Chattanooga Engineers Club

P.O. Box 4031

Chattanooga, TN 37405

www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org

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NEXT MEETING March 19, 2007 – "Why your next bus ride may smell like French fries"

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. He will describe the role that this environmentaly friendly technology plays at Emory University as part of their "Green Campus" strategy.

Lunch will be available for $11 beginning at 11:30 am and will be buffet style including salad, chopped steak, grilled vegs, baked potato, peach 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

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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

PREVIOUS WEEK PROGRAM

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At our March 12, 2007 program, Wayne Huddleston, Project Manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers described the construction of the new lock at the Chickamauga Dam on the Tennessee River. He discussed key design features of the new lock and pointed out some of the challenges of building a new lock while continuing to maintain and operate the existing lock.

ITEMS OF INTEREST

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The 53rd Annual Chattanooga Regional Science & Engineering Fair will be open to the public March 14-15 from 9 am to 5pm at the Harrison Racquet Center, UTC Campus, Chattanooga. The awards ceremony is Mar 15 at 6pm at the UTC Fine Arts Center.

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. 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.

Stephen Smith
Coalsmith Consultants
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phone 423-843-1815
cellular 423-280-0872
fax 309-215-0815