CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB
www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org
P.O. Box 4031, Chattanooga, TN 37405

NEXT MEETING: MONDAY, March 27 – “CITY WATER —PUBLIC VS PRIVATE OWNERSHIP” – Donald C. Thomas, P.E. will examine and compare large (>100k population) US public vs privately-owned water systems, costs, performance, water export, and application to our situation in Chattanooga. Come hear this economic assessment of the recent proposals to manage our water supply.

Location: (Cellar Restaurant at 2 Union Square in the basement of the Tallan Building at M.L. King and Carter Street)

Menu: A buffet lunch for $11 will be available for attendees beginning at 11:30 a.m. Guests are welcome. Grilled pork, mashed potatoes, steamed brocolli w/cheese, peach cobbler.

Parking: Free parking is available for attendees at the Days Inn on Carter Street. Leave a notice on the dashboard indicating you are with the Chattanooga Engineers Club. There is also a parking garage behind the Tallan Building.

FUTURE MEETINGS (noon at Cellar Restaurant unless another location is indicated)

April 3 – Open
April 10 – “3D Mapping Technology” – Chris Morabito, FARO Technologies, Inc.,
April 17 – Open
April 24 – Open
May 1 – Richard Rice, China/India talk.

ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ENGINEERS - Engineers Week Awards 2006
Engineer of the Year – Dr. J. Ronald Bailey, P.E.
Young Engineer of the Year – John Casey Scroggins, P.E.
Technician of the Year – Tatiana Grajdieru
People to People Award – Larry E. Bowie
TVA Engineers Week Scholarships – Charlene Jameson, Danielle Jones, Jamie Green
Chattanooga ASCE Scholarship – Todd Michal Gardner, Jamie Green, Adam Thomas Kohntopp

PREVIOUS MEETING MONDAY, March 20 – “Product and Data Lifecycle Management” Mark Corbett, Strategic Account Executive, SofTech Inc. spoke about the use of PLM software to manage configured products and complex processes. The benefits extend to reduced product development time, knowledge management, revision and version control, improved market response times and better electronic communication between collaborators worldwide.

QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS? ___
If you have any questions or suggestions about program items please contact Stephen Smith at 423-843-1815 or by email at srsmith@coalsmith.com. You can find membership application forms, references to future programs, historical data, and other Chattanooga Engineers Club info at our web site: www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org. To receive future meeting announcements by email, join the Cha. Technology Council mailing list at http://mail.chattanooga.net/mailman/listinfo/chatech

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Stephen Smith
Coalsmith Consultants
http://www.coalsmith.com
phone 423-843-1815
cellular 423-280-0872
fax 309-215-0815