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Past Meetings & AcknowledgmentsAugust 2008 Meeting: "Asheville Tourist Ball Game" A social evening at the ball park. We watched the Tourist get off to a good start with a run in the first inning, unfortunately Delmarva scored in the fourth and sixth to win 2 to 1. A good time was had by all. June 2008 Meetings: "Smart Energy Utilization" by Paul E. Braese P.E.; LEED Accredited Professional; Director, Facilities Management and Technical Services Warren Wilson College. A great explanation of "Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design" (LEED) and how it applies to building better buildings. We ended the presentation with a tour of a building that demonstrates this in action. May 2008 Meetings: "Tour: Solar Electrical Energy Systems"Hosted by: Sundance Power Systems, Inc. An interesting tour of a company that specializes in photo voltaic (PV) technology. Learning the in's and out's of installing PV systems was educational March 2008 Meetings: "Green Power" Robert Pettigrew did an outstanding job of describing the options for utility level power generation. "UNCA Senior Projects Final Design Reviews" The project is to design and build a mobile device to test the breaking point of model trusses. The students did a outstanding job of presenting there work. There were few questions as the report was well done "WCU Senior Projects Final Design Reviews" The project is to design and build a mobile device to test the breaking point of model trusses. The students did a fine job of presenting there work to date. The experienced engineers offered suggestions to help them succeed. February 2007 Meetings: "Mission Hospital Robotic Surgery" John Coletti (the Physicist) will give a PowerPoint presentation that will cover the technical aspects of Cyberknife surgery. Angela Cathcart (RN) will also be present and will focus on the medical side of the procedure. "2007 DARPA Urban Challenge"Speaker Grayson Randall spoke about the 2007 DARPA Urban Challenge. He discuss the
development of the Insight Racing "Lone Wolf" autonomous vehicle as well as the
process of participating in the Urban Challenge. The talk was highlighted with many
pictures and lots of video. A very interesting program January 2008 Meetings: "UNCA Senior Projects Preliminary Design Reviews" The project is to design and build a mobile device to test the breaking point of model trusses. The students did a fine job of presenting there work to date. The experienced engineers offered suggestions to help them succeed. December 2007 Meetings: "WCU Senior Projects Preliminary Design Reviews" There were 7 projects this year centered around three main overlapping topics: Health care, technologies/robotics/sensing and networked systems. It was an interesting evening November 2007 Meeting: "Social and Recognition Banquet" Guest Speaker: Tom Tveidt, Director of the Asheville Metro Business Research Center in Asheville, NC. presented: "Asheville: A New Economic Frontier" Tom Tveidt's presentation was very educational, informative and his facts dispelled several area economic rumors. We thank him for his time and very interesting presentation. 2007 Award Recipients: Brian Kowald, Rita Robinette, and Teresa Matthews, presented by Jim Corr. Congratulations to our award recipients, well deserved. Also special thanks to Leonard Lopatin - Flutist, for his excellent and enjoyable performance. October 2007 Meeting: "Tour of Eaton" Thanks to Allan Morse for an very interesting tour. We first heard from the product engineer then a tour to see the following equipment.
"UNCA Senior Project Proposal Review" Dr. Yesuf Fahmy's senior project class presented their proposal on making a tester for model bridge structures, tensile tester and beam tester. It was an interesting presentation with feed back from the experienced engineers. September 2007 Meeting: "Tour of Asheville Citizen Times Press Room" Zdravko Krovinovic the engineer that designed the controls and over saw the original press installation give us an overview of the press and how it works before our tour. It was very interesting to see how they are upgrading the press and still printing the paper. A very enjoyable and informative meeting. AcknowledgmentsWe would like to express our appreciation to the following for there support to our section. These individuals and companies have generously shared their knowledge, expertise and time to provide our members with educational and enjoyable presentations and or tours of their facilities.
Paul E. Braese - Warren Wilson College "Smart Energy Utilization"
Sundance Power Systems, Inc. - "Tour: Solar Electrical Energy Systems"
Dr. Brian Howell - Western Carolina University - Senior student project presentations |
