CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB
http://www.utc.edu/~engrcs/cec/cec.htm
Volume L November 22, 1999 12:00 NOON
Number 41 The Loft, 328 Cherokee Blvd.

THIS WEEK____________________________________________________________
Dr. Cecelia Wigal and Dr. Robert Bailey, Assistant Professors of UTC School of Engineering and computer Science will present "Overview of the UTC Engineering Senior Design Experience". Together with Dr. Ron Goulet, the three instructors are the facilitators of this year's senior design class. They will discuss the structure and the activities that the students will be undertaking during the multidiscipline project. It will also include a description of the projects that the students are working on, expected results, outcomes, and learning experience. They will relate this to the skills for the students as they will begin their professional career.


LAST WEEK____________________________________________________________
BlueStar Communication is a privately held company founded in 1994. The BlueStar network operates through out Southeastern U. S. The company is headquartered in Nashville, and has just recently arrived in the Chattanooga market. Jim Thames, Marketing Manager, presented on the range of services this new CLEC/ISP can offer. BlueStar offers businesses to business solutions exclusively with guaranteed bandwidth. With a strategic relationship with Ascend Communications, BlueStar utilize Lucent backbone in its network. Jim gave an overview of DSL, and a comparison between DSL and ISDN and T1 services. By using existing phone lines, replacing dial-up modem connections, and increased speed of DSL, BlueStar is offering the following:
* low cost/flat rate based on speed, with scalability within 72 hour of request.
* real private network solutions to gain security and reliability
* reduce internet access time and cost
For more information on BlueStar, please visit www.bluestar.net.


COMING PROGRAMS___________________________________________________
November 22 - Dr. Cecelia Wigal and Dr. Robert Bailey, "Overview of the UTC Engineering
Senior Design Experience".
November 29 - Fieldtrip, new Channel 9 facility, 4279 Benton Drive, off Hwy. 58 South.
Tour to begin at 12:00 noon, but join us for lunch at 11:30.
Please sign up for sandwich order by November 22, or bring your own.
Channel 9 will provide drinks to your brown bag lunch.
December 6 - Ellen Lail and Jason Tatum, BellSouth, "ADSL Service - Turn your phone line
into a super-fast means of electronic transfer ".
December 13 - Spouses' Day, at Chattanooga State Faculty Dining Room.

Future Events _________________________________________________________
November 22, CEC Election of Officers. If members cannot be present for the November 22 election, please request absentee ballot from Phil Kazemersky, and submit the ballot by noon on November 22 in a sealed envelope to an officer. A written ballot request can be sent via email, phil_kazemersky@utc.edu, fax 755-5259, or mail to:
Phil Kazemersky
College of Engineering and Computer Science
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
615 McMallie Avenue
Chattanooga, TN 37403

Christmas Party, December 4, Saturday, 6:30 p.m., Clarion Hotel downtown.
Please send in your check and reservation by December 1.

More on E Commerce__________________________________________________________
E Commerce is generating an estimated 2.7 billion a month in on line sales, but a recent study contends that an estimate of $362 million per month is not being realized due to slow web page loading. (PC Week)