CEC

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

NEXT MEETING - May 15, 2006 at Noon – “East Tennessee Hydrogen Initiative” – J. Ronald Bailey, PhD, P.E., Guerry Professor and Dean
College of Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

Separate projects are coming together that will help make it possible for hydrogen fueled vehicles to get started in East Tennessee. Dr. Bailey will give us an overview and an update on the East Tennessee Hydrogen Initiative.

CEC meets every Monday at The Cellar Restaurant in the basement of the Regions Bank building at 200 West M.L. King Blvd. across from The Read House Hotel. Parking is available on the 10th street side of the building, or you may park at the Days Inn Hotel across Carter Street (leave a dashboard note saying “Chatta. Engrs. Club”). A buffet lunch (Grilled ham steak with pineapple, broccoli casserole, buttered corn, bread pudding, and a drink) will be available for $11.00 starting at 11:30 am. The meeting will begin at noon and the presentation will conclude at 1 pm. Reservations are not required. Please bring a guest if you like.

Invocation and Pledge – Larry Akers

FUTURE MEETINGS

Friday, May 12 E-Week 2007 Committee lunch mtg. at Cellar Restaurant. Contact Tiffany Gibby at 751-3168 for time.

FIELD TRIP May 22 – “High-Definition Television Broadcasting” – Tom Tolar, President/General Manager, WRCB-TV, 900 Whitehall Road, Chattanooga, TN. No luncheon provided on field tour, members may brown bag or eat out on their own. Members will assemble in the parking lot of WRCB-TV from 11:30 to 11:45 am. The field trip tour will include visits to the broadcast center and presentations by department managers on the implementation of HD broadcasting. HDTV is a hot topic today. We will see first hand what Channel 3 is doing as part of a national effort that will change the way we will be viewing TV. Come see how the next generation of television is being implemented in Chattanooga. Tour will conclude around 1 pm.
Directions: The studio is one mile north of the river on Hwy 27. Northbound, take the Whitehall Rd. exit and turn right into the parking lot. Southbound, take the Signal Mtn Rd. exit, left on Signal Mtn Rd, right on Dayton Blvd, under the bridge straight to Cherokee Blvd, then turn right on Whitehall, one block on left.

No Meeting May 29 – Memorial Day

OTHER EVENTS OF INTEREST TO ENGINEERS

May 17th, 11:30 am “Taiwan/Chattanooga Business Alliances” Chattanooga Technology Council Luncheon at UTC

Dr. Tzong-Ru Lee, faculty member, Department of Marketing, National Chung-Hsing University, Taiwan will discuss Taiwan/Chattanooga business alliances. Dr. Tzong-Ru Lee is a visiting Fulbright scholar at the University of Tennessee and Chairman of the Institute of Electronic Commerce.

Location: UTC University Center Chickamauga Room. Parking: UTC 5th street garage, bring ticket for validation. Cost: $10.00 For reservations contact Kelley Evatt at 423.209.6813 or kevatt@chatc.org

May 17, 5:30 pm Association for Operations Management (APICS) tour Roadtec. email larryprice@inventoryanswer.com if interested.

May 31-June 1, 2006 2006 Tennessee Valley Technology Corridor Summit
http://www.tennvalleycorridor.org/summits/detail.html
Chattanooga Convention Center 1100 Carter St. Chattanooga, TN 37402

PREVIOUS MEETING Monday, May 8, “Robotic Surgery at Parkridge Medical Center” – Adam Royer, Operating Room Manager, Parkridge Medical Center.
Adam has worked closely with the surgical team at Parkridge on the development and implementation of a robotic surgery service line using the da Vinci Surgical System by Intuitive Surgical. The staff performs specialty procedures including Robotic Surgery with the da Vinci system and TMR Laser for re-vascularazation of Myocardium, and many other procedures with latin names I can’t spell. A very interesting presentation; Adam will be back soon.

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.