December
10
-"Planning and Design of Hurricane Flood Protection for the
Inner Harbor Navigation Chanel which includes St Bernard and
New Orleans Parishes.” SPEAKER: 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. Lunch will be available
for $11 beginning at 11:30 am, and will be from the outstanding Cellar Buffet.
Location: Tallan Cellar Restaurant, 200 West ML King Blvd, Chattanooga, TN
37402. New officers will be installed. After that, no more regular meetings are scheduled
until Jan. 7, 2008.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT!! DEC 9 Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! The ASME Trebuchet 2007
team will be having a "Punkin Chunkin" demonstration on
Sunday December 9, 2007. Local media (TV and Radio) are being invited, come
join the crowd and watch the fun!! Come and see what team Artemis has
accomplished for the 2007 World Championship Punkin Chunkin competition.
Contact ASME Student President Michael N Adams
[Michael-N-Adams@utc.edu]. Meet
at the UTC EMCS building parking lot Sunday @ 2:00 and leave @ 2:15.
Follow each other to the launch site on Ed's Dad's Farm, 6083 Highway 157 Rising Fawn, GA 30738-2102. Get Directions from Google Maps
(maps.google.com) or use this link.
LAST WEEK’S MEETING
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December 3 - Kirk Shore of Cha. Regional
Transportation Authority gave an overview of the Intelligent Transportation
System being developed and implemented on Chattanooga buses. Global positioning
and wireless communications are being used to track bus locations, performance,
and ridership to enhance the effectiveness of the regional bus system. The
buses are being outfitted with wireless internet for riders, signs giving bus
locations and real-time schedules at major stops on large display boards, and
enhanced monitoring of bus engines for maintenance and dispatchability. The
technical complexity of the systems are offset by the increased ridership,
reduced pollution, and improved traffic flow.
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Results
of the election of officers for 2008. Secretary Joe
Robbins Vice
President Jim
Schwall, President Ron
Bailey. Officers will be installed on Dec 10.
Looking
for details on a local society meeting? Links to local engineering
societies are available to you at: http://www.chattanoogaengineersclub.org/engineer/.
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