NEXT MEETING
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Cellar Restaurant at
Union Square
Monday, February 4 - 12:00
noon
TOPIC: Hamilton County Emergency
Services in the Spotlight
Bill Tittle, HCES Director
The
Hamilton County Emergency Services Administration coordinates rescue, civil
defense, and police response when a disaster strikes. In light of the attack of
September 11, detailed plans are being developed and existing ones revised to
include terrorist threats to nuclear reactors, dams, government buildings, and
toxic chemical storage sites. Bill Tittle, the Director of Hamilton County
Emergency Services, will tell us about the status of these plans. He will also
explain how his organization is geared to handle other area emergencies such as
those related to weather, chemical spills, and other natural or man-made
disasters.
Housed in the 911 Center along with police
and fire dispatchers, the Hamilton County Emergency Services responds to
emergencies according to a very rigorous set of plans, policies, and procedures.
These identify available resources and help speed deployment of the appropriate
personnel and equipment to where they are needed. Currently the new Homeland
Security Administration in Washington is just beginning to define its mission
and to secure additional funding for local programs like the one directed by
Bill Tittle.
Invocation: Richard Smith
Fellowship: Bernard
Cheatham
Entrée du jour: Italian Chicken
Over Rice
OUR PREVIOUS MEETING
January 28 _________________________________
Tony Chargin, Division
Director for Conventional Facilities at the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, described the Spallation Neutron Source accelerator
and its fundamental operating characteristics. This 1.4 billion-dollar facility
is under construction in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. At its heart is an accelerator
where hydrogen ions are used to generate neutrons by striking a mercury target
at more than half the speed of light. The neutrons are then used to operate up
to 24 instrument paths simultaneously. What makes this accelerator unique is its
ability to create large clusters of neutrons for several days allowing for long
term experiments. The large clusters also allow materials research to proceed at
a much faster pace than with current methods. When the facility is completed in
the summer of 2006 we can expect it to help develop many new and exotic
materials.
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FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS
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Feb. 11 Speaker:
Arvid Pasto, Director of ORNL's High Temperature Materials
Laboratory
Feb 18 Event:
Engineers Week Kickoff Luncheon - UTC
Feb. 25 Topic:
Biotechnology and Mouse Genetics. Barry Berven, ORNL Life Sciences
Division
March 11 Topic:
Superconductivity. Bob Hawsey, Director of ORNL's Superconductivity
Section.
March 18 Topic: The
Future of Coal in the Power Industry - Steve Smith, TVA
March 25 Topic:
National Transportation Research Center Overview.
Dick Ziegler, Director of ORNL's
Transportation Technologies Program.
April 1 Topic: UTC
Senior Design Project Presentation - Team 1 & 2
April 8 Topic:
Micro-turbine Power Engines
April 15 Topic: UTC
Senior Design Project Presentation - Team 2 & 3
WHERE WE USUALLY MEET
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All of our presentation
meetings are held at the Cellar Restaurant of the Tallan Building, Union Square,
Downtown, Chattanooga from 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Our meeting room and luncheon
service are open by 11:30 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. When you park there, be sure to place a note on you dashboard
indicating you are attending the engineers club meeting.