CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB
http://www.chattanooga.net/engineer/CEC
NEXT EVENT ____________________________________________
Monday, November 5:
Topic: "The Chandra X-ray Telescope".
This powerful earth-orbiting telescope is providing the most clear and detailed X-ray images of the universe. It is helping to unravel many of its mysteries and providing a better understanding of its structure and evolution. Dr. Martin Weisskopf of the Marshall Space Flight Center will describe how this innovative instrument was designed and built, and what phenomenal discoveries it is making. Dr. Weisskopf will also show images of some of the outstanding results the telescope has yielded to date and explain the implication of its findings.
Dr. Weisskopf is project scientist for NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and chief of the X-ray Astronomy at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala.
This meeting as well as all others in November is hosted by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).
Invocation: Jack Anderson
Fellowship: Almeda Frazier
Entrée du jour: Beef Pot Roast
OUR PREVIOUS EVENT, October 29 ________________________
Our field trip to the Chattanooga Wastewater Treatment Facility was a great opportunity for us to see how, in today’s environment, wastewater from a relatively large population such as the Chattanooga area is treated. Jerry Steward, manager of the plant, provided an interesting and amusing introduction to waste water treatment. Our rather large group then broke up into several smaller ones who were then toured by Jerry and some of his associates through the plant’s various facilities.
References from a previous meeting ________________________
Here are some Internet addresses that provide further information to Fred Schramm's October 15 presentation on NASA’s technology transfers:
www.sti.nasa.gov/tto NASA's annual publication, Spinoff, featuring successfully commercialized NASA technology.
www.nasasolutions.com Marshall Space Flight Center Tech Transfer Dept.
FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS __________________________________
The November meetings are hosted by the ASME
November 12: "Innovations in Home Appliances: New Technology Toys for the Kitchen" Perry Bennett, Maytag/Magic Chef
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. Now is the time to make your reservations. 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.