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Institution Of Engineering And Technology
The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a multidisciplinary professional engineering institution. The IET was formed in 2006 from two separate institutions: the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), dating back to 1871,Engineering Council UKECUK Institution Details Accessed on 30 August 2016 and the Institute of Incorporated Engineers (IIE), dating back to 1884. Its worldwide membership is currently in excess of 156,000 in 148 countries. The IET's main offices are in Savoy Place in London, England, and at Futures Place in Stevenage, England. In the United Kingdom, the IET has the authority to establish professional registration for the titles of Chartered Engineer, Incorporated Engineer, Engineering Technician, and ICT Technician, as a licensed member institution of the Engineering Council. The IET is registered as a charity in England, Wales and Scotland. Formation Discussions started in 2004 between the IEE and the IIE about merging to form a new institu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BS 7671
British Standard BS 7671 "Requirements for Electrical Installations. IET Wiring Regulations", informally called in the UK electrical community "The Regs", is the national standard in the United Kingdom for electrical installation and the safety of electrical wiring systems. It did not become a recognized British Standard until after the publication of the 16th edition in 1992. The standard takes account of the technical substance of agreements reached in CENELEC. BS 7671 is also used as a national standard by Mauritius Mauritius, officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island country in the Indian Ocean, about off the southeastern coast of East Africa, east of Madagascar. It includes the main island (also called Mauritius), as well as Rodrigues, Ag ..., St Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Uganda, Cyprus, and several other countries, which base their wiring regulations on it. The latest versi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevenage
Stevenage ( ) is a town and borough in Hertfordshire, England, about north of London. Stevenage is east of junctions 7 and 8 of the A1(M), between Letchworth Garden City to the north and Welwyn Garden City to the south. In 1946, Stevenage was designated the United Kingdom's first New Town under the New Towns Act. Toponymy "Stevenage" may derive from Old English ''stiþen āc'' / ''stiðen āc'' / ''stithen ac'' (various Old English dialects cited here) meaning "(place at) the stiff oak". The name was recorded as ''Stithenæce'' in 1060 and as ''Stigenace'' in the Domesday Book in 1086. History Pre-Conquest Stevenage lies near the line of the Roman road from Verulamium to Baldock. Some Romano-British remains were discovered during the building of the New Town, and a hoard of 2,000 silver Roman coins was discovered during housebuilding in the Chells Manor area in 1986. Other artefacts included a dodecahedron toy, fragments of amphorae for imported wine, bone hairpi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter William Bonfield
Peter William Bonfield is Vice Chancellor of the University of Westminster, UK. A materials engineer, he was President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) in 2019-2020. Early life Bonfield received a master's degree in polymer science from Loughborough University, in 1985. He completed his PhD in wind energy. Career Prior to joining the University of Westminster, Bonfield was CEO of BRE Group, UK. He joined BRE as a research scientist in 1992. Earlier on, he was a research officer at the University of Bath, UK. Award Bonfield has received a number of awards. He received an honorary doctor of engineering from the University of Bath and Hertfordshire University. He also received an honorary doctor of science from Loughborough University and Napier University. He received an OBE from the Queen for services to research and innovation in 2012. In the same year, he was elected to the Royal Academy of Engineering The Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) is the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeremy Watson
Jeremy Daniel McKendrick Watson CBE FREng FIET is Emeritus Professor of Engineering Systems at University College London, UK. He was formerly President (2016–17) of the IET. Early life Watson studied Electronics at the University of London from 1972 - 1974. He was awarded a masters degree in Cybernetics in 1976. In 1982, he completed his PhD degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Sussex, UK. Career Following an early career as an electronics designer and product manager at the Eurotherm group, Watson was BOEdwardsTechnology Director, then Arup's Global Research Director and, concurrently Chief Scientific Adviser (CSA) for the UK Department of Communities and Local Government (now MHCLG). He later joined thUCL Faculty of Engineering Sciences initially serving as a Vice-Dean, where he is now Professor of Engineering Systems. (Emeritus from June 2024.) He works within the department of Science Technology Engineering and Public PolicySTEaPP. Watson was also, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naomi Climer
Naomi Wendy Climer, (born 18 December 1964) is a British engineer who has worked in broadcast, media and communications technology chiefly at the BBC and Sony Professional Solutions, and was the first female President of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). Climer is the co-founder and co-chair of thInstitute for the Future of Work Early life Climer attended Gainsborough High School (now Queen Elizabeth High School) and Imperial College London, gaining a joint-degree in 1986 of Chemistry with Management Science. Career Climer is a Non Executive Director on the Boards of Focusrite plc anOxford Metrics plc is a non executive on the Board of Sony UK Technology Centre and is co-founder and co-chair of thInstitute for the Future of Work She is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (elected 2013). She was a Trustee of the Institution of Engineering and Technology from 2009–2017, Deputy President from 2012, President from Sept 2015 /sup> and Immediate P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andy Hopper
