CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB

NEXT MEETING ___________________________________________________

Monday, October 15:

TOPIC: NASA Technology Transfers, Fred Schramm, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center

There is probably no other single industry today that has so dramatically effected our daily lives in the technology we use than the space industry. From computers to airplanes to the way we communicate, all have had their major technological jump from the developments that were originally intended for space application.

Fred Schramm of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center will describe the technologies that have been transferred to the public sector, beginning with the Apollo mission and focusing on the most recent years. He says that you will be amazed at large number of technologically innovative items you can find around the home these days whose origin can be traced to research and development efforts performed for the space program. Fred will also provide us a sneak preview of likely coming attractions.

Fred served as a production engineer for NASA’s Space Shuttle External Tank and Space Shuttle Main Engine Projects. He is currently the manager of the Center Director’s Discretionary Fund, a program for some of NASA’s most advanced research, in the Technology Transfer Department at Marshall Space Flight Center. In that capacity he is responsible for the transfer of NASA technology to industries in Tennessee.

Invocation: Paul Snyder

Fellowship: Almeda Frazier

Entrée du jour: Beef Bourgonion

FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS ______________________________________

October 22: "Adventures in Computers, Engineering and Space" - A program to attract girls to computer science and engineering - Dr. Claire MacCullough, UTC

October 29: Field trip. Chattanooga Wastewater Treatment Facility – Moccasin Bend.

The November meetings are hosted by the ASME

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

November 12: To be announced.

November 19: "Implications of Inter-basin Water Transfers from the Tennessee River"

Tenn. Dept. of Environment and Conservation.

November 26: "Efforts to Meet the Water Requirements of the Sequatchie Valley", ARCADIS G&M

OFFICER NOMINATIONS _____________________________________
Election of Officers will take place November 26. Ed Chapin, Jim Cunningham, and Jack Wagner are serving as Nominating Committee members. Please express your interest in becoming an officer, or submit nominations to Jack Wagner, the committee chair, 648-3594, wagnerja@epb.net. Before you submit a nomination, however, please be sure your candidate is willing to serve the usual 5-year sequence of terms and understands the responsibilities associated with these positions.

CHRISTMAS PARTY: ________________________________________

Saturday, December 1 at Rock City. Social hour begins at 6:00 p.m., dinner seating: 7:00 p.m. $25/person. Please send check to CEC, P.O. Box 4031, Chattanooga TN 37405. For inquiries or reservations call Steve McGuire at 309-4625 or e-mail him at smcguire49@home.com

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. Our meeting room and luncheon service are open by 11:40 a.m. Lunch buffet is available for $10 per person. No reservation is required. Free parking is available for these occasions at the Days Inn Motel (on Carter St. and MLK Blvd), courtesy of the Days Inn management.