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Budding Young Engineers Take Part In FIRST®︎ LEGO®︎ League Jr. Expo

For the first time, teams of young students from Hertfordshire, London and Kent took part in our FIRST LEGO League Jr. Expo at the IET's offices at Michael Faraday House on Wednesday 13 March 2019.The science and technology challenge, which is aimed at 6-9 year olds, tasks teams to build a LEGO Model and program one moving element, whilst also researching the annual theme. This year’s theme is called MISSION MOONSM – looking at how humans could survive and live on the moon taking into account how to breathe, what to eat and drink and what other problems we might face. Coached by IET colleagues, six teams of primary school children showcased their work, which included a Moon Base that had to include a moving element and a research poster, which showed all that they had learnt about the moon…

EngX Editorial
Discover How Volunteering For The IET Can Benefit You...

There are so many benefits to volunteering with us, but here are just some to spark your interest: Make new connections and expand your network Learn new skills that will count towards your CPD Contribute ideas for event topics Gain a competitive edge when applying for jobs Share your passion and inspire others A volunteer's journey As an IET volunteer, Tom Hlaing made a difference to how the organisation is run both at a local and international level. He came on board as a student to fight for a wider range of lecture topics and industry events and as he’s risen up the volunteering ranks he’s more recently been involved in managerial and structural changes. Watch the below video to see his journey... The Dorset & South Wiltshire Network are looking for new volunteers to help raise awareness…

Julie
2018-19 Toronto LN PATW Winner

Congratulations to the 2018-19 Toronto PATW winner, Diego Valencia Garcia. His experience with IET from last year was so good that he re-enter the competition again this year, and made improvements. Congratulations also go to the runner up Fatemah Yazdanpanah. Afterwards Professor John Brandler gave tips for a good presentation. We all learn from his presentation. It was a great successful event! Thank you everyone for your participation!

Former Community Member
Registration Is Open - The 5th Future Of Medicine, 11th June 2019

Registration is now open https://events.theiet.org/the-5th-annual-future-of-medicine-conference/ This is a joint event between Healthcare Technologies and IET Robotics TPN and will explore four key themes: - Healthcare Data - Artificial Intelligence - Robotics - Medical Devices in primary and community settings We have a strong line up of speakers from: Cambridge Consultants University of Oxford King's College London MF Technology Ltd Visulytix Vitrue Health Blatchford's Queen Mary University of London Students - £20 Members - £40 Non Members - £60

Lynsay Callaghan
IET/IEM One Day Technical Seminar: Industrial Digitalisation

Industrial digitalisation is a gateway for the Industry Revolution 4.0. (IR4.0). First step for any industry to adapt IR 4.0 is to understand the overall strategy on industrial digitalisation. Each of the industry will have different digitalisation approach and strategy due to the unique process, standard and requirement. It is very critical and important to understand the overall digitalisation industry ecosystem & to have awareness on digitalisation methodology & available Technology. More than half of the topics by the speakers shall be sharing on success stories, Use Case, directive strategy and Prove of Concept of industrial digitalisation implemented in respective organization and industry. Such a great occasion to have few speakers from different Industry to Talk About Industrial Digitalisation…

Former Community Member
Metro Futures- The next generation

There is an upcoming event organised by the iMechE Event Metro Futures- The next generation. Talk Focus This event about the Tyne and Wear Metro and its future is appropriately to be held in Newcastle at the fabulous Newcastle Mining Institute which has recently been refurbished. Speaker Neil Blagburn Date Thursday 09th May 2019 Time 18:00 - 21:00 Venue Newcastle Mining Institute Neville Hall Westgate Road Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1SE Registration (Free) https://bit.ly/2TweJCL Limited space available.

Emmanuel Omotosho
Singapore PATW

We proudly present our annual National Round Global Competition PATW to be held on the 11th May'19. We would like to invite student and young professional to participate in this event and the winner will go to the Regional Round. Kindly find attach a flyer for your information with details of submitting the application. Register by 15 April 2019 by returning the application form* to singevents@theiet.org Shortlisted candidates will be notified by 25 April 2019. * https://conferences.theiet.org/patw/-documents/PATWapplication.cfm

Former Community Member
IET Sussex Social Event?

