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  • CM Blog: Get To Know More About The Australia Networks (South Australia)

    SA & NT Network main committee An interesting fact about SA : Most Festival state in Australia, one volunteer told me that they have the second largest Fringe Festival in the world. Hot sectors:  Biomedical, Aerospace, Defence. SA & NT YPS About IET SA & NT Network : YPS was  established in 2014 with just 2 members (Ben and James) and currently they have 10 members.  They organised events such as the life skills workshops, their first Women Engineers event took place earlier this year (3 talks and networking event) this year.  Main committee organised a very successful Networking event with the Australia Minister of Defence as keynote speaker. It is the first time I’ve met two volunteers (father and son:  John and Conor Noonan) who joined the Main committee and YPs.  I’ve also met Maged (YP…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • What IET Lifeskills course would you like to attend in Norwich?

    Help us to choose what Lifeskills session we run in Norwich next, by completing this short survey .

    Alex Barrett
    Alex Barrett

  • Present Around The World Australia Final 2017

    Clash of the giants! It was definitely the clash of the giants at the Australia for the Present Around The World (PATW) Australia Final! 6 champions who won the PATW in their local network were representing their networks in the Australia Final. I had the opportunity to watch these champions present their research finding and to keep myself updated with the latest happenings around the engineering community. The topics presented ranged from recycled polymers in the civil engineering field to groundbreaking researches in the biomedical engineering field to better mankind. We were all invited to a formal dinner on Friday evening after the competition. Apart from the delicious three course meals on the top floor of the hotel, the spectacular Brisbane city view illuminated with colourful lights…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • IET On Campus GIKI Volunteer Committee (2017 To 2018)

    Assistant Professor Dr.Husnul Maab On Campus Facilitator (Supporting University Faculty Member) Mr.Muhammad Umar Shaikh President   I  Official OnCampus GIKI Network email id:  liaison.iet@gmail.com      Mr.Shahrukh Shaikh Vice President Mr.Muhammad Haris Naseem Secretary          Ms.Mahjabeen Baig Treasurer Mr.Gulbaz Khan Event Coordinator for GIKI Innovation Summit Mr.Shahryar Baloch Event Coordinator Mr.Akhundzada Zaheer Ahmed Director Outreach Mr.Omer Farooq Shah Director Support Ms Gemma Tuck  IET OnCampus Student Coodinator (IET Staff at UK) oncampus@theiet.org

    Nouman Abid Chuhan
    Nouman Abid Chuhan

  • IET OnCampus CIIT Abbottabad Volunteer Committee (2017 To 2018)

    Assistant Professor Dr.Jawad Saleem On Campus Facilitator  (Supporting University Faculty Member) Mr.Saad Shafqat Chaudhry President    I    Official OnCampus CIIT Abbottabad Network email id:    oncampusiet @gmail.com Mr.Zeshan Ajmal Secretary     Mr.Haris Ahmad Treasurer Mr.Muhammad ilyas Malik Social Media and Online PR Manager Ms Gemma Tuck IET OnCampus Student Coodinator (IET Staff at UK) OnCampus@theiet.org

    Nouman Abid Chuhan
    Nouman Abid Chuhan

  • News from the Community

    Ideas! The TPN’s are currently in the midst of planning for the next year and the IoT TPN, though still in its infancy, is no exception.   We have a few activities in the pipeline, but we want to hear from you and if there are any ideas, speakers, initiatives we need to get involved in.   Let us know in the discussion area and we’ll do our best to incorporate your ideas into our planning The 100 We now have 100 member of this community! This is a great achievement – the community was only created at the end of last year and I am looking forward to watching it grow even further   We want you! As we have many new members I thought this would be a good opportunity to appeal for new members for the committee. We have a small committee already and would love to have new members on board. We hold…

    Former Staff Member
    Former Staff Member

  • IET OnCampus CIIT Attock Volunteer Committee (2017 To 2018)

    Assistant Professor Akbar Ali Khan On Campus Facilitator  (Supporting University Faculty Member) Mr.Ali Shan President Mr.Talha Nadeem Secretary      Mr.Faisal Saeed Treasurer Ms.Sumbal Iqbal Social Media and Online PR Manager Ms Gemma Tuck IET OnCampus Student Coodinator (IET Staff at UK) OnCampus@theiet.org

    Nouman Abid Chuhan
    Nouman Abid Chuhan

  • Professional Registration Talk At Kertih 4 May 2017

    A professional Registration Talk was organised  at Gas Processing Kertih. There were around 3o particiapnts from Petronas Gas Berhad (PGB), Petronas Penapisan Terengganu (PPTSB and Petronas Carigali (PCSB). There were engineers from Instrument, Electrical, Mechanical and Process. Our Committee Member Fauzan organised the event Regards Chris Chew

