Monday, March12

Topic: The Cisco Networking Academy Program – Ellen Lail, Cisco Systems Representative.

The Cisco Network Academy Program is a comprehensive 8-semester/560-hour course that trains students to design, build and maintain computer networks. Students are also prepared for industry standard certifications including the Cisco Certified Network Associate. Armed with such certifications, students have been able to find readily available jobs earning in the neighborhood of $53,000 a year.

Ellen Lail, Cisco Systems representative and regional account manager, will provide us an overview of the Academy Program and describe what this program would mean to students in the Chattanooga area. She says that its curriculum is offered at high schools, technical schools, colleges and universities (as continuing education courses) throughout the country. The program has demonstrated the potential for highly successful partnerships among Cisco Systems, educators, governments, technology companies and communities.

AT OUR LAST MEETING _______________________________________________

Alan Voss, Manager for Special Projects, Geographic Information and Engineering, TVA and Al Butler, Director of Hamilton County Geographic Information Services (GIS) provided an overview of the joint TVA and Hamilton County development effort to advance the state of the art of digital mapping and GIS. They described the techniques used to digitize the various types of geospatial information currently available on maps for engineering firms and other business. They also explained how this information can be used to determine sources of pollution, take inventory of watershed, and conduct various other geographical-related analyses.

More information on Hamilton County’s GIS Department can be found at http://gis.hamiltontn.gov

FUTURE MEETINGS ___________________________________________________

March 19: "Advancements and Challenges in the Electric Vehicle Industry",

- by Kenneth Cox, Research Engineer, Electric Transit Vehicle Institute (ETVI)

March 26: UTC Senior Design Presentations of their Astec Project dealing with  a soil remediation system for the treatment of contaminated soils.

April 1: To be announced

April 8: Tenn. Dept. of Transportation Selects a Civil Engineering CAD Program

    A Presentation of its features by the selected software developer, Geopack.

April 16: UTC Senior Design Presentations of their Roadtec Project.

April 23: UTC Senior Design Presentations of their AVS Project.

April 30: Field trip to Sequoyah Nuclear Plant

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