Upcoming Schedule for Fall 2013

Today, Thursday, September 19
SM-260 at 5:30 pm
Engineering Club Program about internships: Why to get one and how to get one.

Wednesday, September 25
10 am to 12 noon and from 1 pm to 3 pm
FSU Advising Day:  Several FSU engineering advisors will be at TCC in the Student Union Ballroom to answer questions about what you need to know about transferring.  Please bring a copy of your unofficial TCC transcript.


Thursday, October3
SM-260 at 5:30 pm
Engineering Club Program about the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.  Ms. Danae Jarman will talk about the difference between various Engineering careers, what it takes to get into the College of Engineering, and what it takes to succeed once you are there.  Ms. Jarman is the main FSU undergrad Engineering Advisor, and advises freshman and sophomore pre-engineering students at FSU.  She is also available in SU-228 at TCC from 1:30 to 5:00 pm on every other Tuesday (10/1, 10/15, 10/29, etc).  You can also get advice from Troy Mahler, who was an advisor at FSU before becoming an advisor at TCC.


Later in October: 

Meeting at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering so we can tour various labs and meet with both faculty and students.  The plan is to have lots of FSU students who transferred from TCC so they can tell you what they think you need to know before transferring to the university.  This will probably be on a Friday afternoon. 

Advising session by Dr. Carr to help you plan for Spring registration and/or transfer in the summer.  I expect that Troy Mahler will be there to answer any questions I can't answer.  We may have more than one session so they can focus on transfer for almost-graduating students and getting off to a good start at TCC for students who have not yet taken calculus and physics.  At least one of these will probably be in the afternoon at 2:30 for those who can't make the 5:30 meeting on October 3.

MORE ANNOUNCEMENTS !!! --- FROM AARON RE: 3/28 - 3/30/08

Hello Everyone,

Hope everyone's doing great in classes. We've got a lot of really exciting things happening with the club, and it's time to get things going strong. We have our movie night tomorrow night at Movies 8. The show is at midnight. We need to be there about 11:15 PM.

We also have finally received our order of solar panels. Come out tomorrow and get to check them out.

StuFac day is next wednesday. Be sure to check with Dexter and let him know when you can be at the booth.

Here is a brief list of all the things that will be going on this weekend:

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Friday 3/28 1:30-5:00:
IMPORTANT
Golf Cart Data Collection and Design
Meet at SM 244 at 1:30 or go out to the mail room. We will be out there until at least 4:00
*
Friday 3/28 11:15 until:
CRITICAL/ ALL HANDS
Movie night at Movies 8 (ALL MEMBERS NEEDED)
*
Saturday Morning:
GOOD FOOD
Go support HP/MESA at the pancake breakfast
*
Saturday Morning:
IMPORTANT
Hydro, Wind, and other power demonstration construction workshop.
Build a real generator!!!
*
Saturday Afternoon:
Come visit TCC's booth at Springtime Tallahassee (not club related)
*
Sunday:
IMPORTANT
Construct temporary mounts for panels and build water balloon launcher for StuFac Day.




There is a lot to be done, and we need everyone's support to make it all happen. If you would like to participate in any of these events or need further information, please contact me by email or call me at 850.251.9955 (Please leave your number if you leave a voice message).



Don't Forget: Next Meeting is April 4, SM260, 2:30



Thank You Everyone,
Aaron Bauldree
Chair - TCC Engineering Club
850.251.9955

VISIT THE ENGINEERING CLUB FORUM

Here is a link to the new forum for the club.
http://www.tccengineeringclub.com/forum/index.php

You will want to visit the forum often, as that is
where many interesting Engineering Club topics
will be reported, including Aaron's report on the
last meeting (02/15/08) and the status of all the
club's on-going activities.

DJ.

Engineering Club Schedule

THIS WEEK: Friday, 11 January

1. Solar Project Working Group (measurements next week)
2. Planning for 18 January meeting (Town Hall meeting)
3. Officers for the new year
4. Budget for the new year


NEXT WEEK: Friday, 18 January

Regular meeting in SM260.
Topic: Our role in the ASME Town Hall Meeting on Energy on February 20.


