Chattanooga
Engineers Club
www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org
August 11 – At the SimCenter
Auditorium. Mark Schwartz, Founder & Principal
Architect of MFS3 Designs, P.C. and greenMARK
COLLABORATIVE-A Sustainable Design/Build/Operate, and Rod
Thompson, TV Pilot producer of Electric Farmer will be showcasing
their demo on wind "Prairie Wind" & and BioMass/BioFuels
"Tennessee Treasures". A preliminary showing for their team and
Constellation Energy Services was given in Nashville on July 17.
It will be shown on the Discovery Channel in the fall. The
following is an excerpt from the Electric Farmer web page:
"We have to unite the
country to solve the energy crisis...This is a war, an economic one described by T. Boone
Pickens as the greatest transfer of wealth in modern
history. We are addicted to oil.
That's the bad news. But here's the
good news. Americans are rolling up their sleeves and building
new fuel systems alongside of a revitalized power grid. It is
already happening. And the Electric Farmer television series is
dedicated to getting the word out quickly...so that the changes
can happen quickly...He's on a mission: To
popularize the idea that the American farmer can solve the energy
crisis and make a pile of money by tapping into solar, wind and
geothermal technologies."
www.constellation.com
Lunch will be available for $10 beginning at 11:30 a.m., catered
at the SimCenter (this week only), which is located at 701 E. MLK
Blvd. Parking is available near the building. Professional
Development Hours (PDH) are available for most meetings.
FUTURE MEETINGS
Aug. 18 - The Hydrogen Road Tour for Fuel Cell Cars will be
in Chattanooga during our noon
meeting time. There will be a "Ride and Drive" at the
Pavilion.
Aug. 25 - Sam Powell will speak on "The Ravages of Rock
Mining".
Sept. 1 - No Meeting - Labor Day.
Sept. 22 - TVA will provide a speaker (arranged by John
Richardson) on Advanced Low Temperature Power Cycle (ALTPC).
Industrial waste heat can be cost effectively converted to power
using a new TVA patented process called Advanced Low Temperature
Power Cycle technology (ALTPC). TVA has executed a license
agreement with Facilities Management Company, Inc. (FMC) to
build, own, operate and market ALTPC.
LAST MEETING
August 4, 2008, Noon – Barry Anderson,
President of Andersen Flaps spoke on "eco-flaps". Andersen Flaps
was a 2008 Kruesi Award Finalist. Barry was a truck driver who
had a better idea. He invented mud flaps, or "eco-flaps", with
slots, intending to reduce road spray. He later found that the
flaps also allow trucks to operate with 2%- 4% improved fuel
efficiency. The UTC SimCenter provided drag simulation for Mr.
Andersen's eco-flaps.
This year (as of July 1), the Chattanooga Engineers Club is
working with 2008 First Lego League teams from a St. Elmo
after-school, neighborhood team and a Lookout Valley home-school
team , This year's theme will focus on weather and climate
change. For information about the 2008 challenge and the First
Lego League, visit the FLL web site. For information on starting
a local team in the Chattanooga area, contact Cathy Burnett or Ed
Chapin. We are looking for more sponsors than ever this year,
due to the increased size expected in this year's program, and
this year's expenses.
Please send items of interest to the Chattanooga Engineers
Club to the e-mail address in the Questions and Suggestions
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