Entry is now open for the IET Innovation Awards, bestowed annually by the Institution of Engineering and Technology. The entry deadline is 31 July. Last year’s IET Innovation Awards attracted a record 420 entries from around the globe, each demonstrating different innovations encompassing a broad range of industries.
The IET Innovation Awards recognise the most innovative companies operating within a wide variety of engineering and technology disciplines, with winners announced in 15 categories, including asset management, built environment, electronics, embedded and critical systems, emerging technologies, healthcare technologies, information technology, measurement in action, power / energy, product design, software in design, sustainability, team, telecommunications and transport.
Last year’s winners included QuinetiQ’s Zephyr (a solar-electric unmanned aerial system), an intelligent decision support system for the interpretation of foetal monitoring during childbirth, and an automotive hybrid drive system.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology is Europe’s largest professional engineering society, sharing and advancing knowledge to promote science, engineering and technology across the world.
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