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  • An Inspirational Evening!

    On Tuesday 7 th March the IET East Midlands welcomed competitors from around the region to Derby Roundhouse to compete in the IET’s presentation competition for students and young professionals (open to anyone aged 18-30 with a passion for engineering). The night was a great success with 6 insightful topics explored by the enthusiastic speakers. A wide range of areas were covered from electric transportation and the environment to block chain technology and artificial intelligence. It was refreshing for the audience to see engineers with such a wide field of interest, even outside their respective industries. The judging was incredibly close; however Anthony Chow came away the winner after an animated talk on why he loves battery powered trains, and why [we] should too. With the current COVID…

    Michelle T
    Michelle T

  • Spotlight On Knovel: Ebooks For IET Members

    IET members can read and download a range of engineering textbooks from Knovel , the Library's ebook service. If you are looking for engineering reference material, or would simply like to expand your subject knowledge, the IET Library subscribes to nearly 300 engineering books via the Knovel ebooks service. Once you are logged on to the website, you can search for indivudual books or by subject matter on the Knovel ebook hub , part of the IET's Virtual Library  service. When you first log on, you will be promoted to set up an account. This is free and lets you save searches and book chapters to your account so you can easily find them later. You can search for individual titles, or browse all content available content for IET members. Once you have selected a title, click on each chapter to…

    Anne Locker
    Anne Locker

  • Meet The Updated Committee

    Find out who is on our updated committee for 2020, and for volunteering opportunities. Committee members with portfolio Committee Position Primary Member Deputy/standby Member Chairman Dr. Abhaya Sumanasena Volunteer needed Secretary Andy Stickland Volunteer needed Treasurer Kevin Lewis John Waterhouse Events co-ordinator Ian Smith  – Schools Liaison's officer Richard Hughes Volunteer needed Professional Registration Adviser Arup Dhar  – Webmaster Keith Blackmun Helen Rickerby Social Media Helen Rickerby Nicholas St. Hill UTC Reading Representative David Court –   Committee members without portfolio Anthony Bardos Lucy Millard   Your Local Network Needs You! We are seeking more volunteers to join our committee. If you live in Berkshire and are interested in volunteering, either for a specific…

    Julie
    Julie

  • Which Way Next?

    Which way next?   This is a common question in this topsy - turvy world in which we currently find ourselves. Fortunately, some of the Manufacturing Technical Network (TN) Committee managed to meet at Savoy P lace before lockdown – where we agreed that we needed to take a step back and answer this question for our TN .   We are pleased to share with you that we have now published our aims and objectives as part of looking at how we can better engage, share, and work with you as our peers and colleagues.    Which way next?   This is a common question in this topsy - turvy world in which we currently find ourselves. Fortunately, some of the Manufacturing Technical Network (TN) Committee managed to meet at Savoy P lace before lockdown – where we agreed that we needed to take a step back and answer…

    Susan Jones
    Susan Jones

  • Meet the committee

    Meet our committee for 2020 Community Chair Garry Lester Community Secretary (on leave) Neil Mander Community Secretary (Acting) Adrian Miles Community Treasurer Paul Bennett     Community Vice Chair Adrian Miles Young Professional Ambassador Rob Cooper On Line Community Administrator Sam Duffield     Programme Co-ordinator Mac Bayliss Community Activity Organiser John Ruddleston Community Activity Organiser Dennis Fryer Community Activity Organiser Emily Johns Community Activity Organiser Michael Gornall Community Activity Organiser Nathan Tozer Community Activity Organiser Rob Scarr Community Activity Organiser Paul Hutchinson     Local Network Manager Julie Hudson     Local Contact David Jenkins Local Contact Mustafa Aziz Local Contact Adam Feldman Campus Contact Sam Duffield Campus Contact…

    Julie
    Julie

  • USM IET OnCampus (Malaysia)

    USM IET OnCampus IET- USM OnCampus was established on 18/July/2017. It was formed by a group of students from School of Mechanical Engineering, USM who joined the IET. ​Address: Jln Transkrian - Bukit Panchor, 14300 Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang Visit USM IET Facebook   USM IET OnCampus Committee Group Photo USM IET OnCampus Faraday 2019 Group Photo USM IET OnCampus Lifeskills Workshop Group Photo 1. Background IET- USM OnCampus was established on 18/July/2017. It was formed by a group of students from School of Mechanical Engineering, USM who joined the IET. Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) was established in 1969 as the second university in the country. USM offers a wide range of courses at undergraduate and postgraduate levels to 30,000 students. There are 2 semesters in a year for USM students…

