CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS
CLUB
NEXT MEETING:
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Monday,
February 11 - 12:00 noon
Cellar Restaurant at Union Square
Topic: Discoveries In High Temperature Materials
Research - Dr. Arvid Pasto, Director, ORNL HTML
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory stands at the forefront of
high temperature materials research. Their work and discoveries are destined to
improve the way that foundries can handle molten metals and the way that gas
turbines can operate, performing at higher and more efficient
temperatures.
Experiments at the lab also allow increased understanding of previously
mysterious areas inside of solidifying metal, and the migration of atoms and
vacancies inside high temperature solids.
Applications of their work have improved the performance of jet engines,
the space shuttle, catalytic reactors and pollution control equipment. Dr. Arvid
Pasto,Director High Temperature Materials Research Laboratory at Oak Ridge
National Laboratory will give us a peek at what the lab is currently doing and
what application their experiments are likely to find.
High Temperature Materials Research Laboratory at Oak Ridge is seen as a
leading organization for the Tennessee high technology corridor. Their mission
and facility is described at
www.ms.ornl.gov/htmlhome.
Invocation: Richard Smith
Fellowship: Jim Bell
Entrée du jour: Baked
Ham
OUR PREVIOUS
MEETING February 4, 2002_______________________________
Bill
Tittle, the Director of Hamilton County Emergency Services spoke. 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,
an existing 'all hazard plan' has been revised to include terrorist threats to
nuclear reactors, dams, government buildings, and toxic chemical storage sites.
Mr. Tittle 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.
FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS
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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 3 & 4
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.