CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB http://www.utc.edu/~engrcs/cec/cec.htm Volume LI May 1, 2000 12:00 noon Number 16-1 The Cellar at Union Square THIS WEEK__________________________________________________________________ Michael Bliss, founder of Speech Recognition Solutions, Inc. (SRS, Inc - 1997) maintains a corporate office in Chattanooga with offices in Nashville, and Little Rock. He is the co-Founder of Voice Elevator Access Technology, Inc. (VEXT). VEXT developed the World's first Voice-Buttons(tm) technology system to allow spoken commands to control call commands inside the elevator for persons who are blind and physically disabled. SRS provides development, installation, and training of dictation system solutions using speech recognition technology. He is a Dragon Certified Instructor from Dragon Systems, Inc (now L&H). Mr. Bliss will demonstrate the basic technology of speech recognition and discuss new user issues, integration issues, and future applications of speech recognition technology (SRT). LAST WEEK___________________________________________________________________ ARCADIS Geraghty & Miller, an environmental and engineering services consulting firm, was recognized for engineering excellence by the Kentucky Engineers Council (KEC) and the Consulting Engineers of Tennessee (CET) as part of the 2000 Engineering Excellence Awards competition. The firm's Chattanooga, Tennessee, operations was honored with a Grand Award by the KEC within the water resources category. The CET granted an Honor Award for best environmental project. Both awards acknowledge ARCADIS' design and construction of the Louisville, Kentucky, collector well and the related riverbank infiltration pilot study. ARCADIS, known for its water resource expertise, assisted the Louisville Water Company in determining if riverbank infiltration (RBI) would efficiently and economically meet the strict drinking water standards set by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Raymond A. Cordon, PE, Project Manager, is the proud parent of this project. The project involved designing and building of a collector well that take in water from the Ohio River, utilizing RBI, filtering the water through the sand and gravel aquifer in the river basin, and removing contamination naturally. Special pipes under the Ohio River, in lengths up to 240 feet, collect 20 million gallons of water daily. These screened, lateral pipes are among the longest in the world. The filtered water is then pumped to the treatment plant using a pump house located on the scenic banks of the Ohio River. The brick pump house was designed in an architectural style typical of Louisville in the early 1900s. When the naturally filtered water reaches the treatment plant, it already meets or exceeds many Safe Drinking Water standards. As a result, the need for chemicals is reduced, treatment time is minimized, and operating costs are significantly decreased. Collector wells for RBI can be constructed for approximately half the cost of installing additional treatment facilities. The collector wells also provide better water with fewer chemicals. COMING PROGRAMS________________________________________________________ May 8 - Field trip, back-stage tour of the TVA Maps & Surveys, Haney Building. May 15 - Gary Forrester, "Apison Substation, EPB's newest source station". May 22 - Bruce Pirtle, "EPB - SCADAS, Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System". May program chair is Jack Wagner. --- Chattanooga Technology Council Mailing List | A free service provided by To unsubscribe, e-mail: ctc-unsubscribe@cdc.net | CDC Internet, Inc. For additional commands, e-mail: ctc-help@cdc.net | http://www.cdc.net "