Chattanooga Engineers Club

P.O. Box 4031

Chattanooga, TN 37405

www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org

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Next Meeting - June 4 - "Happenings at EPB"

 

Ron Fugatt. P.E. will be covering the new EPB building, the need for a rate increase, and general information about fiber to the home. Here is your chance to learn more about the company that distributes most of the electricity we use to heat, cool and light our homes, schools, offices and manufacturing facilities.

 

Lunch will be available for $11 beginning at 11:30 am, and will be from the outstanding Tallan Cellar Buffet. Location: Tallan Cellar Restaurant, 200 West ML King Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37402. Reservations not required and guests are welcome!

 

Note: Parking is no longer available at the Days Inn Hotel due to extensive on-going renovations at the Inn. Use on street meters or 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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June 11 – NO MONDAY MEETING – JOINT MEETING MEETING IS ON FRIDAY JUNE 15.

 

June 15 - Rear Admiral Raymond K. Alexander, Civil Engineer Corps, Deputy Chief of Civil Engineers and Deputy Commander for Contingency Engineering will speak to all engineering societies in a joint luncheon meeting for the “Navy Week” celebration.  TSPE, ASCE, CEC, and CTC are sponsoring a joint meeting at Noon on FRIDAY, June 15 to hear the Admiral speak and provide feedback from the engineering community. He is a native of Knoxville, TN and a UT graduate. The joint meeting will be held Friday June 15 in the Tallan Cellar Restaurant, 200 Martin Luther King Blvd, Chattanooga. A buffet style lunch will be available for $11.00 beginning at 11:30 am.  Membership in tne CEC or the professional societies is not required, however PLEASE NOTE THAT SPACE WILL BE LIMITED. If you plan to attend, you MUST PLEASE RSVP to Jeff Parris at (423) 757-5843, or send your RSVP by e-mail to jeffrey.parris@worleyparsons.com by JUNE 13. Mark your calendars now! Come support Navy Week with us!

 

June 18 -  John Morris of Sunlight Direct will demonstrate state of the art in solar/passive lighting systems that have been installed at the Siskin Children's Institute. Box lunches will be provided.  Details to follow.

 

June 25 - Steve Bunn of Shaw Industries will discuss engineering challenges for the carpet/flooring industry.

 

PREVIOUS WEEK PROGRAM

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May 28 - No Meeting was held, due to Memorial Day holiday.

 

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. They no longer require registration to view the content on the website. It is now free to everyone when they visit the site. 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.chattanoogaengineersclub.org/mailman/listinfo/chatech_chattanoogaengineersclub.org