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

February 25, 2008 - "Do You Want to Paddle a Canoe Under a Low Bridge?".  Senior Project Presentations will be made by UTC students Stuart Rymer (Concrete Canoe) and Seth Campbell (Steel Bridge).

 

This week’s program will feature two exciting and somewhat perplexing engineering design projects.   These are constructing and competing in a concrete canoe and building and constructing a low steel bridge.  That's right, the concrete canoe is a project to float in water and challenge the UTC Engineering "Moccasin" team to build and compete in the 2008 Concrete Canoe Competition in Orlando, Florida at the end of March 2008.  The team member will describe the design and analysis activities that have and will take place to float concrete.  The nature of the compet ition will be described along with the numerous tasks now under way to meet target design of fabricating a canoe made of concrete.  The process of identifying, experimenting, and making concrete lighter that water will be noted (especially for those enthusiasts who may wish to try this themselves).  The second project will be the design and construction efforts by the UTC Engineering Steel Bridge Team.  The overall project will be described including efforts for competing in the 2008 Steel Bridge Competition in Orlando, Florida at the end of March 200.  Hear the description of how this scale bridge is coming together which will r equire a minimum of erection time, innovative member joint design, and beam structure.  The team's final challenge will be the assembly under competitive conditions.  This bridge must be designed and constructed under a number of stringent constraints (including the low bridge height requirement).  The team member will describe how the team addressed these constraints.  These included critical issues such as joining members and beam loadings.  Come and hear how these soon-to-be-engineers are leading engineering design in new directions into the future. 

 

FUTURE MEETINGS

March 3, 2008 - Dr. Mounir Minkara, Water Quality Manager, Chattanooga Dept. of Public Works, will speak on "Water Quality and the Chattanooga Water System".

March 17, 2008 - David Wade, Sr. VP of Electrical Systems at EPB, will speak on "Strategies for Deployment of Smart Grid Technology".

March 31, 2008 - Tour of Fillauer

 

LAST MEETING

February 18, 2008 - E-Week - Excellent presentations were heard at both the luncheon (Dr. David Winfield and Mike Pearson, moderated by Jim Frierson) and the banquet (Dr. Karen Liu).

ITEMS OF INTEREST

Annual Chattanooga Regional Science & Engineering Fair
Sponsored by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Date: March 10-13, 2008
Location: Harrison Racquet Center, UTC Campus, Chattanooga
Description: Science Fair contest for students in grades 6-12
Matching funds donation of $25,000 has been made; need to raise matching funds
Need volunteers for judges, monitors, helpers
Entry Deadline: February 15, 2008
For details, visit www.chattanoogasciencefair.org
Contact Ginny Reese, Executive Director, at 423-425-4155 
 

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://mail.chattanoogaengineersclub.org/mailman/listinfo/chatech_chattanoogaengineersclub.org