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The Technical Society of Knoxville and its Mission
The Technical Society of Knoxville is a group of persons interested in technology and science, and their effects on society, and in particular, on the community. The Society was founded in 1921 by Charles E. Ferris, the first dean of the UT College of Engineering and a group of leading members of the community.
The hallmark of the Technical Society is its Monday Luncheon meeting. Every Monday, the program features a speaker on a subject of technical, scientific, or general interest. Forty-four meetings were held in 2009. It is estimated that some 3874 luncheon meetings have been held over the past 88 years. The presentations are planned to be informative and educational, and provide person to person contact with experts in the field. Meetings take place at the Crowne Plaza on Summit Hill Drive in downtown Knoxville. Complimentary self parking is available in the hotel garage. Meeting attendees receive a token for exiting the garage without charge after the meeting. Members and guests begin arriving around 11:30 and go through the buffet line. Cost is $13 per person payable in cash or by check in the meeting room to the designated collector. Meetings are called to order at 11:50. After a brief transaction of Society business, the guest speaker is introduced. Normally, presentations take about 50 minutes. Time is usually available for questions from the audience. The meetings are adjourned at 13:00. Some programs are scheduled as professional development hours (PDH) to meet the State of Tennessee’s continuing education requirements for professional engineers. These PDHs consist of at least 50 minutes of prepared presentation with discussion reserved for the time after the meeting. The State Licensing Board does not pre-approve such hours and the TSK does not guarantee approval, but strictly meets the Board-specified requirements and issues a certificate of attendance. Monday meetings are announced in the Saturday’s or Sunday’s Knoxville News Sentinel Business Bulletins. Guests are welcome.
For more info go to www. technicalsociety.net
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Upcoming program
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July 2010 Programs
July 5 - No meeting.
July 12 - The program for this meeting will be a panel discussion on the Gulf Oil Disaster. Panel participants will include Dick Berry, the founder of Remco and Robert D. Hatcher, Jr., Ph.D., P.G. UT Distinguished Scientist and Professor Tectonics and Structural Geology.
July 19 - Bob Scott, a member of the Technical Society, will discuss the 1984 methyl isocyanate disaster in Bhopal, India. Bob is a chemical engineer who designed a methyl isocyanate storage tank and has consequently been interested in the failure of the Union Carbide methyl isocyanate storage tank.
July 26 - Damon Falconier, AIA (American Institute of Architects) will discuss ADA (Americans With Disability Act) compliance issues. Damon Falconier, NCARB (National Council of Architectural Registration Boards) is a LEED certified architect, President and Principal Architect of Falconier Architecture.
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June 2010 Programs
June 7 - Stacey Patterson from the Tennessee Solar Institute will talk about the Tennessee Solar Institute.
June 14 - Mr. Bill Knee, a transportation researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, will speak on Transportation Technology
June 21 - Richard Lounsbury is a geologist who has worked on numerous karst sites. For several years he has been with ARCADIS working mostly on TN DOT projects in support of road building.
His talk is titled “Characterization of Karst Systems to Support EIS (Environmental Impact Study) Decisions”. This is a project ARCADIS conducted for TDOT related to the extension of the James White Parkway.
June 28 - Dr Robert Hatcher. UT Knoxville distinguished scientist and professor will talk about Earthquakes in Tennessee. Dr Hatcher spoke to the Technical Society in December 2009 about studies on earthquake-related liquefaction features he was conducting.
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May 2010 Programs
May 3: Gary Gilmartin, The Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee (CROET), will speak on “An Update on the East Tennessee Technology Corridor”
May 10: John Halliwell, The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), will speak on the “Charging Stations for Electric Vehicles” (PDH)
May 17: Mike Ingram, TVA Chattanooga, will speak on the “Smart Grid” (PDH) In 2001 he was been named TVA Engineer of the Year for helping develop a new technology that improves the quality and reliability of the electric power supplied to TVA customers.
