I was president of the IET for 2016-17, and have been asked by government to gather practical and innovative ideas from our Engineering communities. So, please enter any ideas you might have in this thread that might help address and mitigate the Covid-19 crisis. Ideas might include digital tracking / monitoring through therapy equipment and beyond. Even ideas outside your usual expertise domain will be welcome. Now’s the time for Engineering to show we can change the world!
Dave Gray: I'm a retired MIET control systems engineer and have some ideas on how control engineering concepts could be useful in the control of lockdown exit. For a few weeks I've been unsuccessfully trying to find a way of feeding these ideas into the Government’s considerations. The parliamentary Health and Social Care Select Committee are holding an inquiry that may cover this so I managed to put my ideas into the attachment and submit it yesterday as written evidence to the enquiry, the closing date for which is today. I’m not familiar with the way in which the IET lobbies the government and I feel like a bit of a lone voice. I’d like to contribute ideas to IET lobbying on lockdown exit. I've contacted my MP but he's not been terribly helpful, possibly because, as a minister, he has his hands full but he may also be constrained by parliamentary protocol as this is not in his portfolio. Attachment:A control engineers view of lockdown exit.docx
Hi Dave,
Thank you very much for sharing this and apologies at the slight delay in getting back to you. Can I ask where in the UK you are based for future reference? I am the Devolved Nations Lead so deal primarily with Scotland and Northern Ireland at present but I'd like to pass this on to my colleagues if that's ok?
Dave Gray: I'm a retired MIET control systems engineer and have some ideas on how control engineering concepts could be useful in the control of lockdown exit. For a few weeks I've been unsuccessfully trying to find a way of feeding these ideas into the Government’s considerations. The parliamentary Health and Social Care Select Committee are holding an inquiry that may cover this so I managed to put my ideas into the attachment and submit it yesterday as written evidence to the enquiry, the closing date for which is today. I’m not familiar with the way in which the IET lobbies the government and I feel like a bit of a lone voice. I’d like to contribute ideas to IET lobbying on lockdown exit. I've contacted my MP but he's not been terribly helpful, possibly because, as a minister, he has his hands full but he may also be constrained by parliamentary protocol as this is not in his portfolio. Attachment:A control engineers view of lockdown exit.docx
Hi Dave,
Thank you very much for sharing this and apologies at the slight delay in getting back to you. Can I ask where in the UK you are based for future reference? I am the Devolved Nations Lead so deal primarily with Scotland and Northern Ireland at present but I'd like to pass this on to my colleagues if that's ok?