    Dr John Tan
    Dr John Tan

  • IET OnCampus In Malaysia

    In Malaysia, there are 17 IET OnCampus registered with IET UK. IET YPS Malaysia plays an important role to provide advice, guidance and support to all the IET OnCampus in Malaysia.  The table below shows the OnCampus name, location, chairperson and main advisor information.    IET OnCampus in Malaysia  ?? No OnCampus Name Location  ? Chairperson IET OnCampus OnCampus Main Advisor 1 UNITEN IET OnCampus Central Nur Hazwani bt Mohamad Fooad Dr Ker Pin Jern 2 Swinburne Sarawak  IET OnCampus Eastern Lee Zhe Wei Dr Chua Hong Siang 3 USM IET OnCampus Northern Lim Kai Jet Dr Teh Jia Shen 4 UTAR IET OnCampus Central Lee Xi Him Dr Chew Kueh Wai 5 UCSI IET OnCampus Central Lim Kel Vin Dr. Susan Tiang 6 MMU Cyber IET OnCampus Central Arian Mohamadi  Dr. Lee Ching Kwang 7 MMU Melaka IET OnCampus Southern…

    Dr John Tan
    Dr John Tan

  • SSIET GOTYA Celebration & Appreciation Dinner

    Swinburne Sarawak IET (SSIET) On Campus hosted a dinner in September 2019 to celebrate its achievement in winning the IET On Campus Group of the Year Award (GOTYA). The dinner also served to appreciate the effort by each committee member throughout the term, as well as to network with the advisors and newly elected committee team. The dinner was held at Rock Road Seafood Restaurant, Kuching, Malaysia. A total of 33 members attended the event: 2 advisors, 12 old committee members, 17 new committee members, and 2 alumni. The advisors who attended were Dr. Chua Hong Siang and Mr. Lawrence Ting Sii Ying. SSIET has been running since 2010 and has been particularly active in the IET Present Around The World competition, in addition to organizing events such as workshops, site visits, technical talks…

    Wong Chin Hong
    Wong Chin Hong

  • On the Grid and Revving to go with Electrification in Motorsports

    It was good to be back at Coventry Transport Museum for the third time with the ever-popular IET Electrification in Motorsport event back in March. Surrounded by one of the world’s largest collections of historical British vehicles, it’s hard to imagine a better venue to showcase the future of racing.There was a good number of delegates at the event and it was heartening to see so many young professionals from both industry and academia.  The seminar saw a range of speakers from leaders in the world of electric racing, as well as technical specialists and academics covering all aspects of advanced electric powertrain systems.    The result was a day of presentations which covered Formula 1 and Formula E through to the upcoming Extreme E championship as well as the design of motors, electronics…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

  • Learning In Lockdown?

    Like a great many of you, the IET staff are currently learning new skills and ways of working during these unprecedented times.Over the last few years we started to diversify the portfolio of courses available to include webinars, e-classes and e-learning that is suitable for everyone and in the last few weeks we have started to plan more of these to meet the demand for learning and CPD and also to ensure that we can provide the same great service to our members whilst we are not in the office and our venues are temporarily closed. CPD is an important part of your professional life, and the IET are here for you with a number of learning options during the current COV-ID 19 Lockdown as well as providing support for your wider career and professional development. Upcoming Courses from Professional…

    Kathryn Bain
    Kathryn Bain

  • IET Brunei Contribution To Brunei’s Healthcare Frontliners

    20 April 2020 – Amid the Covid-19 situation in Brunei, The Institution of Engineering Technology Brunei (IET) Brunei Network support our healthcare frontliners by utilizing their engineering skills.Members designed and build 4 Stainless Steel Mobile Boot Rack which can accommodate 80 pairs of boots for Ministry of Health, Brunei. The ceremony was held at Minstry of Health and was presented by Vice Chairman, Ir. Dr. Siong Tang. Also present was Major Farhan and Haji Amrinal (IET Brunei committee management members). The donations are part of the IET commitment to actively support and assist the Ministry of Health in managing the COVID-19 outbreak in the country and for the care of its healthcare frontliners.

