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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, dean of the UT College of Engineering.
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-three meetings were held in 2007. It is estimated that some 3850 luncheon meetings have been held over the past 86 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 $12 per person payable in cash or by check in the meeting room to the designated collector. Meetings are called to order at 12:00. After a brief transaction of Society business, the guest speaker is introduced. Normally, presentations take about 40 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 Sunday News Sentinel’s Business Bulletins. For more info see www. technicalsociety.net. Guests are welcome.
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Upcoming program
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July 2008 Programs
July 7: No meeting in connection with Independence Day weekend.
July 14: Dr. David Fribourg, Prof. Emeritus of Crop Ecology, UTK: Biofuels - Or is it Biofuelishness?
July 21: Arthur S. McDaniel, P.E., Knox County Department of Air Quality Management: Air Quality in Knox County.
July 28: James C. Conklin, Ph.D., P.E., Oak Ridge National Lab: Advanced Electrical Power Generation Concepts: Base-Load and Peak Electricity from a Combined Nuclear Heat and Fossil Combined-Cycle Plant (PDH).
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June 2008 Programs
June 2: Dr. Donald Huisingh, Retired Senior Scientist in Sustainable Development & Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Cleaner Production, Institute for a Secure and Sustainable Environment, UTK: Creating Sustainable Suburbs One Home At A Time.( PDH)
June 9: Dr. Edgar Lara-Curzio, Director of the High Temperature Materials Laboratory, ORNL: The Role of Materials in Power Generation, Transformation, Distribution, Storage and Use of Energy. (PDH).
June 16: George Cox, Professor/Program Coordinator, Civil Engineering Technology Engineering and Media Technologies, Pellessippi State Community College: Engineering Technology at Pellissippi State-An update on the engineering technology programs at Pellissippi State. (PDH).
June 23: Dr. James E. Beavers, P.E., Director, Construction Industry Research and Policy Center, UTK: History and Future of the Construction Industry Research and Policy Center. (PDH).
June 30: Prof. Dr. Edwin Burdette, Department of Civil Engineering, UTK: Bridge Structures and Safety. (PDH).
June Program: Ely Driver, driver@comcast.net. Bob Scott, rrscott3@aol.com; Jean-Pierre Granju, jean-pierre@granju.net; Walter Wunderlich; wowunder@bellsouth.net
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May 2008 Programs
May 5: Dr. Jim Beavers, Director and Research Professor, Civil Engineering, Construction Industry Research and Policy Center, UT: Earthquakes and other Hazards - Implications for Tennesseans (PDH).
May 12: Dr. H. Lee Martin, Chairman Abunga.com: Techonomics - Anticipating the Future (PDH).
May 19: Sam Hart, Technology and Manufacturing Consultant, Knoxville Chamber of Commerce: The Knoxville Chamber’s Technology Mining and Matching Program.
May 26: Memorial Day - No meeting.
May programs:. Ely Driver, edriver@comcast.net. Walter Wunderlich; wowunder@bellsouth.net
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March 2008 Programs
March 3: Paul Hopping, Technical Specialist, River Operations, TVA. Regulatory Requirements For River Temperature at TVA Thermal Plants. (PDH)
March 10: Alex Wyss ,Tennessee Nature Conservancy: Outstanding Conservation Field Program.
March 17: Steve Hillenbrand, Donan Engineering Co. Forensic Engineering. (PDH)
March 24: Sallee Reynolds, Principal, Hardin Valley Academy, Hardin Valley Academy.
March 31: Chris Granju, P.E., Stormwater Management Coordinator, Knox County Engineering Dept.: New Tricks for Old Dogs - Stormwater Management Design with the new Knox County Regulations (PDH).
March programs: Ely Driver, edriver@comcast.net.
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April 2008 Programs
April 7: Dr. Way Kuo, Dean, College of Engineering, UTK: State of the College of Engineering and of UTK.
April 14: Dr. Vena Long, Executive Director, The Governor's Academy, College of Education, UTK: Governor's Academy of Mathematics and Science.
April 21: Steve Mirshak, President, Dupont Tate and Lyle Bioproducts, Loudon: Environmentally Friendly Products Palette.
April 28: David A. Patterson, Prof. Emeritus and former Director of the Tennessee Technology Foundation: Relationship between the University of Tennessee and Oak Ridge National Lab, a story of Success, Promise and Frustration for Economic Development.
April programs: Walter Wunderlich; wowunder@bellsouth.net. Ely Driver, edriver@comcast.net. Dick Berry, berry@rembco.com.
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February 2008 Programs
February 4: Brian Boyd, Hydrologist, National Weather Service: Overall information on the drought of 2007.
February 11: Susan Jacks, Lead Engineer, TVA’s River Forecast Center: The impact of the 2007 drought on TVA operations (PDH Program).
February 18: Presidents’ Day - No Meeting.
February 25: Bradley Fenwick, Vice Chancellor for Research, UT: Research at UTK.
February programs: Ely Driver, edriver@comcast.net.
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January 2008 Programs
January 7: Installation of Officers and Society Day - discussion of 2008 programs and activities. All members are invited to attend.
January 14: Dr. David Milhorn, Executive Vice President and Vice President for Research, UT: The Cherokee Campus.
January 21: Martin Luther King Day - No Meeting.
January 28: James Pippin, Director, College of Engineering, Engineering Diversity Programs, UTK: Update on the Diversity Program in the College of Engineering.
January programs: Ely Driver, edriver@comcast.net.
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December 2007 Programs
December 3: George Korda, President, Korda Communications, Inc.; political analyst for WATE-TV and WNOX-FM talk show host: Politics, Technically Speaking.
