NEXT MEETING ____________________________________________
Monday, May 6 - 12:00 noon
Cellar Restaurant at Union Square

Topic: Roundabouts and Traffic Circles - John Van Winkle

It won’t be long before Chattanooga has the look of many European cities – at least when it comes to traffic control. The East Ridge Tunnel entry has been rearranged with a roundabout to smooth traffic flow and reduce accidents. Similar improvements are planned at several other sites in Hamilton County. John Winkle, Senior Traffic Engineer, will discuss how intersection redesign is used as a tool to relieve congestion, and how intersections needing revision are selected. Come and join us for a sneak peak at Hamilton County’s upcoming traffic plans!

Invocation: Jack Wagner

Fellowship: Almeda Frazier

Entrée du jour: Italian Chicken over rice, tossed salad, casserole, and peach cobbler

OUR PREVIOUS MEETING April 29 ___________________________________

Field Trip: - A tour of Accurate Automation Corporation. We were treated to a tour of a company that is a leader in aerospace research and development. Accurate Automation topics of investigation included unmanned avionics vehicles, hypersonic flight shapes, plasma aerodynamics, neural network applications to flight control, flight planning and specific commercial products for avionics. The area’s of investigation are unique in the world and are on the cutting edge of aviation technology. We saw several small unmanned airplanes under construction and testing, and toured the plasma lab.

Vin Sharma, Director of the company’s Aerospace Group, hosted the tour and provided us with an overview of the company’s history and future direction.

FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS _____________________________________

May 13 Topic: Entrepreneurial Engineering - Starting and Maintaining a High Tech Business - Katie Vandergriff, MKT Technologies

May 20 Topic: Invasive Plants – A frightening look at a destructive invasion.

June 3 Topic: Green Power - TVA

June 17 Topic: Hamilton County Regional Bike Plan - Bill Allen

WHERE WE MEET _____________________________________
Except on field trips, our weekly meetings are usually held at the Cellar restaurant of the Tallan building, Union Square Downtown Chattanooga from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. Our meeting room and luncheon service are open by 11:30 a.m. Lunch buffet is $10.00 per person. No reservation is required. Free parking is available in 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 your dashboard indicating you are attending the engineers club meeting.