CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB

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NEXT Meeting (The Read House)____________________________________________

Monday, November 29, 2004 - noon, The Read House, Continental Room

Topic:  “Nanotechnology and Its Applications” - Dr. Jayesh Doshi, President & CEO, eSpin Technologies, Inc.

Nanotechnology offers control over materials that will enable us to meet real end use customer needs in a way that modern technology hasn't.  Nanotechnology will enable us to tailor virtually any property of any material thereby creating business value at a scale that is useful to meet real customer needs.  In many potential applications, it will take years for products to reach market while some of the material will emerge in near future.  Dr. Jayesh Doshi will discuss challenges and opportunities within nanotechnology.

Invocation/Pledge Chair:  Ron Burton

Menu:  unavailable

CHRISTMAS PARTY____________________________________________________

Our Christmas Party and 80th Anniversary will be on Thursday, December 9, 2004, at 6:30 pm at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in the Chattanooga Room of the University Center.  Our speaker will be Mayor Bob Corker and afterward we’ll induct new officers and have music, dancing and door prizes.  Get your tickets now for $30 per person.  RSVP to Tiffany Gibby at (423)751-3168 or Judy Driggans at (423)751-7616.

Don’t miss it!!!

OUR PREVIOUS MEETING________________________________________________

Topic:  “What’s all this fuss about nanoscience?  ORNL’s new Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)” - Doug Lowndes, Scientific Director, CNMS, ORNL

Doug Lowndes, Scientific Director at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences at ORNL, gave a very informative presentation on nanoscience.  The Department of Energy (DOE) is expanding nanoscience research at five national locations.  Each center is located near a major US research facility, one of them being the Center for Nanophase Materials Science (CNMS) at ORNL.  Placing the centers at a major research facility allows them to thrive in a system of high collaboration, multidiscipline research. The United States spends a little more than $950 million annually on nanoscience research.  Europe and Japan spend about the same.  All other countries combined spend about the same amount of money on nanoscience research as each of the three leading countries.  Why is nanoscience so important?  Nanoscience will change the nature of almost every human made object in the next century.  Nano is 10^-9 and DNA is at the nanoscale level.  New and improved electron microscopes make it possible to research at the nanoscale level.  Also, new tools for atomic scale characterization and single atom/molecule manipulation are now available.  Scientists at ORNL’s CNMS will put the latest scientific equipment, tools, and methods into research practice.  The expected date for completion of construction is April 2005.  The design of the CNMS building is to maximize collaboration among the Center’s staff.  In 2006, all the technical equipment will be completely installed and the Center will be in its first full budget year.

Thanks to Jim Barrott for the meeting summary.

SPECIAL NOTE - OFFICER ELECTIONS AND LOGO SELECTION____________________

With the passing of Dr. Rick Keyser, Brad Baucom recommended himself as secretary on an interim basis until a suitable replacement is found.  Dale Bradshaw made the motion and Ron Burton seconded.  The motion passed unanimously.  Ballots were then distributed and members were asked to vote.  Uwe Zitzow and Lulu Copeland collected the ballots and tallied the votes.

Concerning the results of the election, from an email from Uwe Zitzow on November 24:  “As stipulated by the CEC By-Laws, the office of President is filled by automatic succession of the previous year's First Vice President, who shall be deemed President-elect provided he or she has completed a full term in that office.  Accordingly, Tiffany Gibby is our new President for 2005.  Our duly elected officers for 2005 are:  Judy Driggans, First Vice President and Program Chairman, and Jim Barrott, Second Vice President and Membership Chairman.  Brad Baucom will serve as Secretary until an election for that post is held early in January.  The vote for a new CEC logo resulted in a tie between the original, current logo and the "New Logo C" ( the stylized version of the original).  The nominating committee interprets this result as a suggestion by members that we retain the original logo but "clean it up" to make the details more visible or more up-to-date.  Perhaps an artist could be hired to improve its rendering.”

FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS_____________________________________________

December 6:  UTC Senior Design Group Presentation

December 13:  Chattanooga Engineers Club Business Meeting

December 20 & 27:  No Meetings

TBD:  Fusion Technology - 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 by email at tjgibby@tva.gov. You can find references to other Chattanooga Engineers Club members at our web site: www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org.