December 10: Charles Richmond, architect: Refurbishing houses in industrially zoned areas in Knoxville.
December 17: Dick Berry, Consultant and President of TSK: Disaster planning.
December 24: TSK holiday
December 31: TSK holiday.
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November 2007 Programs
November 5: Rob Frost, City Councilman. Knoxville - Knox County storm water dispute and other issues.
November 12: Veterans Day - No meeting. However, we will meet at the old Candoro Marble Factory on Candoro Avenue in South Knoxville from 12 to 1 p.m. Bill Goodwin will be our primary host assisted by members of the South Knoxville Arts and Heritage Center. There will be coffee, tea, and water, and those who want to bring a brown bag lunch can do so and eat while we are listening to 15-20 min remarks about Candoro and the planned marble industry museum (for details call 687 6591).
November 19: Dr. Alberto Garcia, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, College of Engineering. Recent Developments at UT COE.
November 26: David A. Patterson, President of UT Faculty Senate and professor in the College of Social Work. Issues with UT's development of the Cherokee Farm.
November programs: Walter Wunderlich, wowunder@bellsouth.net. Jean-Pierre Granju, jean-pierre@granju.net.
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October 2007 Program
October 1: Bill Goodwin, Professor emeritus: The renovation of the Tennessee Marble Industry Museum at Candoro.
October 8: Columbus Day - No Meeting.
October 15: Don Horton, architect, McCarty Holsaple McCarty and LEED accredited Professional: Achieving LEED - Existing Building certification for the John J. Duncan Federal Building.
October 22: Chris Dager, TVA: Current navigation on the upper Tennessee River and navigation budgeting, data and allocation metrics.
October 29: John Sexton, P.E., Staff Transportation Engineer, Knox County Dept. of Public Works: Innovations in Transportation Technology.
October programs: Walter Wunderlich, wowunder@bellsouth.net. Jean-Pierre Granju, jean-pierre@granju.net.
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September 2007 Program
September 3: Labor Day - No meeting.
September 10: Lee Riedinger, Interim Vice Chancellor for Research, UT: The current research development profile at UTK. Lee has been at both UT and ORNL and helped shape the current directions.
September 17: Ward Plummer, Director of the Joint Institute for Advanced Materials, UT: The rapidly expanding materials research agenda and the new building to be built at UT.
September 24: Bamin Khomami, Director of the new Sustainable Energy Education and Research Center: The new directions in biofuels, fuel cells, and photovoltaic materials.
September programs: Daryl Armentrout, darmentrout@tva.gov; Gregory D. Reed, dreed@utk.edu. Jean-Pierre Granju, jean-pierre@granju.net.
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August 2007 Program
August 6: Jonathan R. Mielenz, Group Leader and Biomass Program Manager, ORNL: Hydrogen Economy and the Production for Polysaccharides.
August 13: Frank Robinson, Director, Economic Development, City of Oak Ridge: Economic Development in the Secret City.
August 20: Zhiyu Hu, Ph.D., MBA, Staff Scientist, ORNL: Nanoscale Energy Conversion and its Applications.
August 27: Anthony W. King, Research Scientist, Environmental Sciences Division, ORNL: Can More Carbon Dioxide be Stored in Plants and Ecosystems to Avoid Climate Change?
August programs: Jean-Pierre Granju, jean-pierre@granju.net; Steve Levy, slevy9665@comcast.net.
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August 2006 Programs
August 7: Jonathan Overly, UT-East TN Clean Fuels Alliance: Biodiesel and Ethanol - Fuels for Americans who care about their country.
August 14: Graig Fischer, Administrator, Planning and Projects for St. Mary’s Health System: Recent advances in computed tomography (CT).
August 21: Bill Johnston, Environmental Scientist and Consultant, Oak Ridge: Coal Mining Environmental Issues (a PDH).
August 28: David Doane, Energy Management Consultant, UT Institute for Public Service: The Green Building.
August programs: Kim Davis, kdavis17@utk.edu..
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July 2006 Programs
July 3: Independence Day - No Meeting.
July 10: Axel Ringe, Harvey Broome Group, Sierra Club, Knoxville: Mountain Top Removal in Tennessee.
July 17: Billie Russell and Ralph Dinwiddie, ORNL High Temperature Materials User Facility, ORNL: The High Temperature Materials Laboratory – Featuring the IR Camera.
July 24: Harry Moore, Manager of the Knoxville Geotechnical Engineering Office, TDOT: Geotechnical aspects of the construction of I-26 in Unicoi County, Tennessee.
July 31: Duane Graves, Ph.D., Principal, GeoSyntec Consultants: Environmental Forensics: The Emerging Science of Whodunit.”
July programs: Walter Wunderlich, wowunder@bellsouth.net.
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June 2006 Programs
June 5
Dr. Mark Littmann, Hill Professor of Science Writing, School of Journalism & Electronic Media, UT: The Art of Science Writing (PDH).
June 12
Richard Stair, Ph.D., Texas Instrument Research and Development Center: TI’s activities in Knoxville.
June 19
Shannon R. Ory, P.E., Sr. Electrical Engineer, TVA, River System Operations and Environment, and Bruce Rogers, Program Manager for Research & Technology Applications: SuperVAR(tm) technology-A new approach to managing voltage on the Nation's electric power grid (PDH).
June 26:
Stan Milora, Ph.D., Director, Fusion Energy Division, ORNL: Future Expectations for Nuclear Fusion.
June programs: Peter Scheffler, pkscheffler@tva.gov.
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