Local Technical Groups
Local Chapters of National Technical Societies
AACE International, East Tennessee Section
President: Jeff Morton 865-341-6819
Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals – East Tennessee Chapter
President: Linda H. Lawhorn 865-771-1011
Vice President: Cheryl Ann Sayler 865-425-5436
Secretary: Steve Douglas 865-574-4906
Treasurer: Charlotte Kimbrough 865-574-1242
American Chemical Society (ACS) – East Tennessee Section
Chair: Jon Camden 865-974-8825
American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC) of East Tennessee
Mike Stomer 865-970-0003
American Industrial Hygiene Association – TN Valley Section
Mike McIntosh 865-574-7234
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) – Knoxville Oak Ridge Section
Membership Inquiries: Paul Taylor 865-574-1965
American Meteorological Society – Smoky Mountain Chapter
Jeremy Buckles
American Nuclear Society (ANS) – Oak Ridge Knoxville Section
Josh Peterson 865-576-4435
American Society for Engineering Management (ASEM)
Chairwoman: Cyndy Simmons
American Society for Quality (ASQ) – Knoxville Section
Paul Rock 865-671-0356
American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers – TN Chapter
Brian Leib 865-974-7266
American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) – Knoxville Branch
Branch President: Nathan Charles Babelay, P.E., M.ASCE 865-254-9689
American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning (ASHRAE) – East TN Chapter
President: Phil Newby 865-604-4400
President Elect: Bill Jacoby 865-777-0817
Jeff Gibson 865-584-5007
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – Oak Ridge Section
District Communications Group Chairman: Donald Baldwin 864-207-0015
Robert Kennedy 865-220-4736
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) – East Tennessee Section
Chair: Joe Carson, PE 865-300-5831
ASM International – Oak Ridge Chapter
Melanie Kirkham 615-420-0202
Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) – East TN section
President: Kim Smith
Vice President: Matthew Whinery 865-719-7738
Association of Facilities Engineering (AFE)
Terry Ledford
Association of Women in Science – East TN Chapter
President: Robin Clark, QMT Group 423-539-3796
AVS: Science and Technology of Materials, Interfaces, and Processing – TN Chapter
Harry M. Meyer III 865-574-5092
East Tennessee Chapter Health Physics Society (ETCHPS)
Energy, Technology, Environmental Business Association (ETEBA)
Linda Short 865-591-8776
Institute for Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)
Chair: Justin Baba
Vice Chair: Dianne Bull
Secretary/Treasurer: William Milam
International Society of Automation (ISA)
Oak Ridge Section President: Mat Merten, PE 865-742-4572
International Facilities Management Association (IFMA) – East TN
Chapter President: Scott Brackett 865-241-7294
Sigma Xi – Oak Ridge Chapter
Bob Shaw 865-574-4920
Society for Technical Communication (STC) – East TN Chapter
President: Michael Fawley
Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) – Tennessee Valley Chapter
President: Pat Thornton 865-576-5828 or 865-599-1304
Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SMEI) – Knoxville / Oak Ridge Chapter
Chair: Johnny Crowell 865-388-7378
Andrew Jenkins 865-809-1676
Society of Women Engineers (OWE) – Smoky Mountain Section
President: Jessica Clark
Tennessee Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) – Knoxville Chapter
President: Robbie Cook, PE 865-207-0349
Other Local Technical Groups
American Museum of Science and Energy
865-576-3200
East Tennessee Geological Society
President: Keri Brill 865-560-5248
FIRST Robotics Tennessee
Executive Director: L.J. Robinson
Friends of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (FORNL)
Secretary: Herb Krause 865-482-3747
KnoxMakers Community / Workshop
Knox ProCorps
desires to improve the health and welfare of impoverished communities in East Tennessee and abroad
The MUSE – formerly the Discovery Center
Email 865-594-1494
Oak Ridge Business Safety Partnership
Chair: Jenny Freeman 865-934-3400
Oak Ridge Isochronous Observer on Network (ORION)
Dr. David E. Fields 865-882-4533
Smoky Mountain Astronomical Society
President: Lee Erickson
Vice President: Michael Reuter
Southern Appalachian Science and Engineering Fair
Julie Werner 865-974-5158
The Technical Society of Knoxville
Bruce Glanville 865-310-1601
Tennessee Inventor Association
Carl Papa
Igor or Ann Alexeff 865-483-0151
UTK Science Forum
President: Amanda Womack
VARDNet.org – Virtual and Augmented Reality Developers Network