Fellow of the UK Institution of Engineering and Technology (FIET) is the highest grade of

Institution of Engineering and Technology The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) is a multidisciplinary professional engineering institution. The IET was formed in 2006 from two separate institutions: the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE), dating back to 1871,Engin ...

membership, awarded to those who have sustained high levels of achievement, for several years. Fellows must fulfil at least two of the nine following criteria: *Leadership *Responsibility *Insight and Experience *Creativity *Innovation *Enterprise *Service *Reputation *Influence and Contribution Applicants must document on their application that their careers and achievements fulfill the above-mentioned criteria. Applications must be supported by a minimum of two other existing fellows. Also, Fellows of other international learned society as well as chartered engineer status are preferred prior to the application for fellow grade in IET. Applicants include senior engineers, researchers, and technology leaders from industry and accomplished professors from universities. Prior to the name change of IET, Fellows had the post-nominal letters of FIEE. Existing fellows of IEE automatically became FIET when the engineering institution changed its name in 2006.

Fellowship

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s are entitled to use the

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FIET. examples of fellows include

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Andy Hopper Sir Andrew Hopper (born 9 May 1953) is a British-Polish computer technologist and entrepreneur. He is Chairman of lowRISC CIC, a Commissioner of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, former Treasurer and Vice-President of the Royal S ...

Lajos Hanzo Lajos Hanzo FREng is an electronics engineer, Professor, and Chair of Telecommunications at the University of Southampton, and also a former Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Press. Education Lajos was born in Hungary and studied at the Technical Univer ...

, and

Martin Sweeting Sir Martin Nicholas Sweeting (born 12 March 1951) is the founder and executive chairman of Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL). SSTL is a corporate spin-off from the University of Surrey, where Sweeting is a Distinguished Professor who founde ...

. See the :Fellows of the Institution of Engineering and Technology for more examples.

Youngest Fellows

The average age of a Fellow of the IET is typically over 45 years old, however a small number of engineers have managed to achieve Fellowship at a significantly younger age.

References

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