Chattanooga Engineers Club
P.O. Box 4031
Chattanooga, TN 37405
www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org
NEXT MEETING

Monday, noon to 1 p.m, 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. Mr. Huddleston will describe the design features of the new lock and point out aspects of the aggressive maintenance program, including such things as the cuts made in the lock to relieve stress due to the concrete growth problem.

Lunch will be available for $11 beginning at 11:30 am and will be buffet style including fried chicken, green beans, creamed potatoes, apple cobbler, 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 “Cha. Engrs. Club”). Parking is also available at the Tallan building or Public Library.

Professional Development units (PDUs) are available for most technical programs at CEC meetings.

FUTURE MEETINGS

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

March 5, 2007 – “The UK Response to Global Warming” Dr. Ron Bailey, Guerry Professor and Dean of The College of Engineering at UT Chattanooga, provided an overview of the United Kingdom’s commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. 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 provided an overview of published results to date and a whitepaper that outlines UK plans for continued reductions in greenhouse gases. Members discussed the possibility of a policy document to reduce Chattanooga’s carbon footprint.

ITEMS OF INTEREST

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All members are encouraged to assist with the 53rd Annual Chattanooga Regional Science & Engineering Fair, March 12-15, 2007, Harrison Racquet Center, UTC Campus, Chattanooga. Volunteers needed for Setup Mar 12 3-9pm, Judging Mar 13 9a-4p, Monitors Mar 14-15 9a-4p, and loadout after the awards ceremony Mar 15 6-9pm. To Volunteer, contact Ginny Reese, Executive Director, at (423)425-4155. For rules, see http://chattanoogasciencefair.org

Two Smithsonian presenters will conduct workshops on “Engineering by Design” specifically related to architecture Monday thru Wednesday at Tyner Engineering academies. Wally Mertes, program manager, will visit our next meeting and give a brief summary. In the middle schools, the sessions will provide an opportunity for students to design a building (via
sketch) and make design decisions on their building based on real-life situations (climate, load, client preferences,etc). In the high schools, the students will create a load-bearing bridge out of ‘beams’ made of paper, folded and glued in different ways to make it stronger. Local engineers and architects will follow up in a couple of months at the schools.

THE CHATTANOOGA INTERNATIONAL SUMMIT, Chattanooga, Tennessee, Friday, March 30, 2007,
8:30-12:15. Keynote Speaker: Ambassador Marshall McCallie. Location: The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga University Center Auditorium. Choose from tracks focused on: (1) Business (2) Culture & Lifestyle (3) Education (4) Environment. All four sessions are free and open to the public. Reservations are required due to limited seating; please r.s.v.p. by or before March 20th. To register go to http://www.chattanoogasistercities.org/Summit/

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.