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About E&T magazine

E&T is the IET’s award-winning monthly magazine and associated website for professional engineers, with a circulation of approximately 140,000. It covers all areas of engineering and technology through exclusive news, features, analysis, announcements and job adverts. The printed edition of E&T Magazine is sent to IET members 9 times per year and the digital edition is published 12 times per year.

The scope of E&T’s coverage is very broad and is aimed at professionals working in all areas of engineering and technology, including the key industry sectors of the built environment, design and production, energy, information and communications and transport.

Its award-winning content is available in print, online and on tablet computers for iOS, Android and Kindle. Members can access the tablet editions free of charge. Single issues or an annual subscription can be purchased by non-IET members from the relevant app stores.

E&T is published by the IET for its members through the wholly owned subsidiary IET Services. The magazine is editorially independent of the Institution and the views expressed in it do not necessarily reflect those of its editors or publishers.

More information on how to contact the editors, advertise in E&T or subscribe to the magazine is available on this website.

Award-winning content

The magazine and its journalists have enjoyed success in media industry awards in recent years.

 

2021

Tabbies

Feature article: top ten 25 issues – Honourable mentions

How America’s oil drilling boom threatens the world

Ben Heubl

 

Covid-19 Coverage: Top 25 – Honourable mentions

E&T’s Covid-19 coverage

Dickon Ross, John Rooney, Dominic Lenton, Tim Fryer, Becky Northfield

 

Best b2b website – Bronze

E&T online

Jonathan Wilson, Hilary Lamb, Jack Loughran, Ben Heubl, Siobhan Doyle

 

Department – Silver

E&T magazine reviews

Dominic Lenton, Caramel Quin, Paul Dempsey, Nick Smith

 

How to article – Bronze

Lockdown challenge

Tim Fryer, Crispin Andrew, Neil Downie

 

Special Section – Gold

Warm reception for green recovery

Dickon Ross, John Rooney, Dominic Lenton, Tim Fryer, Gillian Abbott

 

Technical article – Gold

Keep it cool

Siobhan Doyle

 

Front cover, digital imagery – Gold

Sonic Boom!

John Rooney

 

Front cover photograph – Gold

New look prosthetics

John Rooney

 

ABSW

Steve Connor Award for Investigative Journalism

Shortlisted – Ben Heubl

 

BSME

Editor of the year trade and professional

Shortlisted – Dickon Ross

 

Art director of the year – B2B

Shortlisted – John Rooney

 

Columnist of the year – B2B

Shortlisted – Hilary Lamb, Justin Pollard, Rebecca Northfield

 

Cover of the year – B2B

Shortlisted – John Rooney x2

 

2020

Tabbies

Department – Bronze

Reviews Section

Dominic Lenton, Nick Smith, Paul Dempsey, Caramel Quinn

 

How-to article – Silver

DIY science down on the farm

Ben Heubl

 

Regular column – Honourable mentions

Bizarre Tech

Rebecca Northfield

 

Special section – Honourable mentions

Diversity

Dickon Ross, John Rooney, Dominic Lenton, Tim Fryer, Gillian Abbott

 

Technical article - Gold

Is technology running away from the law?

Chris Edwards

 

Front cover, digital imagery – Honourable mentions

Digital Twin

John Rooney

 

Front cover, special issue – Honourable mentions

Leonardo at 500

John Rooney

 

ABSW

Steve Connor Award for Investigative Journalism

Winner – Ben Heubl

 

BSME

Editor of the year trade and professional

Shortlisted – Dickon Ross

 

Art director of the year – B2B

Shortlisted – John Rooney

 

Columnist of the year – B2B

Shortlisted - Hilary Lamb

Winner - Ben Heubl

 

Cover of the year – B2B

Shortlisted – John Rooney

 

2019

Tabbies

Best single issue - Honourable mentions

Borders issue

Dickon Ross, John Rooney, Dominic Lenton, Tim Fryer, Vitali Vitaliev

 

Feature article - Honourable mentions

Good bad ugly news

Paul Dempsey

 

Regular column - Honourable mentions

Money & markets

Clem Chambers

 

Special section - Honourable mentions

Light

Dickon Ross, John Rooney, Dominic Lenton, Tim Fryer, Vitali Vitaliev

 

Technical article - Honourable mentions

Can science save endangered species?

