IET Cambridge Network - Lectures


2007-11-15 19:00: The Internet - Where It Came From & Where It Is Going (Roger Scantlebury, Consultant & Paul Shreve, Cisco Systems)

2008-01-17 19:00: Through-Wall Radar - Meeting an Operational Need (Alan Wiltshire, Cambridge Consultants Ltd)

2008-02-07 18:30: IET Cambridge Prestige Lecture 2008: Biomedical Diagnostics - Trends & Opportunities (Prof. Chris Lowe, Director of the Institute of Biotechnology,)

2008-02-21 19:00: Wind Tunnel Testing in Motorsport, and how the Electronics Helps You Win! (John Frankham, Pi Research)

2008-03-06 19:00: Searching for Evil (Dr Richard Clayton, Security Group, Computer Laboratory, Univ. of Cambridge)

2008-03-27 19:00: Future Transportation Fuels: A Vision of a Viable Negative CO2 Energy Economy (Jamie Turner, Chief Engineer - Powertrain Research SI Combustion and Charging Specialist, Lotus Engineering)

2008-04-03 19:00: Boundary Scan. From Connection Testing to On-silicon Toolkits (Matt Lee, XJTAG)

2008-04-17 19:00: An Introduction to being a Science & Engineering Ambassador (SETPoint Cambridgeshire)

2008-05-08 19:30: Micro Air Vehicles (GFS Projects Ltd)

2008-10-16 19:00: IET Cambridge Chairman’s Address: Challenges in Electronic Design for 2020 (Dr Simon Moore, University of Cambridge)

2008-10-29 18:30: IET Cambridge Innovation Lecture 2008: 'Graphene - Beyond Silicon’ (Dr Ernie Hill, University of Manchester)

2008-11-06 19:00: Alertme.com: developing a ZigBee connected home product (Dr Laura James and Dr Amyas Phillips, Alertme.com)

2008-11-20 19:00: Challenges and Opportunities for Digital Imaging in the 21st  Century (Alan Payne, Research Director, Kodak European Research, Cambridge)

2008-12-04 09:00: IET One-Day Seminar: Power Efficient Electronics - Reducing Your Carbon Footprint (Keynote: Prof. David MacKay)

2009-01-15 19:00: Manufacturing Flexible Displays (Tim Von Werne, Senior Manager, Research and Development Plastic Logic, Ltd. Cambridge)

2009-02-11 18:30: Replacing Copper with Light - The Prospects for Photonic PCBs - IET Cambridge Prestige Lecture 2009 (Prof. Ian White, University of Cambridge)

2009-02-19 19:00: Wireless Sensor Monitoring Technologies for Civil Engineering Infrastructure (Professor Kenichi Soga, University of Cambridge)

2009-03-05 19:00: Digital IP Drama (Piracy, Privacy & the Digital Content Economy) - 2009 IET, BCS & ACM Joint Lecture (Jude Umeh (FBCS, CITP), Senior Consultant, Capgemini)

2009-03-19 19:00: Management skills, Office Politics and the Engineer Stereotype (Dr Robina Chatham, Consultant and Lecturer, Cranfield University)

2009-04-02 19:00: Dynamic Positioning Ships - Their Construction and Operation (Simon Evans, APB Marine)

2009-04-16 19:00: CANCELLED: Astronomy: The Square km Array Project ( Dr Paul Alexander, University of Cambridge)

2009-05-07 19:30: CANCELED "Computational Fluid Dynamics on Graphics Cards" CANCELED (Dr Graham Pullan, University of Cambridge)

2009-11-26 19:00: Computer Forensics - The Truth Behind CSI (Andrew Sheldon, Evidence Talks Ltd)

2009-12-10 18:30: Science and the Media - the Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Dr. Simon Singh)

2010-01-14 18:30: The Engineering Behind Computer Entertainment (David Braben, Frontier Games)

2010-02-03 18:00: Prestige Lecture: The Dependability of Complex Socio-technical Systems (Prof. Ross Anderson)

2010-02-18 18:30: Innovation and Refinement in Wristwatch Technology (Mark Mills, Seiko UK)

2010-03-04 18:30: Chip and PIN -- notes on a dysfunctional security system (Saar Drimer, Computer Lab)

2010-03-18 18:30: Flybrid Systems (Dan Jones, Flybrid Systems)

2010-04-08 18:30: So You Want To Be A Consultant? (Mike Whyman, IET Consultants Network)

2010-04-22 18:30: From weather forecasting to climate prediction: solving the technical and scientific challenges (Prof Professor Paul Hardaker, Chief Executive, Royal Meteorological Society)

