Chattanooga Engineers Club
P.O. Box 4031
Chattanooga, TN 37405
www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org
Buses are one of the most common public transportation
vehicles worldwide. UTC is investigating converting a 22 ft. EVS Bus to run on
a Hydrogen Fuel Cell Pack. Hydrogen buses
can become the dominant technology for future sustainable public transport
systems, if hydrogen buses and associated refueling can meet key commercial
requirements for cost reduction and well to wheel sustainability. Mark
Hairr and Dan Simpson will discuss the technical and economic challenges to
implementing wide-scale use of hydrogen vehicles.
Come
lunch and learn with us by attending this program on Monday, Nov 26
at the Tallan Cellar Restaurant. Lunch
will be available for $11 beginning at 11:30 am and will be buffet style
Location: Tallan Cellar Restaurant, 200 West ML King Blvd, Chattanooga, TN
37402. Invocation & Pledge will be led by Ron Burton.
UPCOMING PROGRAMS
December 3 -"Planning and Design
of Hurricane Flood Protection for the
Inner Harbor Navigation Chanel which includes St Bernard and
New Orleans Parishes.” Maurice Bandy of ARCADIS. His presentation
will include the results of studies to provide 100 year hurricane protection to
these areas of New Orleans by 2011. The presentation will include
results of studies to provide Interim protection.
December 10 –
“Intelligent Transportation Systems.” Kirk Shore confirmed
to explain and describe CARTA's plans for deployment in Chattanooga.
After that, no more regular meetings are
scheduled until Jan. 7, 2008.
LAST WEEK’S MEETING -
Monday, November 19
- "What's Up With This Spam?" Alan Field, SurfN
Development. Alan gave us 10
steps we can take to prevent spam from reaching us. Newer third generation
internet applications use a standard protocol to allow track-backs on
suspicious emails. Alan is a member of the Chattanooga Engineers' Club.
SurfN Development provides seamless software systems for business
operations. See http://SurfNdevelopment.com for
more information.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Nominations for officers of the Chattanooga Engineers Club
for 2008:
Secretary
Mark Brock, member since March 2007, President of Intec (www.intecsolutions.net),
Bachelor's degree in Engineering from UTC
Bill Goins, member since 2002, retired, Bachelor's degree in
Nuclear Engineering from UTK, Masters in Metallurgical Engineering from UTK
Joe Robbins, member since 1972, President of Robbins &
Bohr (www.robbinsbohr.com),
Bachelor's degree in History from Vanderbilt
Vice President
Jim Schwall, member since 1990, ABB Combustion Engineering,
Inc. Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering from UTK?
President
Ron Bailey, member since 2005, University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga, BSME MSc NC State Univ., PhD from Univ. of Southampton, England
We anticipate holding a general election at the meeting
Monday Dec 3, 2007.
Looking
for details on a local society meeting? Links to local engineering
societies are available to you at: http://www.chattanoogaengineersclub.org/engineer/.
Wed., November 28th - CTC (Chattanooga
Technology Council) will hear Commissioner Matt Kisber of the Tennessee
Department of Economic and Community Development. He will talk about
leveraging Tennessee's technological resources to attract technology-based
businesses and encourage entrepreneurial growth.
Thurs., Dec. 6
- ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning
Engineers) will hear a presentation on architecture and sustainable building
design. Details about the meeting should be posted on their website in
the near future.
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