CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB

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NEXT Meeting (The Read House)_____________________________________________

Monday, July 26, noon, The Read House, Continental Room

Topic:   Getting the ‘tech’ out there:  “The Oak Ridge Public Tour” - Fred Strohl, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

The tour of three Oak Ridge Department of Energy facilities has been offered to the public since 1995.  More than 32,000 people have taken the tour during that time.  The bus tour, which is hosted by a guide, concentrates primarily on the history of Oak Ridge dating to the Manhattan Project Days of World War II, as well as some of the science occurring there today.  Fred Strohl will be making the presentation. He has been with the Office of Communications at Oak Ridge National Laboratory since 1995 and helps coordinate the tour.  Mr. Strohl worked in newspapers for 25 years with stops in Maryville, Gatlinburg, Oak Ridge and Clinton.

Invocation/Pledge Chair for July:  Jim Couch

Menu:  Grilled Chicken Breast with Chef's Sauce, Rice Pilaf, Vegetable of the Day

OUR PREVIOUS MEETING________________________________________________

Topic:   “Clean Air Act Compliance:  TVA's Approach to Clean Air” - Mike Scott, Title IV Program Mgr, TVA

The Chattanooga area has come a long way in the last several decades when it comes to cleaning up our air. It seems the U.S., indeed the whole world, is increasingly aware of the need to clean up the air we breathe and, more importantly, reducing the production of air pollutants in the first place. In addition to automobile emissions, power plant emissions are getting most of the attention. TVA is currently spending over a million dollars per day to reduce emissions from its coal-fired power plants. The environmental regulations which are driving this investment in emission control equipment, how TVA determines how to respond to these environmental regulations, and how these emission control devices operate was presented.

Thanks to Jim Barrott for the meeting summary.

FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS_____________________________________________

August 2:  It'll take more than a homemade rocket for this trip:  “NASA's Vision for Space Exploration” - Roy Priest, Marshall Space Flight Center

August 9:  “Optical Sensors” - T.W. Cease, IEEE

August 16:  TBD

August 23:  “TVA Activities as a Result of the Northeast Blackout” - Tim Ponseti, TVA

TBD:  “Nuclear Proliferation and Security:  Keeping us safe at home and abroad” - ORNL

WHERE WE MEET _______________________________________________________

We meet at The Read House, and lunch is $11.  Parking is free at the Days Inn across MLK Blvd. but you’ll need a note in your windshield that you’re with the Engineers’ Club.  Valet parking (by AAA, the manager of the Read House Hotel parking garage) is $3 for lunch events.  The Read House Hotel garage entrance is now on Broad Street.

QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS? ______________________________________________

If you have any questions or suggestions about program items please call Tiffany Gibby at 423-751-3168 or email her at tjgibby@tva.gov. You can find references to other Chattanooga Engineers Club members at our web site: www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org.