FIELD TRIP - Next Meeting – Monday, June 18 – Meet at Siskin Children’s Institute, 1101
Carter Street, Chattanooga, TN. NOT THE CELLAR.
Demonstration
of Passive Solar Lighting - John
Morris, President & CEO of Sunlight Direct will
provide a presentation and demonstration of a fully integrated and reliable natural
lighting system in the training room on the second floor of the Siskin
Children’s Institute at 1101 Carter Street. Sunlight Direct, Inc was
formed in Oak Ridge, TN, in 2004 to commercialize a patented platform
technology from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) named Hybrid Solar Lighting (HSL). HSL distributes natural light within the interior of
buildings and is fully integrated into the existing artificial lighting system.
Thus, HSL delivers the benefits of natural lighting
with the convenience and reliability of an artificial lighting system.
Independent studies show that natural light increases retail sales, reduces
energy consumption, and improves employee productivity, retention and wellness.
John Morris, President & CEO of Sunlight Direct is
an entrepreneur who
has been working with technology businesses for 25 years. With degrees in Electrical Engineering and
Computer Science, Mr. Morris has been instrumental in the formation of five
technology commercialization ventures, utilizing technology from five different
disciplines. Most recently, Mr. Morris was the Founder and CEO
of NetLearning, Inc., an Internet-based e-Learning company focused on the
healthcare market, which company was acquired by Thomson.
Box lunches prepared and catered by the Cellar
Restaurant will be available at the
Institute, beginning at 11:30.
Professional Development units (PDUs) are available for most technical
programs at CEC meetings.
FUTURE MEETINGS
June 25 – Steve Bunn of Shaw Industries will
discuss engineering challenges for the carpet/flooring industry.
July 2 Restaurant Closed for July 4th Holiday _ No
Meeting planned
July 9 – Jason Makansi, author of the best
selling book, “Lights Out” will speak on the coming crisis in
electricity generation, transmission and distribution.
July 16 – Dr. Marilyn Brown, Professor of Public
Policy at Georgia Tech confirmed to speak on Energy Policy
PREVIOUS WEEK PROGRAM
June 15 – TSPE, ASCE, CEC,
and CTC hosted a joint meeting as part of Navy Week in
Chattanooga with Rear Admiral Raymond K. Alexander, Civil Engineer Corps,
Deputy Chief of Civil Engineers and Deputy Commander for Contingency
Engineering as the keynote speaker.
Admiral Alexander described the Navy Civil Engineer Corps mission,
capabilities, and recent activities around the world. The Navy Seabees
(construction battalions) perform battlefield construction to support military
actions, and the Civil Engineer Corp provides infrastructure construction and logistical
support to the Marines and other services, before and after the battle, and
during natural disasters, such as the Tsunami and Katrina.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
The Secret City Festival features family fun and history from the 40’s to
the future!
http://www.cortn.org/secretcityfestival/schedule.html Highlights include a
Manhattan Project Reunion and Manhattan Project site tours including K-25 and
Happy Valley, Y-12, the X-10 Graphite Reactor, and the Department of
Energy’s Manhattan Project Facilities Public Bus Tour. There will be a
bus trip to Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Historic Graphite Reactor
beginning at noon Friday and three more trips to the reactor on Saturday. The
bus will depart the American Museum of Science and Energy at 11:30 a.m., 2 and
4 p.m. On Saturday. Registration for the ORNL will be
done in advance on Saturday outside the museum. If you have any questions,
please call Fred Strohl at 865-574-4165. This year’s festival will take
place on June 15 and 16 at A.K. Bissell Park in Oak Ridge, TN, with special
pre- and post- festival events going on throughout the week. Harold Falkenberry
went last year and plans to go again this weekend.
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.
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