CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB

NEXT MEETING ___________________________________________________

Monday, September 17, noon.

Cellar Restaurant at Union Square

TOPIC: Research and Development Efforts in the Carpet Industry. Jerry Zolkowski,

Georgia Technical Economic Development.

While carpets have been around quite a few years, there is nothing old about what happening in that industry today, especially as it relates to research and development. Jerry Zolkowski, engineer and Manager of Georgia’s Technical Economic Development in Dalton’s Regional Office will describe some of the research projects funded by CCACTI, a consortium of apparel, carpet and textile industries. Their interest includes not only improving carpet and its manufacturing, but also finding appropriate carpet recycling and disposal methods as well as tackling a multitude of environmental issues. Jerry will describe some of the ongoing projects funded by the consortium such as the efforts to lower COD and color in carpet dyeing wastewater, a fiber recycling system, electrostatic application of yarn spin finishes, biological and chemical conversion of nylon 6.6, and elimination of microbial growth. As an introduction to the subject, Jerry will also provide us a brief explanation of how carpets are manufactured.

Invocation and Pledge by: Jack Anderson

Fellowship Report by: Almeda Frazier

OUR PREVIOUS MEETING

Dr. Robert Beglund provided us with an interesting presentation on genetic engineering. He explained the relationship of genomes, chromosomes and DNA. He described the structure of DNA, how it is naturally altered in reproduction, how it can be synthetically changed and what results could be obtained in the process. He also describe the Human Genome Project, an international research effort to characterize the genomes of human and selected model organisms through complete mapping and sequencing of their DNA. Both the topic and Dr. Berglund’s interesting style of presentation made it difficult for the audience to leave, drawing the meeting into overtime.

More information on this topic can be found at:

http://www.ornl.gov/hgmis/publicat/tko/03_introducing.html

http://www.nhgri.nih.gov/HGP and

http://www.bis.med.jhmi.edu/Dan/DOE/prim1.html

FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS ______________________________________

September 24: Sewage and Wastewater Treatment: New Requirements, New Technology. Alice Canella, Chattanooga Waste Water Treatment Plant

October 1: Efforts to Meet the Water Requirements of the Sequatchie Valley, ARCADIS

October 8: No meeting, in observance of Columbus Day

October 15: NASA Technology Transfers: important technology spin-offs from NASA’s research and development efforts that significantly effect our lives. Fred Schramm, Marshall Space Flight Center

November 5: Chandra X-ray Telescope. This orbiting telescope is changing our perception of the universe. Dr. Martin Weisskopf Marshall Space Flight Center

The rest of the November meetings will be hosted by ASME. Topics to be announced

Christmas Party: Saturday, December 1 – Rock City

WHERE WE MEET ___________________________________________

All of our presentation meetings are held at the Cellar Restaurant at Union Square Downtown, Chattanooga from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Free parking is available for these occasions at the Days Inn Motel (on Carter St. and MLK Blvd), courtesy of the Days Inn management.