Chattanooga Engineers Club Newsletter

NEXT MEETING ____________________

Monday June 21 – Larry Cole – TVA

“Planning for the Tennessee Valley’s Environmental and Energy Future.”

Larry Cole will discuss TVA’s long term planning process, which begins with forecasting power demand over the next 20 years, and then considers options for supplying this power, in a cost-effective, reliable, and environmentally acceptable manner. In addition to traditional power plants, the plan will also consider alternatives such as renewable generation and energy efficiency programs.

TVA expects to release a draft Integrated Resource Plan for public comment this fall. After considering comments received, a completed plan is will be prepared for consideration by the TVA Board of Directors in the spring of 2011.

Larry Cole earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1982. Immediately after graduation, he joined TVA as a field engineer. Later, he became involved in real-time dispatch and hourly scheduling of generation and transmission assets. Last year he was given a rotational assignment to the Integrated Resource Plan Project Team as Project Manager.

FUTURE MEETINGS ____________________

Monday June 28 – Chris Finen – Eaton

“Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters to Improve Home Safety”

Monday July 5 – No Meeting – in Observance of Independence Day (July 4)

Monday July 12 – Jim Henry – UTC

“Remote Control Software for Experiments on the International Space Station”

Monday July 19 – Scott McKenzie – March Adams

“Butane Blending Project”

Monday July 26 – TBD

Monday August 2 – Dan Ingersoll – Oak Ridge National Lab

“Small Modular Reactors and the Second Nuclear Era”.

Monday August 2 – Leon Tolbert – Oak Ridge National Lab

“Power Electronics for Hybrid Electric Vehicles”

PREVIOUS MEETING____________________

Monday June 14 – Tim McGhee, – Dean of the Engineering Technology Division, Chattanooga State Community College

“Preparing Tomorrow’s Energy Workforce, Today”

Tim McGhee discussed new energy-related programs that have been developed at Chattanooga State to supply skilled technicians for the growing energy and power industries. Three of these programs build on prior success in developing an INPO - certified Radiation Protection curriculum in cooperation with TVA. (INPO, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, was created to share lessons learned across the nuclear power industry.) These programs are Non-Destructive Testing, Quality Assurance/Quality Control, and Nuclear Power Engineering Technology. All are being developed with input from industry, and offer graduates a direct path to the workforce. In the Radiation Protection program, 12 of 13 recent graduates went directly to work after graduation.

Tim also discussed programs that integrate new technologies such as solar power and smart grid technologies into existing curricula.

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

MEETING LOGISTICS_______________________

The Chattanooga Engineer's Club meets at the DOUBLETREE HOTEL,
407 Chestnut St., Chattanooga, TN 37402. Free parking may be available in the gated parking lot on the south side of the Hotel. Plan to arrive before 11:30 a.m., if you intend to park in the limited space available. Late arrivals may need to pay for parking on the street or in a nearby public parking garage.

Employment Opportunities

Advanced Energy Engineering & Design, Inc. (www.aeedinc.com) currently has openings for two Professional Engineers; one Mechanical Engineer and one Electrical Engineer. Contact Brittany L. Scott at 423-752-3438 ext. 123, or email brittany.scott@aeedinc.com

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.

Links to local engineering societies are available to you at: http://www.chattanoogaengineersclub.org/engineer/

For a calendar of local technology related events see: http://chatc.org/