Your committee is thinking of organising a 'social' event for members and their guests, perhaps in May or June of this year. Our thoughts are that people like to get together for a chat, usually referred to as 'networking' these days. So if we provide a convenient venue (probably initially in Crawley), from about 6:30 one weekday evening, along with tea/coffee/soft drinks, sandwiches and cake (and a cash bar), so that our members and their guests (a colleague or two perhaps) could all spend an hour or two having a natter. You can get to know some of your fellow members and your volunteers, give feedback on the work we do on your behalf and find out what's happening in other companies. So please leave a comment to give us your thoughts, either on this idea or other suggestions. David James

David James
Project Management Professional (PMP) Training

About the Training: Project Management Professional (PMP) credential is the most important industry-recognized certification for project managers. Globally recognized and demanded, the PMP demonstrates that you have the experience, education and competency to lead and direct projects. This PMP training is scheduled for 5 days including preparation for the PMP exam, as well as below: - Personal copy of A Guide to Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK Guide), Sixth Edition worth USD70 - EPM in-house developed PMP Exam Preparation Study Guide (with exam-focus contents, updated according to the latest PMI-PMP Sixth Edition exam structure) - EPM in-house developed PMP Exam Practice - Questions Booklet (with over 500 Exam Practice Questions, updated according to the latest PMI-PMP Sixth Edition…

Aminuddin Yussof
7 Shades Of OSI Vs 250 Shades Of FTSE

How important is the 7 layers of OSI (the internet) in today’s tech economy? Are the 7 layers of OSI the new global business standard? What does that mean for the FTSE 250 and its ability to loop into foreign direct investments? What is the impact for Cyber Innovations? Will the FTSE 250 position itself to be a leader in transaction based innovations and consumer based technology? How will the FTSE 250 effect SSE 180, NYSE Composites or even Nikkei 225 tech innovators? …Will it? It seems across the tech landscape, ideas of foreign direct investments of FTSE 100 and their market innovations are starting to feed into the FTSE 250, but is the FTSE 250 able to match the opportunities presented to complement the global critical mass opportunities? Or is it waiting for the unicorn from the FTSE 350…

Rimesh Patel
OTT Better Than Broadcast

Back on the 26th February I attended the Streaming Forum Conference that was co-located with BVE at the ExCel in London. I was there not only to attend the conference, but I was also there to present on the experiences of the last 12 months with respect to UHD HDR to the consumer – more on that for another blog post. This conference was focused on the question ‘OTT: better than broadcast’, but the biggest reveal was that the meaning of ‘OTT’ has many different interpretations, so much so that it might even be immaterial to the conversation. When you hear the OTT acronym, you pick up that it is short for ‘Over The Top’ – but what does it mean? Well let us go through some definitions that I heard that day and generally around the media world. ‘OTT means any service that is provided via the open…

Ian Nock
IET Solent Retired Members Secretary Wins 2018 Volunteer Medal

Mr John Harvey is the most recent winner of the IET Volunteer Medal.Emerging top of a competitive shortlist late last year, this attainment recognises John’s long-standing support, much of which has been at Solent. For over a decade now John has done a tremendous job as Secretary of our Retired Members section, which lays on technical visits and a series of monthly talks in the Portsmouth area that attract typically in excess of 100 people - such is their popularity and interest. You will find future events listed as part of our programme. Congratulations again to John. (We don’t mean to brag, but John’s success follows that of two of our other volunteers - Gordon Dixon and Joe Dunn, in 2015 .) More detail about the IET awards presented in November can be read here .

