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The IET, in partnership with Greenpeace and Green Seas, have launched a competition for 18 to 35 year olds to develop an innovative solution to the real world problem of plastic waste in the oceans. For further details and to enter the competion, go to https://events.theiet.org/global-challenge/index.cfm??utm_source=redirect&utm_medium=any&utm_campaign=global-challenge
We’re calling for students and young professionals to help solve the ever-growing issue of plastic pollution, as part of this year’s IET Global Challenge. We’ve got a problem According to Greenpeace, “our oceans are slowly turning into a plastic soup”. Part of the problem is single-use plastic, which on a daily basis we use and throw away. It means huge amounts of plastic, which can take hundreds of years to break down, are entering our oceans. A large proportion of plastic in our oceans is also due to “improperly disposed of rubbish, careless littering and accidental propagation by winds, drains and floods”, says environmental charity GreenSeas Trust. Cigarette butts, for example, contain a form of plastic known as cellulose acetate. This is recyclable, but is ending up in our oceans as…
When Nabeel moved to the USA, he wanted to participate in the IET’s presentation competition for students and young professionals, but couldn’t find a heat close to where he lived. After a little investigation, he found that for the first time we were running an online heat. This allows competitors to submit a video entry (rather than present at an event) in the first round of the competition. It’s especially for those who live too far away or have inadequate transport links to our local events. Returning to PATW Nabeel had thought about entering PATW ever since his first experience of the competition, as an undergraduate student in India. “In 2012, I won runner-up position at the regional finals, representing North India,” he explains. “It was a big boost to my confidence and I met some…
Enjoy face-to-face events and seminars where you can interact, gather information and network. Attending these events makes it easier to express our views, emotions as well as exchange ideas by using our voice, body language. There is just some kind of energy that makes things more exciting. As we tend to spend a lot of time on our phones, in front of a computer, TV etc., it might be worth doing something outside of our comfort zone to fully appreciate the value of a real-time experience. However, as it is not always possible to attend a face-to-face event, many of them are streamed live online so you don’t even have to leave your home to participate. It is a very convenient, quite often cost-effective and less time-consuming way of ‘’attending’’ and you can also go back to an online version…
The IET has launched an exciting new exhibition at Savoy Place, which aims to raise awareness and celebrate the achievements of women in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) to inspire both current and future engineering and technology professionals. Located in the Watson Watt and Mountbatten rooms for the next 12 months, visitors can explore the posters and exhibits which feature women in engineering and their contribution to the field. The Watson Watt exhibition takes a retrospective look back through the archives at the rich history of women in engineering, celebrating the trailblazers, women on the move and the engineering and technical discoveries made by women. The exhibit in the Mountbatten room showcases modern day discoveries and celebrates current female engineering…
Dear Friends and Colleagues, Welcome to the Institution of Engineering and Technology’s (IET) Victoria Local Network. As the network’s Chairman, it gives me great pleasure in welcoming you to this year’s program of events which I hope you’ll enjoy and find informative. The IET is one of the world’s largest engineering institutions, with over 168,000 members in 150 countries. It is also the most multidisciplinary, reflecting the increasingly diverse nature of engineering in the 21st century. The IET is working to engineer a better world by inspiring, informing and influencing our members, engineers and technicians, and all those who are touched by, or touch, the work of engineers. The IET has a presence in all states of Australia, with each state having its own network. The IET Victoria Local…
2018 - 19 Victoria Network Committee Chairman Mr R aj Ranasinghe Vice-Chairman Dr Sashi Sivathasan Secretary Mr Mahinda Wickramasuriya Treasurer Mrs Michelle Zhao Professional Registration Adviser (IPRA) Dr Sashi Sivathasan YPS Chairman Mr Ludovic Grosjean Committee Member Mr Jonathan Brown Committee Member & IPRA Mr Jana Ratnasabapathy Committee Member Dr Priyantha Karunadasa Committee Member Mr
Realising the socioeconomic benefits of an interconnected world. An IET & PETRAS Conference & Exhibition - 1 - 2 May 2019, IET London: Savoy Place Conference scope This conference focuses on realising the socioeconomic benefits of an interconnected world. It is distinctively concerned with a range of sociotechnical issues, the scope including privacy, ethics, trust, and acceptability, as well as security, safety and resilience, in the Internet of Things. The topics listed are examples but not an exhaustive list. In all cases we welcome abstracts which focus on specific domains, e.g. industrial IoT, healthcare, home, entertainment (toys and games), transport, buildings, cities, energy, environment, manufacturing, creative economy, space, robotics, industrial control and critical infrastructure…