2010-05-06 18:30: Honda's Journey to Sustainable Mobility, from Hybrid to Fuel Cell (John Kingston, Honda (UK))

2010-05-20 18:30: The Material of the Digital: Preserving & Interpreting the History of Computing (Tilly Blyth, Science Museum)

2010-06-10 19:00: Crossing Australia Using Solar Power (Anthony Law, University of Cambridge)

2010-10-14 18:00: Do We Really Need Pixels? (Dr Tim Wilkinson, CUED)

2010-10-21 18:30: Innovation Lecture: Making Digital Copies of the 3D World (Prof R Cipolla, CUED)

2010-11-04 18:00: What's Cool in Antarctica - Technology in Support of Ice-Sheet Research (D Vaughan, British Antarctic Survey)

2010-11-18 18:00: "Practical software defined radio for DAB, connected consumer devices,  and beyond." (David Cox, Imagination Technology)

2010-12-02 18:00: Biosensors for point of use applications (Christian Reccius, Philips Research Labs)

2011-01-13 18:00: Thorium Fuelled Accelerator Driven Subcritical Reactors: The Future of Nuclear Power? (Dr G.T. Parks, CUED)

2011-01-31 18:00: 2050 Pathways: Kicking the fossil fuel habit (Prof David MacKay, Chief Scientific Advisor, Department of Energy and Climate Change / Department of Physics, University of Cambridge)

2011-02-24 18:00: Smart Building Lighting Controls (Stephen Ades, Simmtronic Ltd)

2011-03-01 18:00: Free Software and Your Freedom (Richard Stallman, Free Software Foundation)

2011-03-03 18:00: Cloud computing- Simulation and Data Analysis with Windows Azure (Austin Donnelly, Microsoft Labs)

2011-03-17 18:00: Heat Pumps for Energy Conservation (Daikin and the Cambridge Renewable Energy Centre)

2011-04-07 18:00: Inkjet Printing of Functional fluids: Opportunities and Challenges (Rob Harvey,  AtomJet Ltd)

2011-04-14 09:00: IET Seminar: All power is theft: Innovative power management (Dr Richard McMahon)

2011-05-05 18:00: Quality in Digital Audio (John Dawson, Arcam)

2011-10-20 18:30: Optical image processing  for the future... (Dr Tim Wilkinson - CUED)

2011-11-17 18:30: IET Innovation Lecture: Manufacturing Applications of Modern High Power Lasers:  question of time and space and the (Dr William O'Neil - Institute of Manufacturing)

2011-12-15 18:30: DOT-DASH TO DOT.COM: How Modern Telecommunications Evolved from the Telegraph to the Internet (Dr Andrew Wheen - Mott MacDonald (Technology & Communication))

2012-01-19 18:30: Generation from wind and waves - power for the future or a misguided fad? (Dr Richard McMahon - CUED)

2012-02-16 18:30: IET Prestige Lecture - Bloodhound SSC (Richard Noble OBE)

2012-03-06 18:30: IMechE/IET Joint Lecture:-  Engineering a million pregnancies - the development of DuoFertility (Dr Shamus Husheer, CEO, Cambridge Temperature Concepts)

2012-03-15 18:30: The Autosub AUVs  - Multisensory, Multi-scale mapping from the Polar Seas to the Tropics. (Stephen McPhail, National Oceanography Centre)

2012-04-18 18:30: Five things an Engineer should know about Intellectual Property (Simon Goodman, Reddie and Grose LLP)

2012-05-17 18:30: Satellite Architectures for resilient networks (Tanvir Ahmad, Astrium Ltd)

2012-10-18 18:30: Optical metamaterials - bending the laws of physics (Dr Tim Wilkinson, Cambridge University)

2012-11-01 18:30: Science museum v2.0: using low-cost computing to improve access to hands-on science experiences (Dave Ansell & Chris Lennard, Cambridge Science Centre)

2012-11-15 18:30: Cambridge Sundials and Time (Frank King, Churchill College)

2012-12-13 18:30: Instrumentation and structures in Antarctica (Mike Rose, British Antarctic Survey)

2013-01-17 18:30: From here to Hydrogen (talk cancelled) (Bill Powell & Gordon Taylor)

2013-02-21 18:30: IET Cambridge Prestige Lecture - Raspberry Pi (Robert Mullins, Computer Laboratory & Raspberry Pi Foundation)

2013-03-15 16:00: Advances in Three Dimensional Imaging, Visualization, and Display (Prof. Bahram Javidi, University of Connecticut)