Tim Fryer

 

Front cover, illustration - Honourable mentions

Summer special

John Rooney, David Young

 

Front cover, special issue – Gold

The light special

John Rooney, Phil Adams, Southern Neon

 

BSME

Editors of the year trade and professional

Shortlisted – Dickon Ross

 

Art director of the year – B2B

Shortlisted – John Rooney

 

Columnist of the year – B2B

Winner – Hilary Lamb

 

Previous awards for E&T magazine and E&T online

Bronze Award, Department: Reviews, TABPI Awards 2019

Honorable Mention, Special Section: Diversity issue (July 2019), TABPI Awards 2019

Honorable Mention, Digital Imagery, TABPI Awards 2019

Front Cover: Digital Twin issue (February 2019), TABPI Awards 2019

Honorable Mention, Special Issue Front Cover: Leonardo at 500 (June 2019), TABPI Awards 2019

Shortlisted, Features Team of the Year (Business Category), BSME Rising Stars 2016 - Aasha Bodhani, Alex Kalinauckas, Katia Moskovitch, Rebecca Northfield

Shortlisted, Best b2b sales team, Online Media Awards 2016 - Louise Hall, Danielle Thomasson, Niki Lancaster, Alex Macleod, Nidhi Shukla

Gold award, Special section ('Watches'), TABPI awards 2015

Honourable Mention, Best focus issue ('Utopia'), TABPI awards 2015

Honourable Mention, Best single issue ('Turing’s Enigma'), TABPI awards 2015

Honourable mention, Best website, TABPI awards 2015

Shortlisted, Digital product of the year (E&T Online) and membership magazine of the year, PPA Independent Publisher Awards 2014

Shortlisted, Business magazine of the Year, BSME 2014

Dickon Ross, Editor-in-chief

Gold, Special edition category (The Censorship Issue), TABPI Awards 2018

Silver, Best single issue category (Women in Engineering), TABPI Awards 2018

Shortlisted, Editor of the year, PPA Independent Publisher Awards 2014

Shortlisted, Editor of the year, Business Media, PPA Awards 2012

Winner, Editor of the year, Business and Professional Magazines (non-weekly), BSME Awards 2011

Shortlisted, Editor of the year, Business and Professional Magazines (non-weekly), BSME Awards 2009

Winner, Editor of the year, Business and Professional Magazines (non-weekly), BSME Awards 2008

Runner up, Editor-in-Chief Best Single Issue, TABPI: Trade Association Business Publications International (‘Tabbie’) awards 2010

Gold award, Editor-in-Chief, Best special section ('the Undergound Issue'), TABPI Awards 2010

John Rooney, Chief designer

Gold, Digital imagery category (Cyber-security issue), TABPI Awards 2018.

Honourable mention, Best digital front cover, TABPI awards 2014

Shortlisted, Digital art director 2014 (Tablet edition), BSME Rising Stars 2014

Shortlisted, Art director of the year (Business), BSME Rising Stars, 2013

Honorable Mention, Opening Spread, TABPI awards 2013

Honorable Mention, Front cover illustration, TABPI awards 2013

Bronze award, Front cover special issue, TABPI awards 2012

Honorable Mention, Opening spread, TABPI awards 2012

Shortlisted, Designer of the Year, Business Media, PPA awards 2012

Shortlisted, Art director of the year (Business), BSME awards 2011

Bronze award, front cover, Illustration, TABPI Awards 2010

Highly commended, Designer of the year, Business Media, PPA Awards 2009

Shortlisted Designer of the year, IPPA Awards 2009

Art Desk team

Best art team, BSME Rising Star awards 2015

Honorable mention, the design team, contents page, TABPI Awards 2010

Ben Heubl, associate editor

Aasha Bodhani, Engineering features editor (2011-2015)

Shortlisted, Best overall information security feature article of the year, ‘Securing the Sale’, BT Security Journalism Awards 2014

Winner, Best overall feature article [http://eandt.theiet.org/magazine/2012/12/bad-in-a-good-way.cfm] of the year, BT Security Journalism Awards 2013

Chris Edwards (freelance journalist)

Gold Award, Technical Article: ‘Is technology running away from the law?’, TABPI Awards 2019

Justin Pollard (freelance journalist)

For Eccentric Engineer column

Winner, Columnist of the year, PPA Independent Publisher Awards 2014

Shortlisted, Columnist of the year, Business Media, PPA Awards 2012

Shortlisted, Columnist of the year, Business Media, PPA Awards 2010

Shortlisted, Columnist of the year, Magazine Design and Journalism Awards 2008

Chris Titley (freelance journalist)

Silver Winner, Best feature article, TABPI Awards 2010

Mark Harris (freelance journalist)

Gold Award, Technical article, TABPI Awards 2010

Amy Spurling (freelance journalist)

Silver Award, Focus / profile article, TABPI Awards 2010