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Professional recognition of Tribology

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I am completing my Chartered Engineer application with the IET. One of the tasks is to choose three "expertise codes" which together will classify me during the assessment process.



There are 114 codes. Tribology is not included.



The IET Tribology Network is one of 22 officially-sanctioned Technical & Professional Networks and has 774 members at the last count.



Is expertise in Tribology sufficiently recognised within the engineering profession?



Is Tribology a valid area of professional expertise?



Could we at the IET Tribology Network do anything to improve the situation?



Am I guilty of seeking "joined up thinking" in an area where it should not exist?



Does anyone have any comments on this?
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    James,



    Thanks for the feedback.



    The codes are contained in the guidance notes document within the application pack, which can be downloaded here: http://www.theiet.org/membership/profreg/app-form.cfm



    UK Tribology exists as a virtual organisation although actual initiatives are expected to start this year.



    Tribology is on the periphery of the IET's traditional domain, so it would be expected for a number of our members to belong to other institutions as well. I was always a generalist, and I put all my eggs in this particular basket, on the basis that when I joined the IEE it had just taken over the IProdE and the IMfgE.



    Being a peripheral topic, in my view is something we can and do turn into a strength. Personally, I think it is a good thing for the IET to retain involvement in the physical, manufactured world, when so much attention is paid to the virtual one.



    We do not as yet have any statistical or demographic breakdown of the IET Tribology Network membership, but this has been requested. As a workaround, we carried out a membership survey via this forum in 2013, which gave some useful insights and has focused many of our actions since then. I suspect that we are pioneering these initiatives!



    Best regards,

    Geoff


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    James,



    Thanks for the feedback.



    The codes are contained in the guidance notes document within the application pack, which can be downloaded here: http://www.theiet.org/membership/profreg/app-form.cfm



    UK Tribology exists as a virtual organisation although actual initiatives are expected to start this year.



    Tribology is on the periphery of the IET's traditional domain, so it would be expected for a number of our members to belong to other institutions as well. I was always a generalist, and I put all my eggs in this particular basket, on the basis that when I joined the IEE it had just taken over the IProdE and the IMfgE.



    Being a peripheral topic, in my view is something we can and do turn into a strength. Personally, I think it is a good thing for the IET to retain involvement in the physical, manufactured world, when so much attention is paid to the virtual one.



    We do not as yet have any statistical or demographic breakdown of the IET Tribology Network membership, but this has been requested. As a workaround, we carried out a membership survey via this forum in 2013, which gave some useful insights and has focused many of our actions since then. I suspect that we are pioneering these initiatives!



    Best regards,

    Geoff


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