Chattanooga Engineers Club Newsletter

NEXT MEETING________________________

Monday, March 29 — Noon — Field Trip — Westinghouse Electric Company,

401 River Terminal Road — Tour of Welding School & BWR Training Facility

Directions from downtown: Follow Riverside Drive/Amnicola Highway towards the Chickamauga Dam. After passing the light at Wilcox, turn left at the next light (River Terminal Road). You will pass the Election Commission building. The Westinghouse facility will be straight ahead. Enter the Westinghouse facility at the center door where Jim Schwall will be waiting. No lunch will be provided; however, there are several restaurants nearby including: Subway, Blue Orleans, Burger King & McDonalds. Tour will end about 1 pm.

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

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

Monday April 12 &19 – Noon – “Kruesi ‘Spirit of Innovation ‘Award Finalists” Jim Frierson will introduce finalists for the Kruesi award.

Wednesday April 28 – Spirit of Innovation Luncheon at the Convention Center

For more information see http://www.chattanoogachamber.com/newsandvideo/100323_Kruesi.asp

Monday April 26 – TBD

PREVIOUS MEETING____________________________

“Getting Ready for the Next Generation of Plug-In Vehicles” -- Ralph Boroughs, TVA Technology Innovations

Mr. Boroughs discussed TVA programs to prepare for the next wave of plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles. He outlined several projects dealing with charging infrastructure, and showed how these fit into TVA’s primary missions around energy, economic development and environmental stewardship.

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.

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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