Monday, October 3, 2005 (noon to 1:00 pm) ____________________________
(Cellar Restaurant at 2 Union Square in the basement of the Tallan Building at M.L. King and Carter Street)

Monday, October 3: "Stereopsis - 3D Image Generation and Viewing" Dr. Clint Smullen, UTC

Stereopsis (stereoscopic 3D) is an important part of scientific visualization in some scientific fields, and its use is increasing in many others such as architecture, land management, homeland security and workforce training. Dr. Smullen says he will discuss the technologies used to generate and display stereoscopic 3D images, including passive stereo, active stereo, autostereoscopic displays, 3D-TV, and HD3D-TV.

Menu: A buffet lunch for $11 will be available for attendees beginning at 11:30 a.m. Lunch will include a salad, chicken and dressing, green beans, pineapple casserole, a roll, and chocolate cake. Reservations are not required, and guests are welcome. For more information, call Judy Driggans at 751-7616 or Brad Baucom at 751-4696.

Parking: Free parking (for those who leave a notice on their dash indicating they are with the Chattanooga Engineers Club) is available for attendees at the Days Inn on Carter Street. There is also a parking garage behind the Tallan Building.

FUTURE MEETINGS AND EVENTS OF INTEREST TO ENGINEERS__________________
October 1 - 10, Beginning with Go!Fest on Saturday, October 1st, the Tennessee River in Chattanooga will be host to a 10-day demonstration of a hybrid-electric water bus that could someday be the type of boat that provides water taxi service connecting the north and south shores of the city. For 10-days the water bus will provide free rides originating at the Chattanooga Pier at Ross’s Landing, next to the Tennessee Aquarium. The Water Bus will be available to the public during Go! Fest on Saturday between 10:00 am to 6:00 pm; on Sunday, October 2nd from 12:00 noon to 8:00 pm; on Sunday, October 9th from 12:00 noon to 6:00 pm; and during the week between 11:00 am – 2:00 pm.

Monday, October 10, 11:00 am - noon, "Digitizing IPIX Photography for Security Systems" VistaScape Security Systems.
Joint Meeting with the Chattanooga Chapter of the IEEE Computer Society. Location: UTC University Center, Chickamauga Room, Lunch will be Pizza for $5

Monday, October 17: "Too Much Data, Not Enough Information" -Paul Wolff, WolffWare, Ltd.

Monday, October 24: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, speaker TBA

Monday, October 31: "Total Production Maintenance" Jack Mooney, ArvinMeritor, Site Manager in Loudon, TN

Monday, November 7: "Aerisyn’s New Wind Tower Manufacturing Plant in Chattanooga" Walter Thompson, Aerisyn

PREVIOUS MEETING________________________________________________

Monday, September 26, 2005, "21st Century Nuclear Power Plant" Dan Ingersoll, ORNL

Dan gave us an excellent review of the progression of designs leading to todays and tomorrows nuclear power plants. He showed us the first 3 stages of nuclear designs and talked about the 4th generation of designs. He spoke of six possible design ideas and then told us about how they were combining the ideas from the Molten Salt Reactor with the Very High Temperature Reactor. He also talked about the concerns and technical hurdles to overcome in this design. Dan has been working with the Department of Energy, universities and other national laboratories to develop a 21st century nuclear power plant design based on many ideas including the technology that was originally used in ORNL's old Molten Salt Reactor Experiment (MSRE). Dan explained how the liquid salt circulating through the reactor actually transfers and distributes the heat from the low-enriched uranium-235 graphite-coated fuel particles, delivering more heat to the job to be done.