2013-03-21 18:30: Small is Beautiful: the Ford 1.0 Ecoboost three-cylinder turbo engine ( Andrew Fraser, Ford)

2013-04-18 18:30: Cyber Security: Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) (Paul Beechey, Senior IT Security Specialist - QinetiQ)

2013-05-16 18:30: The UK'S facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements (Jamie Trembath,  FAAM, Cranfield University)

2013-06-20 18:30: The tidal stream power industry (Tom Clark - Ocean Array Systems Ltd)

2013-10-29 11:30: Realising your potential at an early stage (Various (see programme))

2013-10-30 18:30: NASA International Space Station (Ravi Margasahayam, NASA)

2013-11-21 18:30: Codebreaking and the History of Bletchley Park (Martin Atherton (Bletchley Park))

2013-11-29 15:00: MEMS Laser Scanners and Display Applications (Prof. Hakan Urey,  Koç University)

2013-12-19 18:30: All a matter of timing - starting-up a location-tracking company in Cambridge (Dr. Andy Ward  CTO and Founder Ubisense)

2014-01-23 18:30: Development of the Nissan Leaf Electric Vehicle (Steve Groves, Nissan Technical Centre)

2014-02-13 18:30: IET Prestige Lecture - Pushing back the boundaries of computer science (Professor Andrew Blake, Microsoft Research)

2014-03-20 18:30: The Tornado Story: From Dream to Steam (Rob Morland BSc (Hons) CEng, FIET, Director Electricals, A1 Steam Locomotive Trust)

2014-04-24 18:30: The Lee Tunnel – progress on the largest and deepest tunnel in London (Roger Mitchell -  Lee Tunnel Project)

2014-05-15 18:30: The ARM Cortex A-Class Microarchitecture (Peter Greenhalgh - ARM)

2014-10-23 18:30: Of Apples and Butterflies:  Determinism, Chaos and the Great Interconnectedness of Everything (Colin Williams, SBL (Software Box Ltd))

2014-11-20 18:30: Crossrail - Moving London Forward (Patrick Griffin, Crossrail)

2014-12-11 18:30: Evolution of Mobile Network Infrastructure (Peter Shiret, Shiret Ltd)

2015-01-22 18:30: The Internet of Things - Will it Change our Lives? (Hugo Fiennes, CEO and founder of  Electric Imp)

2015-02-19 18:30: IET Prestige Lecture: Advanced Materials and 3D Printing for the Regeneration of Human tissues (Professor Kevin Shakesheff, Director Wolfson Centre for Tissue Engineering  )

2015-03-19 18:30: Running Out of Energy?  The Future of the UK’s Electricity Supply. (Richard McMahon, Cambridge University Engineering Department)

2015-04-23 18:30: Making the invisible visible: The nm scale perspective (Dr. Annie Loo, Carl Zeiss Microscopy Ltd., Cambridge)

2015-05-21 18:30: Optical Fibres in Oil and Gas; Monitoring at the Speed of Light. (Andrew Strong, Cambridge Consultants)

2015-10-07 18:30: ROBOTICS - THE FUTURE OF KEYHOLE SURGERY (Luke Hares, Cambridge Medical Robotics)

2015-10-29 19:30: THE WINNING FUEL IN FORMULA 1 – PASSION, EDUCATION AND DEDICATION (Ian Greig,  Mercedes Benz Grand Prix Engineering team)

2015-11-19 18:30: THE STATE OF THE ART IN AUDIO FORENSICS (and why CSI is fantasy) (Gordon Reid, Cedar Audio)

2015-12-07 13:00: MATHS INSPIRATION EVENT FOR INVITED YEAR 11/12 STUDENTS (Dr. Hugh Hunt, CUED)

2015-12-10 18:30: PICO PROJECT – NO MORE PASSWORDS (Dr. Frank Stajano, Computer Lab, Cambridge University,)

2015-12-15 18:30: International Space Station: Off the Earth, For the Earth (Ravi Margasahayam, NASA)

2016-02-03 19:00: Joint IMechE /IET event - Building Britain's Most Powerful Steam Locomotive.  (Rob Morland)

2016-02-09 18:00: LIFESKILLS EVENT.  “WANT TO BECOME PROFESSIONALLY REGISTERED?” (TBA - IET Lifeskills team)

2016-02-25 18:30: PRESTIGE LECTURE -  DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE (Prof. Andrew Harrison, Diamond Light Source)

2016-03-08 19:00: Joint IET/I Mech E - beers and careers event (D. Blake)

2016-03-17 18:30: MRI-THE WONDER MACHINE: FROM BLUE SKIES TO EVERY DAY USAGE (Richard V Aldridge, UEA)

2016-04-21 18:30: WIND, WAVE AND TIDAL POWER GENERATION. RELIABILITY AND COST OF ENERGY (Professor Peter Tavner, Durham University.)