Over the past year, the Executive Committee has reviewed the scope and the direction of the Functional Safety Technical and Professional Network (TPN). We want the network to stay relevant to the Safety community, by covering a wider remit and broadening our vision. Safety has a key part to play in the IET technical structure and we want the TPN to have a key role. We decided to change our name to the System Safety Engineering TPN to reflect this. Why Change? We had concerns about what the Functional Safety TPN is about, what it is and where it is going. Pockets of good things were happening, but no cohesion or direction. We want a broader vision: not just Functional Safety, but wider systems engineering aspects. Professional registration is changing and we need to better…
Final speaker announcement - Jonathan Speed! Bio : Jonathan Speed is a Design and Development Engineer within the Accelerator Design division at ISIS neutron and muon source. Currently, the main projects he is working on include the procurement of new dipole coils for the ISIS main bending magnets, design of a new RF ion source and the production of a new busbar system for the injection kicker magnets. Prior to working at ISIS, he worked as an electromechanical engineer in the Normal Conducting Magnets section at CERN. Synopsis : After decades of reliable operation, over the last 15 years, the mica-glass fibre insulated coils for the ISIS main dipoles have begun to fail. The ISIS accelerator accelerates bunches of protons to 800 MeV 50 times per second. This high frequency leads to high voltages…
Monday, 15th October 2018, Seria - 19 student members of IET from Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) have conducted a technical visit to Brunei Shell Petroleum Seria Crude Oil Terminal (BSP SCOT).The session started with safety briefing, followed by explanation of procedures and processes that undergoes in SCOT to the students. Then, they were given a tour around the area together with various fuel tanks in sight along the way. The visit ended with a group photo with BSP personnel.
We would like to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Chin Xin Ying for receiving the IET Local Network Prize.Chin Xin Ying, a graduate from Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) in Civil and Structural Engineering, was presented the award by Dato Seri Setia Awang Haji Hamzah Bin Haji Sulaiman, Ministry of Education Brunei Darussalam, during Universiti Teknologi Brunei (UTB) 6th Convocation ceremony 2018 last month. The IET Local Network Prize is an award sponsored by IET Brunei Local Network in celebration the achievement of the best graduate in UTB during convocation ceremony. During the ceremony, UTB presented Certificate of Appreciation to Lt Col (U) Schufin Bin Haji Brahim, Chairperson of IET Brunei Local Network, for the sponsorship of the IET Local Network Prize.
Are you interested in getting more involved with the IET in your local area? The Dorset and South Wiltshire LN are currently looking for new volunteers to join the committee. There are a number of opportunities available, from simply attending committee meetings to bring new ideas to the table, through to the organising, running and promoting of events. What are the benefits? By becoming a LN volunteer, you will be able to: learn new skills; gain more awareness of SET topics; put forth suggestions for events; network and make new connections; count your activity towards CPD (Continuing Professional Development); help your Local Network remain vibrant; be affiliated with a professional international body. If you have an interest in raising awareness of science, engineering and technology in…
At the start of the first talk of the season outgoing chair Chris Jobling gave a quick review of the 2017/2018 season and incoming chair Susan Jones gave a preview of the year ahead. Here are the slides should you want a memo.
It's an honour to be elected as a chair of an IET local network, and I was honoured to serve the Wales South West Local Network in 2017-2018. As I prepare to hand over the baton to my successor, Ms Susan Jones, at tonight's October Lecture on Environmental Management Technologies I have the opportunity the reflect on the year just gone and mention some of my personal highlights.It's an honour to be elected as a chair of an IET local network, and I was honoured to serve the Wales South West Local Network in 2017-2018. As I prepare to hand over the baton to my successor, Ms Susan Jones, at tonight's October Lecture on Environmental Management Technologies I have the opportunity the reflect on the year just gone and mention some of my personal highlights. In my day job, I'm an academic working…
With an aim of getting more young future technical professionals to involve with IET Toronto Local Network, I am happy to announce that we will sponsor the student group at Ryerson University to enter their Car Design Project in the Formula North 2019 event in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Good luck to Ryerson student group!
