision & Imaging Technical Network is now on social media.The Vision & Imaging Technical Network is now on social media. You may follow our latest news and updates on Facebook , Twitter and LinkedIn .

    Stefania Cristina
    Stefania Cristina

  • The Future Of Construction Is Not 3D BIM Objects

    This article looks at 3D BIM objects and what went wrongBack in our second article we briefly touched on how the BIM object development exercise became a ‘very expensive failure’ for many manufacturers. We thought we’d look in more detail into why geometry is not the holy grail of BIM, why information management is so much more than geometry, and why we will be recommending to readers of the Plain Language Guide for manufacturers that they don’t think about 3D BIM objects but think about owning and controlling their data.   A misplaced devotion to 3D A BIM object is a 3D digital representation of a construction product, material or system, with associated data attached. If you’ve attended any BIM events over the last five years or so, you’ll often have heard the lament that “BIM is not 3D”…

    ManufacturersPLG Team
    ManufacturersPLG Team

  • Engineering In Africa – Connecting Brilliant Minds & Inspiring The Future Engineering Generations  (IET Webinar)

    Africa has many many natural wonders and now with Industry 4.0, it is positioning itself to become the continent of choice in every sense. With the median age of young Africans to be 19.7 years, the continent has its heart set on creating a professional Africa, one that is open to the world through collaboration explained Eng. Martin Manuhwa, President, Federation of African Organisations (FAEO) at the 'IET Engineering in Africa – Connecting Brilliant Minds & Inspiring The Future Engineering Generations webinar hosted by Yewande Akinola MBE, Innovation Lead at Laing O’Rourke. Michael Kamau Chairperson, FAEO Steering Technical Committee for Young Engineers, explained that national forums, social mobility and commercial engineering is set to play a key role in Africa's development. He mentioned…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

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