CHATTANOOGA
ENGINEERS CLUB
www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org
Beginning April 18, our meetings will be held in the Tallan Cellar Restaurant, Two Union Square, Chattanooga, TN 37402.
NEXT MEETING _____________________________________________________________
April 4: "Comparison
of Traditional and Distance Education Delivery Outcomes for an Engineering
Statics Course” (12:10 to 1:20 pm at UTC University Center, Chattanooga
Room)
This will be a joint meeting with the American Society of Engineering Educators (ASEE) Southeast Section Conference (www.cee.citadel.edu/asee-se). During lunch we will hear an ASEE award winning paper "Comparison of Traditional and Distance Education Delivery Outcomes for an Engineering Statics Course” by Kurt Gramoll, Wes Hines and Mary Kocak. Club members and visitors not registered for the conference lunch should call by March 31, for a lunch reservation ($12) with Tiffany Gibby, 423-751-3168. Members can attend the presentation without eating lunch. The presentation will be held in the Chattanooga Room of the UTC Student Center.
OUR PREVIOUS MEETING ____________________________________________________
March 28: "Robotics’ Role in the
Military" - Don Jones, Mesa Robotics, Inc., Madison, AL
Don Jones with Mesa Robotics Inc. in Madison, Ala., discussed the role of
ground-based robots in the military. Jones said their use has grown from
a few experimental projects to everyday use by the U.S. ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The robots can perform many dangerous tasks and save lives. The
uses of robotic vehicles made by Mesa Robotics include reconnaissance,
surveillance, explosive-ordnance disposal, material transport, and
remote-sensing of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear materials.
FUTURE MONDAY MEETINGS (noon in the Tallan Cellar Restaurant unless another location is indicated
April 11: "Electron Microscopes Available For Use at Oak Ridge National Laboratory" - Larry Allard, Oak Ridge National Laboratory --Noon in the Terrace Room of Sheraton Read House at the corner of M.L.King Blvd. and Carter Street (last meeting at the Read House)
April 18: "Nanotechnology In Medicine" - Dr. Robert Bergland (meeting at the Cellar Restaurant)
April 25: "Medical Diagnostic Camera -- So Small It's Swallowable" - Bill Garner, Given Imaging, Inc., Norcross, GA
May 2: “Advances in Refining Coal for Power Production" - Dale Bradshaw, Advanced Coal Technology (ACT)
May 9: "Aerodynamic Drag Reduction of Heavy Vehicles" - Dr. David Whitfield, UTC SimCenter
May 16:
May 23:
May 30: No Meeting - Memorial Day
June 4 (Saturday): CEC Summer Social -- Pizza in the Park, 10 am to 2 pm, Pavilion #3 at Chester Frost State Park
WHERE WE MEET _________________________________________________________
We will usually meet at Tallan Cellar Restaurant in the
basement of the Tallan Building at the corner of M. L. King Blvd. and Carter Street. Lunch at the Cellar Restaurant is a hot buffet for $10 and the meal is
available at 11:30 a.m. Parking is available free at the Days Inn across Carter Street, but you will need a note in your windshield that you’re attending the
Chattanooga Engineers Club meeting.
QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS?
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If you have any questions or suggestions about program, items please contact Judy Driggans at 423-751-7616 or by email at jdriggans@comcast.net. You can find references to other Chattanooga Engineers Club members at our web site: www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org