Ian MacGillivray
The 2019 IET Scholarships And Bursaries Celebration Ceremony

Apprentices and students from all over the UK gathered at IET London: Savoy Place for a successful Scholarships and Bursaries Celebration, Workshops and Ceremony in February.The 160 individuals who took part have all been awarded either a Diamond Jubilee Scholarship or an Engineering Horizons Bursary to support them through their studies and launch them into a career in engineering. The day started off with a welcome from IET Awards and Prizes Manager, Linda Deleay, who said: "By winning one of these awards, you have shown yourselves to be passionate about engineering and technology and about pursuing this fantastic profession and promoting it to others." The packed agenda included workshops to learn about the IET, including Professional Development and Career Manager, the Young Professionals…

EngX Editorial in students
IET Colloquium On Millimetre-wave And Terahertz Engineering & Technology

It was another successful event hosted jointly by the RF and Microwave, Electromagnetics and Antennas and Propagation TPN’s Held in Savoy Place, London, on 15 March, delegates heard from speakers from NPL, University of Birmingham, Imperial College London, University of Strathclyde as well as many other institutions about the millimetre-wave and terahertz regions of the electromagnetic spectrum There was also an international element to the event with Michael Marcus from Virginia tech, speaking. Michael was kind enough to share his presentation, which can be viewed in the files section of the community. For those able to attend, we hope you enjoyed the event! We would love to hear from everyone about what you would like to see at next year’s event and where you would like to see it – this…

Former Staff Member
Engineering Extravaganza Event - 18th March 2019 held at the AMRC in Rotherham

Another successful 'Engineering Extravaganza' Event held at the AMRC yesterday. Five PEI's delivered activities this time ( IET / IMechE / ICE / IOM3 & IChemE) IET SYLN delivered the Faraday activity called 'Motor Madness' Layla Graham and Alan Chater lead the activity with 4 STEM Ambassadors in support. We once again had an enthusiastic set of schoolchildren attending and managed 5 separate deliveries of the activity throughout the day from the 9 participating schools. A questionnaire was issued to the students at the end of the event via EngineeringUK and it will be interesting to see the results and viewpoints from this at our next Joint PEI/STEM Committee meeting next week.

Alan Chater
IET Committee For 2019

The IET System Safety Engineering Network Committee organises programme of activities for IET members, engineers and members of the public. All of these events and activities are made possible by the efforts of a dedicated group of volunteers. If you would like to know more about volunteering your time to help with our activities, please get in touch with any of the current volunteers listed below or the Community Manager for the network. James Inge, Chair Brian Penfold, Past Chair Andrew Banks, Executive Team Member Andy German, Executive Team Member Dr Mark Nicholson, Executive Team Member Nirav N Chokshi, , Executive Team Member Dr Nektarios Karanikas, Executive Team Member Eur Ing Paulo Oliveira, Executive Team Member Dr Malcolm Cook, Executive Team Member Dr Fan Ye, Executive Team Member…

Lynsay Callaghan
The Internet Of Things Is Ready To Go Mainstream

Now is the time for organisations operating in developed markets to sit up and pay attention to the Internet of Things (IoT), says expert Dr Rishi Mohan Bhatnagar. Read more here Join Dr Bhatagar and many more at Living in the IoT: realising the socioeconomic benefits of an interconnected world at IET London: Savoy Place, 1-2 May 2019.

Joanne Longton
what's happening at IET Brunei LN

Friday, 18th January 2019 –A total of 23 students from UTB on Campus visited Labi Coffee Farm, Brunei's only local source for coffee beans. The students were able to tour the 19-hectare farm and demonstrated how the beans are harvested and treated before they are sent to their processing facility. The coffee beans are exported to countries such as Vietnam, China, Japan, and even as far as Canada. Friday, 25th January 2019 – A total of 14 On Campus students attended a training on how to tackle fear of public speaking (glossophobia) and delivering an effective presentation. Sunday, 27th January 2019 – YPS Brunei LN organised a social gathering to strengthen bonds between YPS and on campus group. Jevons (YPS Vice Chairperson) and Tay (Chair YPS) both gave some motivational talk and tips on…

