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Please follow the links to view the publication.Overview of the draft V2.0 IAM Competency Requirements Framework
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/conferences/10.1049/ic_20080169
The article consists of a Powerpoint presentation on V2.0 IAM competency requirements framework. The areas discussed include: asset management framework; asset knowledge management; V2.0 framework; leadership; V1.0 framework structure; risk management; strategy management; organisation sectors; accreditation; asset management training programmes; asset management education programmes; asset managers; qualifications. (17 pages)The integration of computing and control
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/ip-e.1985.0001
The author argues the case for closer ties between the computing and control disciplines, using illustrations drawn from products in everyday use, and from a brief examination of automated manufacturing. The link between market requirements and trends in electronics manufacture is discussed. Some topics are advanced for further consideration.Electric power equipment manufacturing industry in China
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/pe_19970305
Electricity generation in China has been growing rapidly at a rate of around 8% per annum. To meet the demand, China is rapidly developing its own power equipment manufacturing industry. However, the Chinese manufacturing industry can provide only about 70-80% of the power equipment needed. This opens a huge market for overseas engineering companies. Direct sale, technology transfer and joint ventures are the important ways to step into this market. The current situation of China's power equipment manufacturing industry and its international co-operation is reviewed, and it is illustrated that joint ventures or heavy local involvement seem to be the best alternatives.Principles underlying the development of competencies for engineers
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/cce_20000107
In recent years, the UK Health and Safety Executive, the Institution of Electrical Engineers and the British Computer Society have collaborated in the management of a project to produce a set of competencies for engineers working in the sensitive area of safety-critical or safety-related systems. The resulting document owed much to the existence of the international standard IEC 61508. The development of competency descriptors for those involved in the design and development of safety-critical systems has led to some consideration of the properties of these competencies and to principles that may be applied in a more general setting. This article aims to capture these thoughts.Technology of escapes
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/et.2009.1901
This journal discussed about different technologies used by the prisoners to escape the Berlin wall. Some of the topics discussed are: force and counterforce; deadly experiments; dangerous flights; and what lies beneath.The Sputnik factor
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/et_20071003
Mark Williamson analyses the technological impact the launch of the Soviet world's first artificial satellite had in America.Full steam ahead (steam engine)
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/et_20081206
When Thomas Newcomen built the first steam engine in 1712 few believed it was really his idea and fewer still could conceive of where the invention might lead. The author looks at the heritage of the great man and his invention.Eastern European nuclear power plant standards
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/pe_19960505
The nuclear power plants designed and constructed under the regime of the former Soviet Union are an essential source of power within both the Russian Federation and the emergent democratic countries of central and eastern Europe. The beginning of `glasnost' opened up pathways to allow practical measures to be taken to enhance the safety standards of Soviet designed reactors. Ensuring that these reactors are operated or dismantled to meet accepted safety standards for nuclear technology is both a challenging task for these countries and for the expert assistance being made available from western countries. In this context the author discusses the work of the World Association of Nuclear Operators (WANO) is a utility organisation solely concerned with the operational safety of nuclear power plants (NPP) throughout the world. WANOs sole aim is to bring about technical assistance to allow the enhancement of an NPP by providing a mechanism for the comprehensive exchange of information and `knowhow', a vital commodity for many power suppliers in the East.The eccentric engineer
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/et.2009.1217
The article features the multiple inventions of Al-Shaykh Ra'is al-A'mal Badi' al-Zaman Abu al-Izz ibn Isma'il ibn al-Razzaz al-Jazari (1136-1206), thankfully known as just al-Jazari. He was the senior engineer to Nasir Al-Din, the Artuqid king of Diyar Bakr of northern Irag. What makes al-Jazari really stand out is that he wrote a book, the intriguing 'Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices' (1206). Al-Jazari's book, containing a biweldering array of machines - 50 devices in all with everything from pumps and fountains to blood-letting tools. A great builder of automata, he was one of the first engineers to turn his mind to what we today call the 'domestic appliances'.Golden age of space [Space research]
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/et_20071002
To mark the 50th anniversary of Sputnik, the author chronicles the US/USSR space race and profiles the main players of the rivals.Manufacturing — the role of the IEE Centres
http://dl-live.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/ip-a-2.1989.0026
Among corporate IEE members over 50, the largest field of employment is power engineering, followed by electronics manufacture: few under 35 are concerned with power, and about half are in other manufacturing and hardware, and three in four are in private-sector employment. An action committee has proposed how the IEE can satisfy the needs of the younger and mid-career membership through appropriate events based on the lEE Centres, in co-operation with local companies. In the paper, some examples are given of the industrial applications of electricity in manufacturing processes.