Chattanooga Engineers Club Newsletter
Chattanooga Engineers Club
P.O. Box 4031
Chattanooga, TN 37405
www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org
NEXT MEETING
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Monday, noon to 1 p.m, March 5, 2007 - "The UK Response to Global Warming"
Dr. Ron Bailey, Guerry Professor and Dean of The College of Engineering at UT Chattanooga, will provide an overview of the United Kingdom's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Efforts to date have already surpassed the commitment made by the UK in 1998 at Kyota, Japan, to reduce greenhouse gasses by 12.5% below 1990 levels before 2008-2012. Therefore, the UK has set a new goal of a 60% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2050, including generating 20 percent of energy from renewable sources by 2020. Dr.Bailey will provide an overview of published results to date and a whitepaper that outlines UK plans for continued reductions in greenhouse gases.
Lunch will be available for $11 beginning at 11:30 am and will be buffet style including meat loaf, broccoli casserole, creamed potatos, banana pudding, roll, and drink.
Location: Tallan Cellar Restaurant, 200 West ML King Blvd, Chattanooga, TN
37402
Parking: You may park at the Days Inn Hotel across Carter Street (leave a dashboard note saying "Chatta. Engrs. Club"). Parking is also available at the Tallan building or Public Library.
Invocation & Pledge will be led by Ron Burton.
FUTURE MEETINGS
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March 12 - Wayne Huddleston, Project Manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will be speaking on the construction of the lock at the Chickamauga Dam on the Tennessee River.
March 19 - Rob Del Bueno of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy will describe the process developed by his company to convert used cooking oil into fuel for mass transit.
March 26 - Robert Whitten, Jr. from the National Center for Computational Science at Oak Ridge National Laboratory will be speaking on status of high performance computing at ORNL.
April 2 - Preview of Kruesi Award for Innovation Finalists
April 5 - EPB invited for a presentation on "Fiber to the Home."
PREVIOUS WEEK PROGRAM
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February 26, 2007 "Fuel Cell Technology for Stationary Commercial Applications" Chris Davis, LOGANEnergy
Chris Davis reminded us that fuel cells use direct electrochemical conversion that is environmentally attractive because of low emissions, lower carbon intensity, as well as less noise and vibration. He outlined the types of fuel cell technologies being developed for commercial stationary systems although our group questioned him about fuel cells for transporation applications. LOGANEnergy has installed over 75 fuel cell power plants exceeding 8MW capacity at over 65 locations like Department of Defense, utilities, banks, universities, real estate developers and other business centers.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
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Professional Development units (PDUs) are available for most technical programs at CEC meetings.
Participate in Engineers Day on the Hill 2007, March 6, 2007. This is a visit by engineers to the Tennessee General Assembly to promote engineering.
Watch for updates and instructions at http://www.tnspe.org/
Volunteers Needed! For the 53rd Annual Chattanooga Regional Science & Engineering Fair, March 12-15, 2007, Harrison Racquet Center, UTC Campus, Chattanooga. We need 6 more volunteers to help setup and inspect the exhibits on Monday, March 12 from 3 to 9pm. Contact Ginny Reese or Jack Wagner if you will help. For details, visit http://chattanoogasciencefair.org or contact Ginny Reese, Executive Director, at (423) 425-4155.
Speaking Opportunities! Volunteers needed to address speaker requests from elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, and youth groups to visit classrooms, assemblies, and group meetings. High school student groups may schedule tours of CSTCC to visit mechanical, electrical, civil, chemical technology classes and other locations of the campus. The tour invitation is not limited to E Week, but all through the school year. Contact Jackie Rutledge at (423)697-2698 or lulu.copeland@chattanoogastate.edu.
QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS? If you have any questions or suggestions about program items please contact Ron Bailey at 423-425-5536 or by email at Ronald-Bailey@utc.edu. You can find membership application forms, references to future programs, historical data, and other info at http://www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org. To receive future meeting announcements by email, join the Cha. Technology Organization mailing list at http://mail.chattanooga.net/mailman/listinfo/chatech.