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • IET Brunei Contribution To Brunei’s Healthcare Frontliners

    20 April 2020 – Amid the Covid-19 situation in Brunei, The Institution of Engineering Technology Brunei (IET) Brunei Network support our healthcare frontliners by utilizing their engineering skills. Members designed and build 4  Stainless Steel Mobile Boot Rack which can accommodate 80 pairs of boots for the Ministry of Health, Brunei. The ceremony was held at Minstry of Health and was presented by Vice Chairman, Ir. Dr. Siong Tang. Also present was Major Farhan and Haji Amrinal (IET Brunei committee management members). The donations are part of the IET commitment to actively support and assist the Ministry of Health in managing the COVID-19 outbreak in the country and for the care of its healthcare frontliners.

    Siong Tang
    Siong Tang

  • IET YPS Malaysia Meeting Up With IET Young Women Engineer 2019 Award Winner - Ying Wan Loh

    On 27 January, 2020 - The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Young Professionals Section (YPS) of Malaysia had organized a netwroking session with IET Young Women Engineer 2019 Award Winner - Ying Wan Loh in Penang. A great honour to meet up with The IET Young Women Engineer 2019 Award Winner - Ying Wan Loh in Penang, Malaysia. Ying Wan shared with us her experience working as civil aerospace manufacturing engineer at Rolls Royce UK and STEM involvements in schools. Great inspiration and motivation! The IET YPS Malaysia is planning to invite Ying Wan to deliver technical sharing talk with our Young Professionals community in Malaysia to promote Women in Engineering and STEM in the near future.  IET Young Professionals Section (YPS) Malaysia was represented by Dr. John Tan (who…

    Dr John Tan
    Dr John Tan

  • IET YPS Malaysia Committee List 2020/21

    The 15th AGM of IET YPS Malaysia was successfully held at Aloft Hotel KL on the 29th February 2020 (Saturday). Congratulations to the newly elected committee for term 2020/21 under the leadership of Halimatus Azhar. YPS Malaysia would also like to take this opportunity to thank the previous committee of term 2018/2019 for their hard work, dedication & support ! IET YPS Malaysia Committee 2020/21 Group Photo IET YPS Malaysia Committee List 2020/21:  Halimatus Saadiah (Haley) BEng in Electrical and Electronics(UNITEN) Chairperson, IET YPS Malaysia Network 2020/21 Sales Engineer, Greenbay CES Sdn Bhd Hello there! I'm Halimatus, but people call me Haley for short. Currently, I'm working as a Sales Engineer in the data centre industry, where I propose solutions to critical facilities like banks…

    Dr John Tan
    Dr John Tan

  • Contact-Tracing Apps Vs Traffic Management Apps

    Contact-Tracing-Apps are now being used by many and manufactures are also making available their standards of encryption that are to be used (with Opt-In Consent options) for better integration. Are contact-tracing apps 'similar' to traffic based apps? They do not really concern themselves with who is driving, rather that, there is 'build up of vehicles' in certain areas and 'since it is a place that your vehicle historically visited' it must be notified (as per your consent) any travel to that place 'likely' to experience 'traffic'. These heat-mapping exercises help manage medical hot-spot activity, though, it's vital to understand the trade-offs between Digital Encryption Vs Tech-Enablement by reviewing the actual 'mechanics of encryption' that ultimately enable these medical insights. The…

  • How easy is it for UK manufacturers to start making ventilators?

    Manufacturing TN Chair Ian Williamson contributes to this IET TV piece about the challenges for UK manufacturers to start making ventilators.   Manufacturing TN Chair Ian Williamson contributes to this IET TV piece about the challenges for UK manufacturers to start making ventilators. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4oIh0Xhkvk&fbclid=IwAR15L1gCrIqAixfJ51d9LYsBQby0jAtIH3Zw9YubWnA1OUXQe0ZMLPscqM0&app=desktop

    Susan Jones
    Susan Jones

  • Reacting And Moving Forward

    Since I last wrote about what the IET Media Technical Network would be doing during 2020, a lot of things have changed.The Corona VIrus / Covid-19 has swept the world and engineers the world over have been scrambling to help the medical profession fight back and help people recover. We can all help in this and I implore you to visit the IET web-page for Covid-19 at  https://www.theiet.org/impact-society/covid-19/  and see if you can get involved in any way that you can. Obviously this has changed what the Executive had been planning for 2020 and we are examining how we can continue to achieve our bit when it comes to Media education and knowledge transfer, including the running of our flagship event, the John Logie Baird Lecture which was planned to take place in May 2020 at Savoy Place. Savoy…

    Ian Nock
    Ian Nock

  • The Future Of Industrial Cyber Security - Operational Technology Vs Cyber Physical.

