Chattanooga Engineers Club
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NEXT MEETING___________________________

Monday, Mar. 2, 2009 - Noon - DOUBLETREE HOTEL, CHATTANOOGA (407 Chestnut St., Chattanooga, TN 37402)

"Turning carbohydrate-rich waste into Ethanol" - As energy becomes more expensive, many manufacturing firms are looking within their facilities to determine how to produce energy from their own waste streams. The McKee Foods Company in Collegedale, TN is one of many companies investigating this potential. Terry Howell, Manager of Research and New Technology at McKee Foods will discuss the efforts McKee is making to identify the waste streams that could be used to supplement their energy requirements and the technology that would be required to do so.

Larry Martin, an engineer with McKee Foods, will join Terry to provide a brief history of the company. He will also describe McKee’s on-going "eco-efficiency" efforts and their plans for the future.

FUTURE MEETINGS________________________

Monday, Mar. 9 - Noon - "Warm Mix Asphalt Technology:  An energy saving concept"

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

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Meeting Place: Chattanooga Convention Center

Monday, Mar. 16 - Noon - “Seasoned cast iron:  What is it and why do it?”

Speaker:  Keith Nunley, Engineering Manager, Lodge Manufacturing

Meeting Place: will advise

Monday, Mar. 23 - Noon – “Engineering: The Enterprise Network”

Chuck will present 25 or more tips to take home.

Speaker:  Chuck Chamberlin, Director of Telephone & Network Systems, Chattanooga State

Meeting Place: will advise

Monday, Mar. 30 - Noon – “Tennessee Aquarium:  Life Support System Design” – Scott will discuss the engineering technology required to protect the aquatic life.

Speaker:  Scott McKenzie, Vice President of Special Projects, March Adams

Meeting Place:  will advise

PREVIOUS MEETING_______________________

Feb. 23 – Fred Lupton III, Manager of Human Factors Group at Toyota Technical Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, spoke about Toyota's history in the U.S. beginning with a plant built in California in 1957 to assemble the Pet Crown Vehicle.  Lupton discussed the fuel crisis in the 1970's, which had a positive effect on sales of the Celica and Corona.  In 1973, the Styling Studio opened in Los Angeles.  Later, the studio moved to Ann Arbor, MI.  In 1984, Toyota formed a joint venture with General Motors to build the Corola and Tocoma.  In 1986, Toyota opened a plant in Canada to build the Lexus.

Toyota believes in local (U.S.) design and development of vehicles for the U.S. market.  The Toyota Technical Center, Ann Arbor, MI, is responsible for vehicle development:  styling with clay modeling, design engineering, human factors, driver vision, control and display layout, and driver assistance systems.  Fred briefly described Toyota's work on advanced battery technology. 

ITEMS OF INTEREST_______________________

We will try out the DOUBLETREE HOTEL on 2-March and consider making the DOUBLETREE our regular meeting location.  After the meeting, please e-mail your comments about your experience at the DOUBLETREE to Jim Schwall, jimgineer@comcast.net or Joe Robbins, jrobbins@robbinsbohr.com .  Free parking is available.  The parking lot is adjacent to the Hotel on the south side.

Looking for details on a local society meeting? Links to local engineering societies are available to you at: http://www.chattanoogaengineersclub.org/engineer/

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