Chattanooga Engineers Club Newsletter

NEXT MEETING________________________

Monday, March 15 — Noon — “High Speed Rail”
Speaker: Joe Ferguson, Director of Special Projects, Chattanooga Enterprise Center.

Using both power point and video, Mr. Ferguson will present the proposed Atlanta - Chattanooga - Nashville High Speed Ground Transportation project, including its general scope and where we are in the overall process. He will also illustrate how advanced other countries are in developing true super speed rail (180 mph+) and the advantages of initiating similar projects in this country.

In addition to his work with the Chattanooga Enterprise Center, Joe serves on numerous boards and is Chairman of the Electric Power Board.

Monday, March 22 -TBD

Monday, March 29 - Field Trip — Westinghouse Electric Company, 401 River Terminal Road — Tour of Welding School & BWR Training Facility

Monday April 5 – Noon – “Energy Storage -Overview, ZnBr Batteries & NRECA Projects”

Speaker: Dale Bradshaw, Senior Program Manager and Consultant to NRECA

Monday April 12 – Noon – “Near Zero Energy Homes - Research at TVA”

Speaker: David Dinse, Project Manager, TVA, Technology Innovations

PREVIOUS MEETING____________________________

“Solar 101”
Gil Melear-Hough, Director of Renewable Energy, Southern Alliance for Clean Energy

Mr. Hough discussed the basic solar technologies that are available for home installation such as solar photovoltaics and solar hot water. He emphasized that the logical first steps should be to reduce your homes energy consumption through insulation and weather-stripping. He reviewed basic incentives and financing options, as well as best practices for hiring qualified installers. He also gave a real world example showing the cost of a solar installation.

CHATTANOOGA ENGINEERS CLUB — CORPORATE SPONSORS______________

We gratefully acknowledge the corporate sponsorships listed below.

2010 — Robbins & Bohr, LLC

2009 — Coca—Cola

2008 — Alstom

2008 — Chattanooga State

EMPLOYMENT SOUGHT

Project engineer seeks career development move to Chattanooga. BS in Mechanical Engineering, MBA. Specialized in: project management, reliability, high speed manufacturing. For more information, please contact Casey T Wilson at CTW84@hotmail or 859-533-0974.

MEETING LOGISTICS_______________________

The Chattanooga Engineer's Club meets at the DOUBLETREE HOTEL, CHATTANOOGA,
407 Chestnut St., Chattanooga, TN 37402. Free parking is available in the gated parking lot on the south side of the Hotel.

For noontime meetings, the gate will be open from 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Plan to arrive at about 11:30 a.m., if you intend to park in the limited space available.

QUESTIONS and SUGGESTIONS______________

If you have any questions, items that would be of interest to the Chattanooga Engineers Club, or suggestions for future programs, please contact Ralph Boroughs by e-mail at rdboroughs@gmail.com or by phone at 423-227-0412. You can find membership application forms, references to future programs, 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.

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