NEXT MEETING
Sept. 8 - Ryan Johnson will make a presentation which will
include the history of axes. Details of his presentation are not
yet available but be included in next week's
announcement.
At the Aug. 25 meeting Alan Field presented results of his
committee's search for a new location for the CEC's noon
meeting. The presentation and evaluation of possible sites was
excellent. CEC members in attendance voted to move the Monday
meeting to the Chattanooga Convention Center. Our experience at
this facility will be evaluated at a later date. The Sept. 8 CEC
meeting will be our first meeting at the Chattanooga Convention
Center. The room number for the Sept. 8 meeting will
be contained in next week's announcement. Our assigned room
may vary from time to time. The cost of the meal will be $14.
Since we have to guarantee a minimum number, please make plans to
participate. There are a limited number of free parking spaces
available. Additional parking is available as metered street
parking and nearby commercial parking garages and
lots. If you removed equipment at our last meeting at
the Cellar, please return it September
8.
FUTURE MEETINGS
Sept. 15 - Mike Patch of Westinghouse will speak on Boiling Water
Reactors (BWR) and preparing students for careers in the nuclear
industry.
Sept. 22 - Tim McClanahan of TVA will speak 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.
Sept. 29 - Dr. Hinsdale Bernard, UTC, will speak on his
invention, the 3-D Periodic Table.
LAST MEETING
Monday, Aug. 25- Tony Hooks, with assistance from Sam Powell,
told us that many people purchase property not realizing that
surface rock may be harvested as minerals without their consent
and without remediation required. The 300 mile Cumberland Trail
State Park was purchased for $4.2 million with assistance from
the state of Tennessee and created by labor of 300 college
students and other volunteers using 19th century methods. This
park is tasked with protecting the adjacent watershed. Without
requiring permission, 100 yards of the trail were destroyed while
harvesting surface rock by the company owning the mineral rights
to the property. A Bill in response to this kind of activity
which was introduced into the Tennessee legislature has been
returned to a study committee. One interesting internet source
discussing contamination associated with hard rock mining is:
http://toxics.usgs.gov/photo_gallery/aml.html
ITEMS OF INTEREST
Professional Development certificates are available for
most CEC meetings.
Please send items of interest to the Chattanooga Engineers
Club to the e-mail address in the Questions and Suggestions
section. Looking for details on a local society meeting? Links
to local engineering societies are available to you at:
http://www.chattanoogaengineersclub.org/engineer/.