IET on campus
On campus there is a Student Ambassador and Advisor to offer advice and guidance to students. The IET also supports student society events through sponsorship and providing guest speakers.
The Technopolitan
Students at the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) in Lahore, Pakistan, have created their own magazine for the region’s IET chapter.
LEGO and robots - a London IET young professionals event
IET members Anvar Nazarov and Matthew Taylor share their highlights from the latest London IET young professionals event - consisting of a LEGO Mindstorms Robot Wars competition and Professor Kevin Warwick’s Cyborg Experiments lecture.
Norwegian university holds process tomography event
A recent event focusing on process tomography was organised by Telemark University College (TUC), and the IET Norway Network. Here PhD student Christo Rautenbach, from South Africa, shares his thoughts on the meeting.
The IET Great Egg Race
Catapult an egg as far as possible or build a crane to transport an egg to the centre of a target? Participants of the IET Great Egg Race are invited to design and build a device capable of transporting an egg using only limited components.
Challenges in human-assistive robotics
Dr Tony Pipe, Deputy Director, Bristol Robotics Laboratory headed up a lecture at Bristol University. Report by Dr Russell J. Haines, CEng MIET.
Students plan technical visit to brewery
A group of younger members from the South Yorkshire Network visited Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire, enabling them to experience what it is like to work in a modern brewery. Report by Matthew Hobbs, IET Younger Members’ chairman, South Yorkshire.
Bridging industry and education with Lahore’s University of Engineering and Technology
IET students arrange the region’s first Research and Development Week.
Imperial undergrads tackle Africa’s rural electrification problems
Imperial College London’s Thomas Lüth shows how the "Energy Kiosk" is improving power accessibility in rural Rwanda.
Inshore patrol vessels: a New Zealand Navy tour
Wonder what the inside of a Navy ship is like? Keen students from the IET’s Wellington Local Network took a look at two of the Royal New Zealand Navy’s brand new patrol vessels. Report from student member Manish Makwana.
Wearable Computing: A talk by Professor Chris Baber
Laura Clough reports on Baber’s talk to the IET North West Midlands Network which focused on the future of embedded technologies - will technological advances make us lazy?
An introduction to the NW Midlands Local Network
Want to find out more about the Local Networks (LNs) in your region? Here’s a taster of what the IET’s Staffordshire LN get-togethers can offer students.
Sri Lanka LN's YMS visits Nillambe Hydropower Plant
Jayathu Senadheera, chairman of the Sri Lanka Network’s Younger Members Section tells of the technical visit and its benefits.
The University of Surrey and the IET
Abdelhak Attou, who works within the university’s Mobile Communications Research Group, gives us a glimpse at how the university and the IET are working together to offer students new opportunities.
YMS Sri Lanka Network works together to build new library
Network opens new IET library at the University of Peradeniya, and hopes to continue its work at other universities across Sri Lanka.
Technology and football
In what must be an IET first, IET Thessaloniki Young Professionals (YP) were delighted to welcome two prominent football players to lectures on technology and football, as part IET Athletic Technology Week.
Blood flow and engineering
A riveting, if at times gruesome, lecture arranged by IET Younger Professionals took a look at how engineering can help sufferers of arterial and coronary disease.
The Shuttleworth Collection visit
The IET’s Beds and Herts Network recently arranged to visit the Shuttleworth Estate, home to many of the region’s aviation events.
Edinburgh University - Wave Power Group visit
A report on Edinburgh University’s recent lecture event.
Laser guns and virtual ranges: the “battle lab” visit
Students from the IET’s Wellington Local Network (LN) spend a day at the New Zealand Army’s Weapons Simulation Centre, Waiouru.
Mars factory visit
To increase awareness about work life in a manufacturing company and as a kick start of engineering student outreach activities, IET on Campus Surrey network organised a trip for post graduates and undergraduates to the Mars food factory in Slough.
IET awards yearly charitable engineering project
Students at Strathclyde University’s Electronic and Electrical Engineering department have been putting their skills to good use, by travelling to Gambia to improve living conditions across villages and towns.
Networking inspiration - The Ince Society
Proactive students in Gibraltar have created their own group for aspiring engineers, arranging trips and events focused on science and engineering.
IET sponsors the first student mission to the Moon
The European Student Moon Orbiter (ESMO) gives students the chance to gain hands-on space project experience.