2016-05-19 18:30: ELECTRIC AND HYBRID-ELECTRIC PROPULSION FOR LIGHT AIRCRAFT - PAST, PRESENT & FUTURE (Dr Paul Robertson, CUED)

2016-10-13 19:30: The Falcon Rocket System and the development of rockets for the Bloodhound project. (Daniel Jubb, Co-Founder of the Falcon Rocket Project.)

2016-10-20 18:30: PATENTS, INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY AND TRADEMARKS (Adam Branscombe, Avidity IP)

2016-11-08 18:30: LOCATION INTELLIGENCE AND SYSTEMS (Dr Paul Webster, Ubisense Ltd.)

2016-11-17 18:30: AN OVERVIEW OF THE EUROPEAN TRAIN CONTROL SYSTEM (ETCS) (Bob Barnard)

2016-11-24 19:00: BRITISH CYCLING (Tony Purnell, Head of Technical Development at British Cycling)

2016-12-15 18:30: PRACTICAL NANOENGINEERING AND THE HYPE OF THE NANOCARBONS (Dr Matthew T. Cole, CUED)

2017-01-19 18:30: HARNESSING THE POWER OF TECHNOLOGY TSUNAMIS TO DISRUPT THE FUTURE OF ONLINE GROCERY RETAIL (Paul Clarke, Ocado)

2017-02-23 18:30: IET PRESTIGE LECTURE - ROBOTS HELPING PEOPLE (Professor Yiannis Demiris, Imperial College)

2017-02-28 18:00: IET Professional Registration Event (IET Cambridge committee and visitors from IET Central Offices)

2017-03-08 18:00: IET Cambridge Younger Members' Workshop (All of us on the IET Cambridge Committee)

2017-03-16 18:30: Bio Analyser Systems: An introduction to the principles and engineering of equipment to analyse biological samples (David Molony CEng – independent Engineering Consultant. Formerly technical lead at TAP Biosystems)

2017-04-20 18:30: HYBRID HOPES - AIRLANDER 10 (Chris Daniels of Hybrid Air Vehicles Limited)

2017-05-18 18:30: ENERGY GENERATION AND STORAGE SYSTEMS (Oliver Burstall (CTO / COO) - Origami Energy)

2017-10-17 18:00: DIAMOND SCHOLARS AND ENGINEERING HORIZONS (Speaker to be confirmed)

2017-10-18 08:30: AI for Better Patient Outcomes (Multiple - see http://events.theiet.org/aihealthcare/index.cfm)

2017-10-19 18:30: CONSTRUCTING THE INTERNET - A MARITIME ADVENTURE (Rob Struzyna)

2017-11-02 19:30: GRAVITATIONAL WAVES - LISA AND LISA PATHFINDER (Dr Christian Trenkel, Airbus Defence & Space)

2017-11-16 18:00: The Future for Low Carbon Vehicles - Hybrid and Electric Vehicles? (Steven Doyle, Leader business development at Ricardo for hybrid & electronic systems)

2017-11-21 18:00: LIFESKILLS - WANT TO BE PROFESSIONALLY REGISTERED? (Speaker to be confirmed)

2017-12-07 18:30: MODULAR REACTORS (Steve Lawler, AMRC)

2018-01-18 18:15: Delivering The Promise of the Internet of Things. How IoT systems can benefit transport, logistics and infrastructure  (Paul Beastall : Director Technology Strategy, Wireless Digital Services, Cambridge Consultants )

2018-02-08 18:30: TO A TRILLION AND BEYOND: THE FUTURE OF COMPUTING AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS - The IET Cambridge Prestige Lecture (Krisztian Flautner, vice president of technology at ARM.)

2018-02-27 18:00: PROFESSIONAL REGISTRATION WORKSHOP (Speaker to be confirmed)

2018-03-15 18:30: THE PYE STORY (Bob Bates and Richard Howes, Pye History Trust)

2018-04-19 18:30: THE MATHEMATICAL MAGIC OF MIXED REALITY ( Dr. Andrew Fitzgibbon, Partner Scientist at Microsoft HoloLens)

2018-05-17 18:30: MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS AND INSTRUMENTATION IN THE OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY (Dr. Wes Maru, R & D Manager, OGM Ltd)