b'4 Member News March 2023IET headlinesAs we settle into 2023, there has been lots to look back on and celebrate over the past few months at the IET. October saw us welcome our new president, Professor Bob Cryan, who shared his hopes for the presidential year with an insightful Presidents Address and fireside chat with outgoing President, Sir Julian Young and 2021s Young Woman Engineer, Dr Ciara McGrath. We were also lucky to be joined by one of our newest Honorary Fellows, Sir Patrick Stewart OBE, who gave an interesting and personal after dinner interview. Coverage of Bobs presidency featured in a number of trade publications including Voltimum and FE News. News of the award winners was coveredEngineering and Technology Apprentice winner, in a range of media outlets across national,Jared Newnham, alongside host of the2022 Achievement Awards, Suzi Ruffell broadcast, regional and trade press. These included Yahoo! UK and Ireland, Isle of Wightfrom winter idlingover 107,000 tonnes, County Press, Electronic Specifier, E&Tannually in the UK alone! The story was magazine, Times Radio, BBC World Service,covered across 60 key regional newspapers BBC UK Black, BBC Radio Cambridgeshire,including The Scotsman, Edinburgh Evening 2021s Young Woman Engineer, Dr Ciara McGrath speaksLeeds, Nottingham, and Lincolnshire. News and Yorkshire Post, The Daily with outgoing President, Sir Julian Young (left) and 2022- Telegraph in print, Express online, Politics 2023 President, Professor Bob Cryan (centre) As temperatures began to drop, weHome, E&T magazine, BBC Hereford and Meanwhile, the accomplishments of a wholelaunched our latest societal challengesWorcester and BBC Asian Network. range of talented and inspiring engineers,campaign and consumer research which technicians and scientists were celebratedfocused on winter idling in petrol andWe were pleased to work with Ipsos at events such as the Achievement Awards,diesel cars, while highlighting the benefitsto deliver the news that engineers had E&T Innovation Awards and Young Womanof owning an electric vehicle. A number ofclimbed the ratings to become Britains Engineer of the Year. The 2022 Achievementsocial media influencers lent their voicessecond most trusted profession. According Award winners included Charlotte Huntley,to the cause and joined us in showingto the latest Veracity Index, an annual poll a Junior Electrical Instrumentation Controlthe nation just how much CO 2is createdthat has measured the trustworthiness of and Automation Engineer at Arcadis andprofessions in Britain since 1983, 87% of Ministry of Defence Aerospace Engineeringpeople trust engineers to tell the truth. Degree Apprentice, Jared Newnham. This puts engineers ahead of doctors, Mallik Tatipamula was named Chiefteachers, and museum curators to achieve Engineer of the Year at this years E&Ttheir highest ever ranking since engineering Innovation Awards and the Young Womanwas first included in the survey in 2018. Engineer of the Year 2022 was awardedCoverage included E&T magazine, The to Ama Frimpong, Head of ProductEngineer online, World News, Electronic Development at 52 North Health.Honorary Fellow, Sir Patrick Stewart gives an after dinnerProduct Design and Electronics Weekly. interview at the 2022 Presidents AddressAt the end of 2022, we launched our Engineering Kids Futures report, which is calling on government to help tackle the UKs engineering skills shortage by embedding engineering into the current curriculum. The report was covered by LBC News, The Engineer, FE News, The Manufacturer, as well as Russell Finex collects their Innovation Award Some of the winners from the E&T Innovation over 160 broadcast interviews across at the 2022 ceremony Awards 2022 commercial and local radio stations.'