May 24: William Fulkerson: Institute for Secure and Stainable Environment, His current interests include global sustainability issues with emphasis on energy and environmental technologies and policies. Since 1994 he has chaired the DOE Laboratory Energy R&D Working Group (PDH)
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April 2010 Meetings
April 5, 2010 Ken Elder, CEO of Soltility, Inc. (a company in Friendsville involved in System Design/Financing) will speak on Solar Power Retrofits
April 12, 2010 Patrick McMahon, PE, Graduate Student, UTK- Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Ken Barry, PE, S&ME; “Stream Restoration and Assessment of Bed Material Transport Rates for Gravel-Bed Streams in Tennessee”.(PDH)
April 19, 2010: Dr. Kelly Tiller, PhD, President and CEO, Genera Energy, LLC; “Update on Genera Energy”
April 26, 2010: Ms. Liz Porter, PG and Mr. Ken Barry, PE, S&ME, Inc.; “Update on Developing Water Regulatory Issues Impacting Civil Engineering in Tennessee”(PDH)
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March 2010 Meetings
March 1: Mike Cuddy, Founder & President, Technology 2020: The Role of Technology 2020 in Development of Technology in the Tennessee Valley
March 8: Samantha Godsey, Project Manager, TVA River Operations: The Refurbishment of the Blue Ridge Dam (PDH)
March 15: Susanna Sutherland Bass, Program Manager, Sustainability, for the City of Knoxville will speak. She will present an overview and update of initiatives and programs that are in the works and how they fit together to form the future of Knoxville.
March 22: H. Lee Dodds, Head of Department of Nuclear Engineering, UT-Knoxville. Nuclear Power Today and in the Future (PDH)
March 29: Mitch McNabb, Project Manager & LEED Accredited Professional & Don Horton, Senior LEED Accredited Professional, McCarty Holsaple McCarty, Inc. Sustainable Features of the Knoxville Station Transit Center (PDH)
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February 2010 Meetings
February 1 - Dick Berry, founder of Rembco, a geotechnical contractor that specializes in foundation support, soil stabilization and specialty grouting, will speak on "Karst soil structures (like we have in Tennessee) -including their effect on global climate".(PDH)
February 8 - Larsen Jay, President of DoubleJay Creative and Dogwood Entertainment, will speak of his experience as a director, writer, producer of television and video shows, and more recently of the just released film "That Evening Sun" starring Hal Holbrook, and filmed near Knoxville.
February 15 - NO MEETING, President's Day
February 22 - Gilbert Cremese, a retired engineer from France who worked with Framatome and Areva will speak on: "From the PWR French Program to the EPR reactor via ITER first steps; 17 years in the management of Nuclear Engineering Projects".
February Program Jean-Pierre Granju (jean-pierre@granju.net)
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January 2010 Meetings
January 4 - No Meeting
January 11 - Dr Alan Edwards, President of Pellissippi State Community College will speak on “The role of Community Colleges in the future economy”
January 18 - David Bolt, Sustainable Future founder and president will speak on “An overview of Solar applications and ongoing projects in the region”
January 25 - Jim Zonar, Director of Manufacturing Partnerships at Y-12 will speak on “The Modernization of Y-12”
January program Sam Hart (shart55@hotmail.com)
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December 2009 Programs
December 7: Dr. Sally J. Pardue, Interim Director, Oakley Center for Teaching & Learning of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, TTU: The Mission of the Oakley Center.
December 14: Steve Hillenbrand, Senior Forensic Engineer, Donan Engineering, Knoxville: Sinkholes in Tennessee - from the perspective of the insurance industry.
December 21 and 28: No Meetings. Happy Holidays!
December program: Tim Moran, tpmoran@tva.gov.
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November 2009 Programs
November 2: Dr. Joshua Fu, Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UTK: The Effects of Climate Change on the Future Air Quality in the United States. (PDH)
November 9: Dr. Joe Hoagland, Vice President, Environmental Science, Technology, and Policy, TVA: TVA future directions.
November 16: Professor Tom Buchanan, UTK: Distributed Wastewater Treatment and Water Reuse. (PDH)
November 23: Dr. Claus Daniel, ORNL: Current status of battery energy storage. (PDH)
November 30: Professor Randy Gentry, UTK: Issues of an environmentally sustainable world of the future. (PDH)
November program: steve@esper.com; Jim Hackworth, Jim@JimHackworth.com; Tim Moran, tpmoran@tva.gov.
