Chattanooga Engineers Club
P.O. Box 4031
Chattanooga, TN 37405
www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org 

January 21, 2008 - No Meeting - Martin Luther King observance.
 
Lunch is available on meeting dates for $11 beginning at 11:30 am from the outstanding Cellar Buffet. Location: Tallan Cellar Restaurant, 200 West ML King Blvd, Chattanooga, TN 37402.  
 
 FUTURE MEETINGS
 
January 28, 2008 - Dean McGrew, Vice President of Business Development for Azure Dynamics, will discuss Azure's alternative transportation solutions, with a focus on the company's hybrid electric power train technology for medium-duty commercial vehicles.  Dean holds a M.S. cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from Case Western Reserve University and a B.S. cum laude in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan Technological University.
 
February 4, 2008 - Dr Ignatius Fomunung, Profesor of Civil Engineering at UTC.  He has recently visited China for talks about collaborating with engineering educators at the university where he earned one of his engineering degrees.  He will be sharing his China experiences with the Club. 
 
LAST MEETING
 
January 14, 2008 - Dale Bradshaw, President of Electrivation, spoke on "Use of ZnBr batteries for substation and communication node backup". There is no toxicity related to ZnBr batteries.  Dale believes this technology is the best solution for large-scale battery backup.

ITEMS OF INTEREST
 
1.        E-week begins February 18th.  Details are provided at the following link:  http://www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org/engineer/eweek/eweek2008.html 
2.        Joe Hoagland, Vice President, Energy Efficiency and Demand Response, TVA will be the keynote speaker at the Chattanooga  Technology Council meeting on January 16th.  The meeting will be at EPB, 7th floor from 11:30 – 1:00.  Cost is $10.00, payable at the door.  RSVP requested to info@chatc.org  
3.        A LEED building workshop is being offered by the East Tennessee Chapter of the U.S. Green Building  Council in Oak Ridge on February 7th.  Go to http://www.usgbc.org/Workshops/Register for more information. 
  
Looking for details on a local society meeting?  Links to local engineering societies are available to you at:  http://www.chattanoogaengineersclub.org/engineer/.  
 

QUESTIONS, SUGGESTIONS? If you have any questions or suggestions about program items please contact Jim Schwall at 423-267-4257 or by email at Jimgineer@comcast.net. 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://chattanoogaengineersclub.org/email