Sir Andrew Hopper (born 9 May 1953) is a British-Polish computer technologist and entrepreneur. He is Chairman of lowRISC CIC, a Commissioner of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, former Treasurer and Vice-President of the Royal Society, Professor Emeritus of Computer Technology at the University of Cambridge, an Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. Education Hopper was educated at Quintin Kynaston School in London after which he went to study for a Bachelor of Science degree at Swansea University before going to the University of Cambridge Computer Laboratory and Trinity Hall, Cambridge in 1974 for postgraduate work. Hopper was awarded his PhD in 1978 for research into local area computer communications networks supervised by David Wheeler. Research and career Hopper's PhD, completed in 1977 was in the field of communications networks, and he worked with Maurice Wilkes on the creation of the Cambridge Ring and its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher Maxwell Snowden
Sir Christopher Maxwell Snowden, (born 1956) is a British electronic engineer and academic. He was the former Vice-Chancellor of Surrey University (20052015), and of the University of Southampton (20152019). He was president of Universities UK for a two-year term until 31 July 2015.UNIVERSITIES UK ANNOUNCES PRESIDENT FOR 2013 - 2015 http://surrey.ac.uk/mediacentre/press/2012/93554_universities_uk_announces_president_for_2013_2015.htm He is currently the chairman of the ERA Foundation. Biography Early career Snowden studied electronic and electrical engineering at the University of Leeds, gaining a BSc in 1977, and an MSc and PhD in 1982. His PhD involved microwave oscillators for radar applications and semiconductor device modelling. He conducted his PhD research at Racal-MESL Ltd near Edinburgh in Scotland as well as at the University of Leeds. From 1977-78, Snowden was an application engineer for Mullard Applications Laboratory. He lectured at the Department of Electronics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Saxby
Sir Robin Keith Saxby (born 4 February 1947) is an English engineer who was chief executive and then chairman of ARM Holdings, which he built to become a dominant supplier of embedded systems. Early life and education Saxby was born in 1947 in Derbyshire and was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School, a boys' grammar school. He attended the University of Liverpool, where he gained a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Electronics in 1968. Career Saxby had an electronics kit at the age of eight and a television repair business at the age of 14. Reflecting on this in 2006, he considered himself "destined for the electronics industry". He worked at Rank Bush Murphy, Pye, Motorola and Henderson Security. Immediately prior to his appointment at ARM, he worked at European Silicon Structures. In 1991 he joined Cambridge-based ARM as their first chief executive officer (CEO) and built it to "a global giant" with offices round the world. He was chief executive from 1991 to 2001, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Chisholm (executive)
Sir John Alexander Raymond Chisholm (born 27 August 1946) is a British engineer who was chairman of the Medical Research Council and QinetiQ. Chisholm was born in India of Scottish parents, Ruari Ian Lambert Chisholm and Pamela Harland Frank, and brought up in Calcutta. Mairi Chisholm was his great-aunt. He was educated at Worth School, and later attended Cambridge University, reading Mechanical Sciences on a scholarship from General Motors. After completing his studies, he worked at GM from 1968 as a graduate apprentice before joining BP's computer consultancy firm Scicon in 1969. He joined leading systems house CAP and founded a divisional company within that group called CAP Scientific Ltd in 1979 of which he was managing director. In 1988, CAP merged with SEMA-METRA, a French company and the merged group was called Sema Group allowing it to trade in Europe where "CAP" was already used by an historical link with CAP-Gemini. SEMA-METRA was cash rich whereas CAP Group ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Edwin Midwinter
John Edwin Midwinter (8 March 1938 – 13 November 2021) was a British electrical engineer and professor, who was President of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (now IET) from 2000 to 2001. Education He was educated at St Bartholomew's School, King's College London (BSc Physics, 1961) and the University of London (PhD, 1968). Career From the 1970s, John's research centred on optical fibre communications, and he led the speedy deployment of optical communications infrastructure in the UK while at British Telecom. He was subsequently the BT Professor of Optoelectronics at University College London from 1984 to 1991 and Pender Professor of Electronic Engineering from 1991 to 2004, and was Vice Provost from 1994 to 1999. He was subsequently made an Emeritus Professor there. He was also a member of the Parliamentary Office of Science & Technology Advisory Board. He was President of IEE (now IET) UK in 2000. Awards He was made an OBE and elected to Fellow of the Royal Academ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Mensforth
Sir Eric Mensforth, CBE, DL, FREng, FIMechE, FRAeS; Hon. FIEE (17 May 1906 – 20 February 2000) was a British engineer. He was one of the pioneers of the British helicopter industry. He was educated at Altrincham County High School, University College School and King's College, Cambridge King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a List of colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the River Cam and faces ....Mensforth, Sir Eric, (died 20 Feb. 2000), Vice Lord-Lieutenant, South Yorkshire, 1974–81; President, Westland Aircraft Ltd, 1979–85 (Director, 1968–83; Managing Director, 1938–45; Vice-Chairman, 1945–53, 1968–71; Chairman, 1953–68); Director, John Brown & Co. Ltd, 1948–83 (Deputy Chairman, 1959–78)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2007 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Mensforth, Eric 1906 births 2000 deaths People educated at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
