Chattanooga Engineers Club Newsletter for November 22

NEXT MEETING____________________

Monday November 22 – Michael J. Landguth, President & CEO - Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority.

“Chattanooga Airport Plan”

Mr. Landguth will discuss plans for the Chattanooga Airport, and its economic impact on the area. He holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Aeronautical Science from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, and is a certified flight instructor, advanced ground instructor and a licensed commercial pilot. He came to Chattanooga in 1999 as Director of Airport Operations, and became CEO in 2004.

FIRST Lego League Event______________

Saturday November 20, 9:15 am-noon

Local FIRST Lego League teams will practice with about a dozen Lego robots at the Volkswagen plant Conference Center, preceded by a display of Volkswagen industrial robots (9-9:15 am). About 100 student Lego operators are expected. Chattanooga teams now make up one third of the entire Tennessee competition. Hosts are the TVA, Volkswagen, and the Chattanooga Engineers Club. Mr. Ed Chapin of Technology Management Associates (423-802-9376) is the director.

FUTURE MEETINGS____________________

Monday November 29 – Mark Schwartz and Bill Drewery - greenMARK COLLABORATIVE

“LED Lighting”

Bill and Mark will provide an overview of LED lights, their advantages and available products, as well as several commercial case studies of installed systems.

Mark Schwartz is a registered Architect and owner of the greenMARK COLLABORATIVE. Bill Drewery is Southeast Marketing Director for LED Lighting Technologies Group, LLC

Monday December 6 – Dr Nasser Khalifeh - Memorial Hospital (invited)

“New Radiation Therapy Technology to Minimize Collateral Damage”

Monday December 13 – Ron Domitrovic - Electric Power Research Institute

“EPRI’s National Energy Efficiency Demonstration program”

PREVIOUS MEETINGS____________________

November 15 – Mr. John Van Winkle (Traffic Engineer, City of Chattanooga)

“TRAFFIC CALMING TECHNIQUES”

Mr. Van Winkle discussed various techniques for traffic calming including traffic circles, speed bumps, and speed indicating signs.

He has served the City of Chattanooga for 24 years and as City Traffic Engineer since 1991.

John is a registered Professional Engineer in the State of Tennessee and holds Civil Engineering and Traffic Engineering degrees from the University of Tennessee Knoxville.

November 8 – Dr Cliff Ricketts - Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro.

“RUNNING ENGINES OFF SUN AND HYDROGEN"

Dr Ricketts described his utilization of solar panels to generate electricity, which then generates hydrogen to fuel a high performance car. He brought and demonstrated one of his operational hydrogen-fueled (3000 psi gas) automobiles. He has conducted transportation fuel research and development since 1978.

A quote from an MTSU website:"...we set the first world land speed record in '91 at the Salt Flats. We upped it for the next two years after that. ... And our last race was two years ago. Our soybean car was 4th out of 40, only beat by NASA with two entries and American Honda. We were winning that thing, but the soybean oil deteriorated or dissolved one of our rubber lines. And we didn't know that stuff would do that. So the students were still able to fix the line, get the car back in service, and still finish fourth in that event. Otherwise, I think we would have won it."

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. Lunch is $14. If you do not plan to purchase a lunch, please use the chairs around the perimeter of the room, and not those at the round tables.

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/