Siong Tang
IET Present Around The World Brunei Local Heat 2019

Sunday, 17th March 2019, Bandar Seri Begawan - A total of 8 participants competed in Present Around The World (PATW) 2019 Brunei Local Heat, organized by The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Brunei Local Network last Sunday in Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB).IET PATW Brunei Local Heat is an annual competition conducted by IET Brunei Local Network which provide a platform for youths between the age of 18 to 30 years old to present any Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) topic. The presentation should be given in a 10 minutes duration followed by 5 minutes Question and Answer session from the judges and audiences. This year, all participants presented their respective topic in front of the audiences and the panel of judges which consisted of Major Wan Farhan…

Former Community Member
Gloucestershire Committee 2019

Dave Allen Chair David.Allen@ietvolunteer.org Phillip Harris Secretary Phillip.Harris@ietvolunteer.org Steve Thomas Treasurer Stephen.Thomas@ietvolunteer.org Nicole Saunders Schools Liaison Officer David Pearson Committee member Jon Ambrose Publicity Officer Kermit Sibindi Webmaster Robert Gregory Publicity Officer Tom Smith Webmaster Julie Hudson IET Local Network Manager

Former Staff Member
We Know Some Of You Like Your Hi-Fi !

Booking is now open for a thrilling Hi Fi and audio engineering evening double bill, from world-class nearby companies Origin Live and Naim Audio . Thursday 23rd May, Whiteley, 7pm. Register for a place now via the event page . From Valves & Vinyl to WiFi & Silicon - the engineering behind how we listen to music While we put in place the final event details, we wanted to inform our Online Community about this exciting event in May. Speakers from world renowned, regional audio companies will share some insights about the engineering and technology behind how we listen to music. Both modern and classic technologies will be covered, from those allowing us to enjoy modern streaming services like Spotify, Tidal and Apple Music to vinyl replay, which is enjoying a resurgence. There is also the prospect…

Ian MacGillivray
Solent Committee Sets Priorities For Fresh Activity

Rebuilding our support for early career 'young professionals', strengthening our university links, learning from other networks and possibly supporting a future Hack Pompey event. The local network committee met in February - one of typically around 3 meetings per year. Having reviewed how well we are delivering against our plans, much of the rest of the meeting was devoted to considering priorities for possible additional activity going forward. Collectively, this was determined to be (in order of priority): Rebuilding a team focused on supporting early career 'young professionals'. Engaging with IET bursars and scholars at local universities and on accredited apprenticeship schemes (as part of strengthening higher education links). Learning from other IET local networks Possibly supporting…

Ian MacGillivray
IET Northumbria 2019 Final Year Students' Projects Competition

The results of the IET Northumbria 2019 local universities' final year students' projects competitionThe local universities’ final year engineering projects competition took place on the 13th of March in the impressive new Building Sciences block of Newcastle University. The annual event which is sponsored by IET Northumbria drew a wide variety of entries from Northumbria, Newcastle, Sunderland and Durham universities. The projects detailed in the posters section of the event ranged from ‘Device Detection Using Machine Learning Techniques’ to ‘Metal oxide characterisation for high temperature transistors’. In the presentations event the topics included ‘Development of a Signature Analyser Test System’ and an ‘An analysis of helicopter propulsion through Biomimicry’ All of the entries were…

Emmanuel Omotosho
Magnets, Brains And Currents.. Oh My ! (IET Central London Network Event)

Professor Daniel Bulte Associate Professor in Engineering Science at the University of Oxford spoke at the "Modern Mesmerism: The history and future of medical magnetism in the brain" event held at the IET Savoy Place organised by the IET Central London Network. He gave a very entertaining talk on how Franz Mesmer was able to use magnetic energies and animal-magnetism to promote wellbeing in the Victorian age. From the talk, it sounded like the approach was genuinely ground breaking, in that, it probably created the first franchise model in the Victorian age where his theories even warranted a Royal commission which created one of the first ever peer review processes for clinical trials. The scientists that reviewed his theories included Benjamin Franklin. Charles Dickins and Mozart were fans…

Rimesh Patel

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