    Chris SF Chew
    Chris SF Chew

  • 1 Day Leadership Program

    From the perspective of the volunteer who helped make this event a reality! My name is Julian Goh and I am a recent chemical engineering graduate from Curtin University. Despite going through four years of university and hearing about the IET, it was only a month ago when I attended my first IET WA YP committee meeting in April. From there I volunteered to undergo a trial by fire which was to organise a day of Lifeskills workshops designed to engage and provide values to unsuccessful Leadership Program 2017 candidates. At the end of the meeting, I was given a succinct summary from Peta Blight of the rough steps I had to take to get everything together and from that point onwards it was up to me to make it happen. A challenge arose in the final week when there were less than 3 sign ups. I decided…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Leadership Program 2017 Workshop #2

    This workshop focussed on project management and how to effectively collaborate with team members. It was presented by Rob Moore who was an engaging and experienced presenter who could relate his material to real-world examples. I had no knowledge of the programs Slack or Trello prior to this workshop but have now learnt that they are very useful tools when trying to manage people in group projects!   We were seated in groups that we later found would be our groups for the IET projects and events, these being the IET Quiz Night, Present Around the World (PATW), World Record Breaker and the Can Structure challenge. Groups were organised based on our Myer-Briggs results and mixed a range of different personality types. This will no doubt be an opportunity to put into action what we all learnt…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Australia New Zealand (ANZ) Young Professionals Campaign (YPC) Workshop

    How often do we get a sneaky short getaway from our busy schedules? Thanks to the IET I had the privilege and experience of meeting other like-minded volunteers from across Australia and New Zealand in Brisbane, a city which I had yet to set foot in.  Brisbane is charming and we were lucky to be situated on the picturesque South Bank river front.  On occasion I pondered why I was stuck in the conference room when I could see the amazing day it was outside.  I attended the ANZ YPC workshop where I had the joy to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new ones. In the conference, we exchanged ideas and shared our best practices allowing all the Local Networks to further develop the plan for their LN and the YPC objectives. Everyone present was motivated and passionate. On Saturday, we all met…

    Karla Smith
    Karla Smith

  • Augmented and Virtual Reality technologies in industry

    The West Yorkshire region recently held an event at the Rose Bowl in Leeds on the subject of augmented and virtual reality technologies in industry.  The event, which highlighted the use of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) technologies in industry, attracted interested members of the public, IET colleagues, and professional engineers from companies such as BAE Systems, NG Bailey, and global design firm, Arup.  Leeds Beckett University CCTE Senior Lecturer, Balbir Singh gave an exciting presentation describing a work in progress - an ongoing project that makes use of both AR and VR technologies in the construction industry. Together with contributions from developer (and former LBU student) James Fenwick, Balbir also discussed some of his successful knowledge transfer partnerships…

    Oliver Clarke
    Oliver Clarke

  • Artificial Intelligence: Priceless or Perilous?

    Over the coming months, we hope to help promote events from other organisations that IET members may find of interest.   What is the 4th Industrial Revolution Challenge? The 4th Industrial Revolution Challenge is an annual series of ten headline debates on how the following sectors: health, finance, energy, transport, government and society and food will be disrupted by accelerations in the following platform technologies: IoT, Analytics / AI, 3D printing, robotics, materials, VR, genomics, quantum computing etc. Each year Connect invites Northern Ireland’s top academic research professors, most innovative corporations and leaders from our startup community to nominate the Connect Shapers; people who have demonstrated brilliance in their field and a restless curiosity to find answers to the…

    Eoin McGread
    Eoin McGread

  • STEM In Primary Schools - St. Mary's And Stranmillis University Colleges

    In February 2017, Primary 7 classes from six primary schools in Belfast and Bangor participated in events hosted by St Mary’s and Stranmillis university colleges which included “Strictly Come Dancing with Robots”and “Game of Drones”. In the second of the two-day events, held as part of the STEM in Primary Schools research project, over one hundred and sixty Primary 7 pupils completed a series of STEM open-ended problem-solving challenges, which included programming the drones to complete coordinated aerial acrobatics.   These events were influenced by the results of research conducted last year as a joint venture between St Mary’s and Stranmillis. The aim of the research was to ascertain if engaging in “hands-on” practical activities could assist pupils better to understand elements of mathematics…

    Eoin McGread
    Eoin McGread

  • STEM Ambassadors Programme - HUB NI

    If you have a passion for Science, Technology, Engineering or Maths and would like to help inspire the next generation of engineers; then the STEM Ambassador Programme is for you.   STEM Ambassadors Programme - HUB NI The STEM Ambassador Programme is a UK-wide initiative which aims to encourage young people to have an interest in studying and following a career in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths).  W5 is the contract holder (STEM HUB) for the programme in Northern Ireland and currently have a database of over 1300 professionals with STEM skills who have volunteered to promote STEM across local schools and youth groups etc. The STEM Ambassador Programme is aimed at inspiring young people to investigate STEM more closely and works at raising awareness of STEM subjects as well…

    Eoin McGread
    Eoin McGread

  • NCSC Glossary Infographic

    I found the below infographic on the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) website and I wanted to share it. There are a lot of terms talked about when discussing cyber security and the below is a really useful explanation of some of them; I highly recommend sharing them with those you think would benefit:

  • Midlands Power Group Event - Changing The Counterfactual

    On the 16th May, delegates at the Midlands Power Group evening lecture were invited to consider what "changing the counterfactual" means in the U.K. energy scene. Matthew Knight, Director of Energy Strategy and Government Affairs with Siemens, presented his view of this rather unusual topic.    In a far ranging talk, Matthew looked at the factors that have influenced the power industry of today and gave us a perspective on how the consumers' behaviours are increasingly influencing the future shape of the sector. The rapid growth in domestic solar power and electric vehicles are both symptomatic of the rapidly changing environment in which the end user is the counterfactual to the long held assumption that government and big business determine the shape of the power sector.    Delegates were…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • fULLY BOOKED - Railway Quiz 2017

    THE RAILWAY QUIZ IS NOW FULLY BOOKED The IET Railway Network Quiz challenges your knowledge of all aspects of the railway industry. No matter your area of interest there's a question for you! Find out more and  register your team.

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Nuclear Subs Event a Hit

    Emma O'Mara gave a enthusiastic insight into Nuclear subs, starting with a basic history, details on uk current and future fleet, how their cycle of maintenance/MOT works, where/how they park the subs, overview of a nuclear reactor and layout of the dockyard down in Plymouth! A jam packed agenda delivered excellently to the largest audience we have seen for a local community lecture. A real crowd puller.

    Anna Gilbert
    Anna Gilbert

  • IET- IMechE Engineering Talk At USMC By Eur Ing Ir. Jimmy Fam

    The objective of this event was to get the participants to be exposed to (i) Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) deployment of the National Grid Power Transmission Network in Malaysia and (ii) the benefits of joining a professional engineering body - IET. Ir. Jimmy Fam who is the speaker of the day started the first talk by explaining the meaning of each terms of the terminology of SCADA and then proceeded with explaining the participants the whole power transmission network from power stations to consumers. He also introduced the machines and technologies involved in ensuring the continuous smooth operation of the network across the whole of Malaysia. The first talk started on 9.30am to 11.15am focusing on the architecture deployment of SCADA in Malaysia’s National Grid Power…

    Former Community Member
    Former Community Member

  • Railtex 2017

    Railtex 2017, the 13th International Exhibition of Railway Equipment, Systems & Services took place 9 - 11 May 2017 in the NEC, Birmingham and had 10,000 industry experts who attended the show over the three days at the NEC.  Visitors from over 50 countries took the opportunity to do business with many of the 475 exhibiting companies present, including engaging with the IET. As the IET is a key sponsor of Railtex, our stand  (T05) was bursting with people discussing the  IET, Professional Registration Advice, Membership Advice, information on the Railway TPN and the Railway Events and Conferences.  I would like to give a huge thanks to the Railway TPN Exec Team for helping out on the day and giving  this advice - Bob Wilson, John Easton, Chris Marshman, Crinella Pislaru and Richard Allen. …

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Next Gen Rail is rolling into the Steel City on the 27 & 28th June 2017

    Following the success of the last four years, The University of Sheffield’s Transport Innovation Centre Sheffield (TICS) and industry partners are organising the 5th Next Generation Rail Conference, to take place in Sheffield on 27 June and 28 June. Who’s it for? Next Generation Rail is attended by 200 of the brightest PhD students, early-career researchers, young rail professionals and apprentices, in order to promote interaction between tomorrow’s rail leaders and educators.   -- and here's something if you wanted to promote it to companies to join- How can i ndustry  get involved? Want to come and meet some of the brightest young minds in the sector? Here are a few options on how to get involved- Of course, you can recommend the event to your young colleagues! Book an exhibition stand space…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Introducing Turing Talks - 13th June 2017

    On 13th June the Turing Trust is hosting its first ever conference,   Turing Talks ,   at the National Museum of Scotland.     This conference will assemble professionals who are passionate about   making change happen   through the use of   technology . We have a fantastic lineup of speakers from a wealth of backgrounds who will be sharing how their work in tech is   disrupting   traditional approaches to development.     Not only will the Turing Talks be a fantastic event for bringing together individuals who are keen to learn about   how technology is changing health, education, energy, and finance   but it will also help the Turing Trust continue its far-reaching work in sub-Saharan Africa.     Turing Talks is hosting representatives from   IBM , UNICEF ,   Microsoft,   Barclays ,   the…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

  • Invitation to join the IET / HVMC 2017 Horizontal Innovation™︎ SME funding programme

    8:00 – 10:00am Thursday, 25 May 2017 at AFRC, University of Strathclyde, Renfrew It’s our very great pleasure to invite you to the launch of a rather special initiative. The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the High Value Manufacturing Catapult (HVMC) will be announcing details of a major funding programme for UK SMEs. This latest initiative follows the success of a pilot programme in 2016 involving the IET and the Manufacturing Technology Centre, one of HVMC’s seven centres, which attracted over 40 SME applications for healthcare solutions inspired by Horizontal Innovation . We would very much welcome your attendance and do hope you will be able to join us for a special breakfast presentation taking place on Thursday, 25 May 2017 at the Advance Forming Research Centre (AFRC…

    Lynsay Callaghan
    Lynsay Callaghan

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