    Functional responsibility is just one common ground approach when considering convergence of Operational Technology and Cyber Physical systems discussed Peter Hazell BEng, Cyber-Physical Security Manager at Yorkshire Water, during the webinar organised by the IET's Control & Automation Technical Network.     It’s not only perimeter technology that is changing but it is also the use of traditional principles, for example, whilst the use of cyber security's 'CIA' is typically applicable to IT environments, utility infrastructures however are likely to lean on the principals of PEAR as it’s most focused on physical attributes, a simple nail through the cabling by a rouge contractor will cause much more damage than a ddos attack from the outside, so the risk of on-site human manipulation makes…

    Rimesh Patel
    Rimesh Patel

  • Our Planning Continues

    The Sussex Network committee continue to plan our programme of technical talks for the 2020/21 season, using a slightly different approach.As members of the Sussex Network will be aware, the remaining technical talks of our 2019/20 season have been postponed, along with scheduled STEM events. At what transpired to be our last talk we had 90 people in the audience, so at least we went out on a high. For those who couldn’t take in all the information at the time, a pdf version of the slides used in the talk on ‘Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicle Architectures’ can be found in the files section of this Sussex Network site. Unfortunately all the video clips of tests and some confidential information could not be shared. I said that our technical talks have been postponed rather than cancelled…

    David James
    David James

  • SESAME March 2020 Newsletter

    Please find attached the March 2020 edition of the SESAME newsletter. The newsletter is also in the Files section but by posting as a blog it should be available without having to log in to the community website. Let me know if you have any problems. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 situation, this is likely to be the last SESAME newsletter for some time. However, if things change, we'll post a blog message here  to advise you. Regards Jim Gaw SESAME committee

    Samuel Gaw (Jim)
    Samuel Gaw (Jim)

  • SESAME March 2020 Newsletter

    Please find attached the March 2020 edition of the SESAME newsletter. The newsletter is also in the Files section but by posting as a blog it should be available without having to log in to the community website. Let me know if you have any problems. Unfortunately, due to the Covid-19 situation, this is likely to be the last SESAME newsletter for some time. However, if things change, we'll post a blog message here  to advise you. Regards Jim Gaw SESAME committee

    Samuel Gaw (Jim)
    Samuel Gaw (Jim)

  • Deferment of Annual General Meeting 2020

    Dear Singapore Members, Please note the attached letter regarding the IET Singapore Network AGM 2020. Thank you and stay safe. Kind regards, Mike Henry

    Mike Henry
    Mike Henry

  • Looking For CPD?

    During these unprecedented times you may be looking for resources to further your knowledge and gain some remote CPD   Therefore, I’ve pulled together some of the content that the RF and Microwave TN have produced over the years The network’s 5G conference has been going strong for many years. You can catch up with some of the talks given at those conferences over the years 2020 2019 2018 2017 2015 2014 Need just the highlights – check out some of the short videos produced 2018 , 2017 2015 , 2014 Another one of the network’s flagship events is the Active and Passive RF Devices Seminar. We are currently planning another seminar for later this year, but in the meantime, you can see the developments over the years: 2019 2016 2014 We have also been developing a hub of technical webinars from across…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • UKSEDS - Birmingham - 7-8 March 2020

    Together with Sarah Pickett one of the IET Satellite Technical Network volunteers and Lydia Vaton, IET Student Co-ordinator, I attended the UKSEDS 2020 conference at Birmingham University on 8 March.  The previous day, Chris Brunskill and Paul Wells, two of the other volunteers had done the honours and looked after the IET's stand.Despite the early onset of the escalation in the Covid-19 virus, the conference was well attended and there were some excellent talks by leading space science and industry speakers.  The IET stand formed part of the networking exhibition and we had the opportunity to speak to lots of enthusiastic space, aerospace and satellite scientists and engineers about the IET, the Technical Network and also the products available for Students and Young Professionals. Our colleagues…

    Deborah-Claire McKenzie
    Deborah-Claire McKenzie

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