Chattanooga Engineers Club Newsletter

MONDAY JULY 5 – NO MEETING – IN OBSERVANCE OF INDEPENDENCE DAY (JULY 4)

NEXT MEETING ____________________

Monday July 12 – Dr. Jim Henry – UTC

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

Software developed by UTC under a contract to Boeing is now on-board the International Space Station. The software, developed by Dr. Henry, allows researchers on earth to observe and control the operation of experiments in progress on the Space Station.

Dr. Henry will describe the successful loading and operation of the software and the response by NASA officials. During the CEC presentation he will also demonstrate the operation of the software.

Dr. Henry, professor of Chemical Engineering at UTC, has a BS from Rice and a PhD from Princeton. He has been working with remote control and data acquisition of laboratory experiments for more than 15 years.

FUTURE MEETINGS ____________________

Monday July 19 – Scott McKenzie – March Adams & Associates

“Seasonal Adjustment of Gasoline with On-Line Butane Blending”

Monday July 26 – John Van Winkle – City Traffic Engineer, Chattanooga

“Photo Enforcement for Stop Lights and Speed Limits”

Monday August 2 – Dan Ingersoll – Oak Ridge National Lab

“Small Modular Reactors and the Second Nuclear Era”.

Monday August 9 – Leon Tolbert – Oak Ridge National Lab

“Power Electronics for Hybrid Electric Vehicles”

PREVIOUS MEETING____________________

Monday June 28- Chris M. Finen, P.E., Eaton Corporation

“Arc-Fault Circuit Interrupters to Improve Home Safety”

Chris described how Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters can detect hidden electrical faults that are not picked up by traditional fuses and circuit breakers. Home electrical fires account for an estimated 53,000 fires each year, causing more than 500 deaths, 1400 injuries, and $1.4 billion in property damage. A sizable fraction of these could be prevented using Arc Fault Circuit Interrupters, and they are now required for most residential circuits by the latest edition of the National Electric Code (NEC).

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.

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/