17 “ This was my first conference abroad as a PhD researcher. It afforded me an opportunity to share my work with a larger and global audience of researchers, professors, and industrialists of good repute. I felt enabled in inserting positive influence and raising my profile. In a nutshell, I feel privileged to be an MIET and eulogise the role IET is playing in supporting and promoting the research work of its members through different schemes.” Sohaib Aslam, PhD Researcher Travel Award winner 2018 IET Travel Awards For IET members who are travelling