IET: Sustainability in Aerospace - The Sky Ahead Seminar

The Sky Ahead will take a retrospective/future outlook at the innovations in Aerospace/Aviation that have set the course for a sustainable future. Celebrating the IET@150 in an industry at the heart of engineering history, this event will explore the emerging sectors in Aerospace. The speakers are sourced from exciting parts of the Aerospace Industry, drawing from a wide range of industry/academic experience.

This event format will include a 3-speaker format with a breakout rooms networking element.

Aerospace contributes to the diverse technical community of the IET and hosts members in all disciplines such as Electronic, Mechanical or Systems representing some of the UK's largest and cutting-edge companies. With a diverse collection of Young Professionals and highly experienced engineers, this event promises to deliver an excellent contribution to the IET@150 celebrations.

Our three speakers will be:

Revolution in aviation or how to deliver a public good

Mariya Tarabanovska, Flight Crowd and IET Aerospace TN Young Professionals Group Vice Chair

Urban Air Mobility (UAM) is the concept of mobility and transportation of people and goods which centres around urban connectivity.  This fast-growing ecosystem is looking to use innovative aerial vehicles aiming to be a more sustainable, electric, quiet and cheaper version of helicopters or ground transportation, which can be used for a variety of applications. What are the promises that the industry has made and how would we fulfil community expectations? Is it an evolution or revolution and what’s in it for me? We will address a number of common questions related to UAM all to understand the impact the industry will have on our daily life upon mass-implementation.

SABRE, Skylon & The Impact of Iconic Projects

Sophie Harker MMath CEng MIET MRAeS, Senior Engineer, BAE Systems

This talk will introduce the concept of ‘iconic projects’ and how they impact sustainability and the future of engineering. She will also delve into some of the technical detail behind one such project: the Skylon spaceplane.

Designing the foundations for autonomous flight

Edita Chavez-Heredia MIET, Software Engineer TEKTowr

The UK's Future Flight Challenge aims to kick-start the revolution in Advanced Air Mobility, positioning the UK's aviation sector at the forefront of demonstrating fully integrated autonomous and electric flight to open a projected £42Bn worth of value to the economy by 2030.  This talk  highlights some of the challenges and opportunities in setting about revolutionising the way we move people and goods safely through the skies and modernising a heritage data exchange ecosystem that's developed over nearly 100 years of piloted aviation.