Brian Back, in spite of his dyslexia, is enjoying an engineering career that has spanned 40 years. He’s pioneered projects such as a wide area smart metering AMR network, a rail temperature monitoring system and most recently, a real-time sewer level and sewer overflow monitoring system. Pursuing an education Brian’s career started at 16 as an apprentice power engineer with Hawker Siddeley. But due to the lack of a GCSE in English, he had to take his education one step at a time. “During my early career, dyslexia was a serious barrier, as educational admission boards would automatically say no at the lack of a formal English qualification. Dyslexia was never mentioned as little was known about it in those days,” he says. “Time and time again, I had to visit in person and plead with heads of…
Come along and help out at our Engineering Extravaganza. Help out at the Engineering Extravaganza Engineering Extravaganza VOLUNTEER NOW Help out at the Engineering Extravaganza We are looking for enthusiastic members to help us run an activity and answer year 8 level engineering questions along the way. The IET South Yorkshire Local Network will be helping students discover engineering at the Engineering Extravaganza Monday 12 th November, at the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in Rotherham. The Engineering Extravaganza is run by the IET, IMechE, ICE, IChemE and IOM3 with Tomorrow’s Engineers, and is designed to encourage 12-14 year-olds to take up a career in engineering. Volunteers from each institution will lead engineering activities designed to give students hands…
The Institution of Engineering and Technology – Cyprus Network organised on the 3th of October 2018 the “Innovation, The Challenging Way Forward” conference at the Hilton Hotel in Nicosia, Cyprus. The conference aimed at raising awareness and promoting the role of Innovation in the new Economy and will bring together experts from the industry and academia to share their ideas and experiences. PHOTO GALLERY https://innovationcyconf2018.com/en/page/gallery PRESENTATIONS https://innovationcyconf2018.com/en/page/speakers
Broadcasting techniques were the essence of the IBC 2018 highlights show held in partnership with RTS London Centre at IET Savoy Place. The panel spoke about the latest cutting edge innovations, trends and technical strategies from across the media industry on display at the IBC 2018 show. The panel consisted of Keith Underwood COO of Channel 4, James Lovell of CISCO Media Sector, David Short the Vice Chair of the IET Multimedia Communication Network and Aradhna Tayal Director of Radio TechCon, and chaired by Muki Kulhan Managing Director of Muki-international. The panel discussed how development of broadcast technology of yester year has transformed into pocket-production. Any smart device is now the Satellite mobile news van, you don’t need an entire crew to send your news, just a smart…
Environmental Monitoring Technologies: Exploring the benefits of smart technology in environment management . 18 October 2018, ALEX Reading Room, UWTSD, Alexandra Road, Swansea SA1 5DU. Claire Grainger is the new manager of the Environment department at Tata Steel Port Talbot and Llanwern, she will share her ideas on the technologies available. She also looks forward to hearing from others about their experiences of technology in this field. Lecture starts at 19:00. Refreshments from 18:30. All welcome. If you register, it helps us to organize sufficient refreshments. Register here .
This year the IET Wales South West local network is pleased to announce that our incoming chair, Susan Jones, has curated a special programme of talks from female speakers to celebrate 100 years of Women in Engineering. In 2019, we will also be hosting the IET South Wales Prestige Dinner which will be in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first air-crossing of the Atlantic made by Alcock and Brown. We have a great programme planned which, because of changes in the IET's fiscal year, takes us from October 2018 all the way to December 2019. We hope that you will be able to join us!This year the IET Wales South West local network is pleased to announce that our incoming chair, Susan Jones, has curated a special programme of talks from female speakers to celebrate 100 years of Women in…
On 6 June 2018, the CERN & Society Foundation and the Foundation for the Globe of Science and Innovation joined forces by becoming one single entity with the ultimate goal of broadening the impact on society and optimizing fundraising activities.The Foundation for the Globe of Science and Innovation, established in 2007, and the CERN & Society Foundation, established in 2014, have over the past years successfully carried out complementary missions, sharing the overarching objective of promoting engagement in science in support of the broader mission of CERN. After the merger the combined Foundation will continue to have the name “CERN & Society Foundation”, and the existing partnerships and projects of the two foundations will be brought together in this Foundation. While the mission and activities…
Quick review of talk on Tuesday 9th October 2018On Tuesday 9th October, members of the Bucks LN enjoyed a talk on the Chemistry of Adhesives, subtitled "Get Stuck In!". The talk was given by Professor John Watts FREng from the university of Surrey. John is an UK expert in how adhesives work. He and his team of graduates use cutting-edge chemical analysis equipment to understand how adhesives work and the failure modes. It was a wide-ranging talk much enlivened by John's puckish sense of humour. His tale of his experiences of investigating beer-can widget failure was very refreshing ...
