Chattanooga Engineers Club
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NEXT MEETING___________________________

Monday, Jan. 26, 2009 - Noon - Chattanooga Convention Center -

TVA's Role in Developing Modern Mapping Techniques - Alan Voss, formerly with the Tennessee Valley Authority, will speak about TVA's early mapping projects.  In the early 1930's when TVA was established by Congress to control floods, improve navigation and promote the general regional development of the Tennessee Valley, few maps existed.  Alan will discuss why good maps were urgently needed to accomplish the mission and how TVA met this challenge.  In just over two years, the entire 40,000 square mile TVA watershed was mapped using photogrammetric methods.  He will describe the pioneering efforts of TVA and its partners in the development of photogrammetry and how it laid the foundation for maps of today.

Until his retirement in 2006, Alan had been employed by TVA Geographic Information and Engineering (formerly Maps and Survey Branch).  There he served as Supervisor of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, managed the Valley Mapping Program, the Tennessee Statewide Parcel mapping Pilot Project, mapping services to support the US military, and served as TVA’s representative to the Federal Geographic Data Committee which coordinates all federal mapping work.  Alan has BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

FUTURE MEETINGS________________________

Monday, Feb. 2 - Noon - "How Obama broke new ground in making use of social media"

Speaker:  Adrianne Royer, Director of Communications and Development of Girls, Inc.

Monday, Feb. 9 - Noon - "Differences in site construction between Germany and Tennessee"

Speaker:  Ardt Posseyer, Chief Civil Engineer for Volkswagen site development

Monday, Feb. 16 - Noon - E-Week Kickoff

Speaker:  Corporate executive from a leading car manufacturer

Monday, Feb. 23 - Noon - "Human Factors Engineering for cars and trucks at Toyota Technical Center, Ann Arbor, MI

Speaker:  Fred W. Lupton III

Monday, Mar. 2 - Noon - "Investigation of the potential to turn carbohydrate-rich waste into ethanol"

Speaker:  Terry Howell, Manager of Research and New Technology at McKee Foods

Monday, Mar. 9 - Noon - "Warm Mix Asphalt Technology"

Speaker: Daniel Edwards, Lead Engineer for Astec Inc.'s Green System product line

PREVIOUS MEETING_______________________

Monday, Jan. 19:  NO MEETING - In observance of M.L. King Day

ITEMS OF INTEREST_______________________

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QUESTIONS and SUGGESTIONS______________
If you have any questions, items of interest to the Chattanooga Engineers Club, or suggestions for 2009 programs, please contact Joe Robbins by phone at 423-756-4430 or by e-mail at jrobbins@robbinsbohr.com. You can find membership application forms, references to future programs, and historical data, and other info at: http://www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org . To receive future meeting announcements by email, join the Chattanooga Technology Organization mailing list at: http://www.ChattanoogaEngineersClub.org/email