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New
Location, Free Parking, Great Food, Great Programs
NEXT
MEETING___________________________
Monday,
Apr. 27 - Noon – DOUBLETREE
HOTEL, Second Floor (
“Exciting
stories of Thomas Edison’s inventive life” – Jim
Frierson
Most of us are aware that Thomas Edison was a prolific
inventor, credited with over a thousand patents and revolutionizing the world
with his famous invention of the light bulb. Much of his work, which began in 1876,
was done in a laboratory at
Our
own Jim Frierson is the great-grandson of John Kruesi. This family association
has given Frierson a keen interest in the history of innovation and invention
and has provided him with unique insight of how Thomas Edison pursued his
ideas. Jim will provide us an inside story of Thomas Edison's laboratory and
Edison’s early days of invention at Menlo Park as seen through the eyes
of the Kruesi Legacy.
FUTURE
MEETINGS________________________
Monday,
May 4 - Noon - “Solar
Energy: Solution to conservation” – With a renewed
emphasis on conservation and using renewable energy, more and more people are
looking to solar energy as a solution. For those solutions to become a
reality, trained and certified installers will be needed to support this
growing industry.
Allan Gentry,
Instructor, Interim Dean and Chair of the Technology Department at
Speaker: Allan
Gentry,
Meeting Place:
DOUBLETREE HOTEL
Monday,
May 11 - Noon - “A
visionary transportation system that could change the world” -
Personal
Transportation remains a key infrastructure in the economic framework of any
nation. With today’s public concerns about economical energy
requirements and foreword momentum in consumption, and responsible
environmental stewardship, Steven Rasor with Vertical Axis Integration Company
(VXICOM) will present a new approach to transportation and energy storage.
Speakers: Steven Rasor, principal architect and founder of VXICOM,
a
Meeting Place: DOUBLETREE HOTEL
PREVIOUS
MEETING_______________________
Dave Vernetti, General Manager of Steward Advanced
Materials, reviewed the history of products manufactured by Steward over its
130 year history: gas burner tips, radios, insulators, television
deflection yoke cores, and ferrites for EMI (electro magnetic interference.)
Steward Advanced Materials was formed in 2004. The
company makes ceramic products for the Department of Defense and the
communication industries.
Steward has licensed SAMMS technology from Pacific Northwest
National Labs (PNNL). SAMMS is a family of adsorbents for the air and
water pollution control process industries. The ceramic and ferrite
(magnetic) supports have special coatings to adsorb contaminants. David
described the manufacturing of Thio-SAMMS to adsorb Hg, Ag, Cu, Cd, Pb, and Pd
as well as Chelate SAMMS to adsorb CO², Cu, Ni, Co, and Zn. SAMMS has high capacity,
fast kinetics and forms a strong covalent bond to the contaminants. David
reviewed many potential uses of SAMMS including water treatment, gas treatment,
chemical treatment, sediments, filters, pharmaceuticals and sensors.
ITEMS
OF INTEREST_______________________
The Chattanooga
Engineer's Club has relocated its meeting place to the DOUBLETREE HOTEL,
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 e-mail at jrobbins@robbinsbohr.com or by phone at 423-756-4430. You can
find membership application forms, references to future programs, historical
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