NEXT
MEETING (Plant
Tour)_____________________________________________
Monday,
January 31, 9:30 to 11:00 am: Plant Tour of Southern
Champion Tray - Al Tallent
We will
meet at 9:30 am at the Southern Champion Tray office on 220 Compress
Street (37405). Southern Champion Tray is now a third generation family
business of paperboard packaging specialists since 1927. They consistently
inventory over 350 stock products and produce many more custom items, serving
the Bakery, Foodservice, Supermarket, Institutional and Industrial markets.
This division specializes in web-fed and
sheet-fed plain and
printed paperboard packaging. The printing is accomplished by using a state of
the art KBA Lithographic press and
a Central Impression Flexographic press, capable of printing on both
sides of the substrate. They have another plant in Texas that specializes
in custom designed retail packaging. They serve all 50 states,
Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. You will recognize some of their stock
products shown on their web site at: http://www.sctray.com. Pizza boxes, food and drink trays, kid's meal boxes, and bakery
boxes are just a few of their over 350 stock products.
Directions: From downtown
Chattanooga, take Hwy 27 across the Tennessee River and the Manufacturers
Road exit just after you cross the river. Turn left onto Manufacturers
Road. Turn right onto Compress Street. Ignore the signs directing
Southern Champion Tray deliveries to turn right. Stay on Compress Street
until you come to the Southern Champion Tray sign next to a US
flag. Parking is available near this sign and flag in front of the
office that has a green roof.
SPECIAL E-WEEK
ANNOUNCEMENT__________________________________
The 2005 Chattanooga Area Engineer’s Week Awards committee
invites you to submit a candidate for nomination to one of the following E-Week
awards: "Engineer of the Year", "Young Engineer of the Year" or "Technician of
the Year." To obtain the nomination forms please contact Bryan Eldridge,
at 423-238-7111 x 23202 or 326-1699 or by email at bryan_eldridge@mckee.com or eldridgeb@asme.org.
Nominations forms need to be received by Byran Eldridge by
email by February 11. General award qualifications
are:
ENGINEER OF THE YEAR- graduate of an accredited
engineering college with a baccalaureate in a recognized engineering discipline;
known for practice in Chattanooga, registered as a professional
engineer.
YOUNG ENGINEER OF THE YEAR- same as for
Engineer of the Year except EIT can be held in lieu of registration; under
thirty six years of age during 2004.
TECHNICIAN OF THE
YEAR- graduate of a two-year associate of applied science degree in
engineering technology with a minimum of five years experience OR 10 years
related work experience with two letters of recommendation from engineers
verifying that the level of work is consistent with that required of someone
with a two year degree.
OUR PREVIOUS
MEETING________________________________________________
January
24: "Igniting Interest In Science in the Elementary Years"
Erica Thornburg, Girls, Inc.
Erica Thornburg told us
how Operation SMART has allowed girls ages 6 to 18 in Chattanooga
to make volcanos, interview women engineers, disassemble and reassemble
computers, pick out building materials and draw blue prints for a building.
SMART stands for Science, Math and Relevant Technology and was started
nationally by Girls Incorporated in 1985. See www.girlsinc.org for more information.
Erica believes that the hands on activities build their confidence and hold
their interest longer. The Girls Inc activities are rotated through
the community in order to reach more. To spark interest in math and
science in girls it must be done before or during the 8th grade. There
will be another four weeks of summer camps at UTC focusing on hands on
activities, field trips and meeting women in scientific fields. This
should broaden their choices beyond planning to be a teacher or a nurse, the
traditional roles most children see women filling in society. Erica is
aware that families influence career decisions, too. So, family members
are encouraged to go on field trips and participate as volunteers during their
regular sessions with the girls.
FUTURE MONDAY
MEETINGS (will be at the Read House if location isn't
listed)_____________________________
February
7: "Steel - The Cold, Hard Facts About a Red-Hot Commodity"
Nelson Burger, Siskin Steel
February
14: "The Downtown Plan Through 2025 for Chattanooga"
Karen Hundt, City of Chattanooga
February
21: No Meeting - Presidents Day
Wednesday,
February 23: Engineers Week Keynote Speaker: David
Magee, author of Ford Tough
This joint meeting with the Chattanooga
Technology Council will be at the Chattanooga Convention & Trade
Center. Lunch will be $12. Reservations at least a week before the
event are recommended and may be made by calling Tiffany Gibby at
751-3168. For information on this and other E-Week activities,
see: http://www.chattanoogaengineersclub.org/engineer/eweek05.html
February 28: "How to Design a
Display that will Grab and Hold a Child's Attention" Bobbe Spink,
Montessori School
March 7: "Local Elementary School
Experiment In Weightless Environment, Partnering with NASA" Debbie
Rosenow, Battle Academy
March 14: "Eastern Interconnect
Phasor Project -- Responding to NERC's Blackout Recommendations" Mike
Ingram, TVA
March 21: (tentative) "Cooking Like
The Jetsons With The Intelligent Ovens Now Being Built In Chattanooga"
David Mansbery, TMIO
March 28: "Robotics Role in the
Military" Don Jones, MESA Robotics, Madison, AL
WHERE WE MEET
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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 attending the Chattanooga Engineers Club meeting.
Valet parking (by AAA, the manager of the Read House Hotel parking garage) is
about $3 for lunch events. The Read House Hotel garage entrance is now on
Broad Street.
QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS?
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