Chattanooga
Engineers Club
P.O.
Box 4031
Chattanooga,
TN 37405
www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org
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April 9
– The UTC Steel Bridge team will present the status of their entry in the
annual competition sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers. A
demonstration of the construction of their bridge will be held in Miller Park
across from the Post Office, weather permitting. The students will make a brief
presentation in the Cellar Restaurant while the members have lunch, to be
followed by a demonstration in the park. We will start their presentation
early, about 11:45am. At about 12:15 members will walk to the park to view the
demonstration from 12:30 to 1pm.
Lunch
will be available for $11 beginning at 11:30 am and will be buffet style
including salad, chicken fingers, baked potato, green beans, cobbler, rolls,
and a drink (coffee and tea).
Location:
Tallan Cellar Restaurant, 200 West ML King Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37402.Note:
Parking is no longer available at the Days Inn Hotel due to extensive on-going
renovations at the Inn, so bring some change for on street meters or plan to
park in the rear of the Tallan Building or in one of the commercial lots
nearby.
Professional
Development units (PDUs) are available for most technical programs at CEC
meetings.
FUTURE
MEETINGS
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April
16 – Dr. Ron Goulet will bring his Moon Buggy Team to discuss their
participation in the national competition sponsored by NASA. The Soddy Daisy
and Tyner High School Teams are also invited to participate. The Moon Buggy
will be demonstrated in Miller Park across from the Post Office, weather
permitting, and assuming the vehicle survives the competition in Huntsville.
April
23 – Dr. Cecelia Wigal and her UTC design students will describe some of
the communication and mobility aids they have developed to assist children with
special needs.
April
30 – Field trip to the UT SimCenter for a tour of the facility and a
presentation from Dr. Henry McDonald on the research capabilities and
activities of the SimCenter which houses one of the fastest parallel computing
systems in the Southeast.
PREVIOUS
WEEK PROGRAM
April 2
– Kruesi Honorees Present Business Innovations
Three
of the eight Kruesi Honorees for 2007 provided a short overview of the
innovation that led to their selection as Honorees.
Clarity,
a Division of Plantronics, Inc., became an honoree for Digital Clarity Power
(DCP), the first and only audio processing engine for telephone systems
developed to replace standard simplistic linear amplification with a digital
signal processor, thus improving telephonic communications for people with a
hearing loss. Without the high costs of a hearing aid, the DCP multi-band
compression system makes soft sounds audible and loud sounds bearable.
Cleveland
Tubing invented Flex-Drain®, a patent-pending flexible, expandable plastic
pipe, usable in most drainage applications. It offers an alternative to bulky,
traditional plastic drainage pipe. The product collapses to 6 feet and expands
to 25 feet which makes it easy to transport and to store. The product's
flexibility allows tight turns and eliminates the need for elbows, and the
pipe’s integrated, built-in connectors allow users to connect one pipe
with the next for longer runs.
Glenveigh
Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has discovered a new use for an existing drug (digoxin
immune FAB ovine) to treat preeclampsia, a pregnancy disease that complicates
five to eight percent of all pregnancies and is one of the leading causes of
maternal and fetal death worldwide. The innovation includes the creation of a
specialty medical company, Glenveigh, providing innovative healthcare for
pregnant women and their babies.
The
Kruesi Award is presented annually to a Chattanooga area company that
exemplifies business ingenuity. To register for the Spirit of Innovation Awards
Luncheon, log on to www.chattanoogachamber.com, click on Chamber Events and go
to April 18 and then to Spirit of Innovation Awards Luncheon. Reservations may
also be made by calling 423-763-4366 or emailing msenn@chattanoogachamber.com.
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ITEMS
OF INTEREST
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Fire
Eye Productions, Inc. has made available many video recordings of events in our
community by creating the Local Webcast Network. Several Chattanooga Engineers
Club programs are included; you may be on there too! Go to
www.localwebcastnetwork.com, click the free registration, enter your name,
email address, and password, and then activate using the confirmation email. We
are inviting them to return soon, so more Chattanoogans can see our great
programs.
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.