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October 2009 Programs
October 5: Dr. Greg Peterson, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, UTK: Emerging Computer Technologies: Challenges and Opportunities. (PDH)
October 12: Columbus Day - No Meeting
October 19: David Dewhirst: Underground Knoxville. We will meet shortly after 11:30 at the Crowne Plaza, as usual, have our lunch, then proceed to Under Ground Knoxville under the guidance of Developer David. Dewhirst.
October 26: Dr. Marianne Breinig, UTK: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics.
October program: Tim Moran, tpmoran@tva.gov; Ely. Driver; Walter O. Wunderlich.
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September 2009 Programs
September 7: Labor Day - No Meeting.
September 14: Barry Thacker, P.E., Geo/Environmental Associates, Inc.: TVA’s Kingston Ash Facility: Why it failed and why it matters. (PDH)
September 21: Gary Gilmartin, Executive Director, Oak Ridge Energy Corridor: Oak Ridge Energy Corridor.
September 28: Jim Odle, Odle & Young Architects: BIM and Other Recent Transformations in the Building Industry.
September program: Ken Berry, kbarry@smeinc.com; Tim Moran, tpmoran@tva.gov; Walter Wunderlich.
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August 2009 Programs
August 3: Mary Pankiewicz, Clutter-Free & Organized: Organizing your Office Space
August 10: Dr. Dayakar Penemadu, Head, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UT: A Transformational Approach to Civil and Environmental Engineering Education at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. (PDH)
August 17: Paul D. Rook, Blount Hearing and Speech Services: Cochlear Dead Regions: Implications for Speech.
August 24: Dr. Amit Goyal, UT-Battelle/Oak Ridge National Laboratory: High Temperature Superconductors & Saving Energy. (PDH)
August 31: Dr. Steve Obermeier, USGS research scientist emeritus, formerly Reston, VA; now back on the family farm in Rockport, Indiana: Landslides & Soil Liquefaction. (PDH).
August program: Berny Ilgner, berny.Ilgner@arcadis-us.com; Sam Rudder; Bill Goodwin; Ted Lundy; Walter Wunderlich; Ely Driver.
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July 2009 Programs
July 6: Independence Day - No meeting
July 13: W. K. (Keith) Kahl, Deputy Director, Transportation Technologies Program, ORNL: Transportation in the US: Recalibrating the Challenges. (PDH)
July 20: Lisa New, Director of Animal Collections, Knoxville Zoo. Species Survival Program at the Knoxville Zoo.
July 27: John D. Petersen, former president of the University of Tennessee: Positioning Tennessee for the Future.
July program: Tim Moran, tpmoran@tva.gov. Ely Driver, edriver@comcast.net
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June 2009 Programs
June 1: John Hunter, a project manager with TN DOT: SMARTFIX 40 - Lessons learned (I-40 downtown interchange construction project). (PDH)
June 8: Andrea Omer Desjarlais, ORNL: Building envelope technology development. (PDH)
June 15: David Green Adler, DOE: Overview of the Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup projects under the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act. (PDH)
June 22: Malcolm Stocks, ORNL: Scope of Energy Frontier Center for Defect Physics in Structural Materials. (PDH)
June 29: Kenneth W. Tobin, Measurement Science and Systems Engineering Division, ORNL: A telemedicine approach to the reduction of blindness from diabetic retinopathy. (PDH)
June program: Ted Lundy, tlundy@usit.net; Tim Moran, tpmoran@tva.gov.
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May 2009 Programs
May 4: Erin Burns, Sustainability Special Assistant, City of Knoxville: Knoxville's Solar American Cities Initiative. (PDH).
May 11: Prof. Bruce Tonn, Department of Political Science, UTK: Potential environmental implications of major population, demographic and economic trends. (PDH)
May 18: Tom King, Director, Energy Efficiency, Renewable and Electricity Technologies Program, ORNL: Modernizing the nation's electric delivery system. (PDH)
May 25: Memorial Day - No Meeting.
May program: Walter Wunderlich, wowunder@bellsouth.net; Tim Moran, tpmoran
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