Friday, 15 February

Regular meeting in SM260.
Status of solar project and Town Hall meeting?


Wednesday, 20 February

ASME Town Hall Meeting: 7:00 PM at the Brogan Museum


Saturday, 23 February

College of Engineering "Engineering Expo" from 12 to 4 in the afternoon. This is an open house primarily for HS students, but we might be able to have the solar golf cart there for show and use the opportunity to learn more about the college.


Friday, 21 March

Regular meeting in SM260.


Friday, 18 April

Final meeting of the semester. Election of Officers. Practice presentation about the Solar Car project.


Friday, 25 April

Presentation of the TCC Solar Assist project at the ASME "Lunch and Learn" at the Golden Corral. (Conflicts with PHY2049 Final Exam, but only the presenters actually need to be there.)

Visit by U of Florida Engineering

I have a confirmation that the UF engineering transfer advisor can travel to Tallahassee to meet with us during our regular meeting on Friday, November 16. Please put this date on your calendar.

I will contact the people at FSU to see if they can "compete" with UF that day for our 3rd annual Gator-Nole engineering advising meeting and keep you updated on my progress.

ENGINEERING CLUB // NEWS

1. BRIEF REPORT: On Fri., 8/24/07, I attended the ASME LUNCHEON MEETING. It was held at the OLE TIMES BUFFET near the intersection of North Monroe and Tharpe St., 11:45 till 1:00 pm. There were two TCC faculty-types present -- Beth Mann-Pace and I represented the College. Unfortunately, none of our current club members were able to make it. However, George Heller and Chris Loftis, both now at FAMU/FSU and previously officers in our Club were in attendance. There were about 20-25 people present in all.

We had a private room of adequate size; the food was good; and the presentation (12:20 -- 1:00),
The Plasma Torch Waste to Energy Project,
was very informative and interesting. I'm attaching a link to the Tallahassee Section ASME web page. If you go there and click on "Meeting Notices" and then on "Click Here For A Copy Of Ben's Presentation," you should get a pdf copy of Ben Cowart's presentation.

There are several photos in the slide-show which are not captioned. Let me try to do that here:

• slide#2 -- 4 pictures (top left; clockwise) current diverse power sources in TLH: Solar Panels; Lake Talquin Dam; Waste; ( ** I missed this one ** ).
• slide#10, #11, #12 -- a comparable 35MW plant in Japan.
• slide#13 -- a torch at the Japanese plant.
• slide#14 -- slag stream: the waste from the torch process (see slide#9).
• slide#15 -- you can cool the slag and make bricks out of it. It's all vitrified, so nothing bad can leach from it.
  

Here is your link:

http://www.sections.asme.org/tallahassee/


2. REMINDER: On the first day of class, Mon. 8/27/07, the Club will be greeting students in the breeze-way of the SM Building, handing out ENGINEERING CLUB pencils, and helping students find their science and math classrooms. Mrs. Lina Williams is spearheading this project. If you have any time to help out during the day, please contact Mrs. Williams at williaml@tcc.fl.edu.

3. REMINDER: Friday, 8/31/07, 2:30 pm SM 260 -- our first meeting of the semester. There are a lot of plans to be made. Please attend. Also, if you know of anyone who may be interested in the Club, please invite them. You might want to post some response to this blog if you'll be at the meeting, so that we can get some idea of how many PIZZAs to order!

4. NEWS: Your Chair Person, Komlan; Vice Chair, Miguel; and Secretary, Ann, will be joining 7 folks from the FAMU/FSU ASME club Fri., Sat., and Sun., 9/7, 9/8, and 9/9, for the ASME SLS (Student Leadership Seminar) at the Univ. of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. I am driving the TCC van/bus(?)

5. NEWS: Please check the official TCC ENGINEERING CLUB website at
http://www.tcc.fl.edu/index.php/tcc/about_tcc/student_affairs/departments/campus_life/student_activities_clubs_entertainment/student_organizations_clubs_teams/enginering_club
(PS For all you programmers out there -- I didn't invent that link!)

I have recently updated that page, and I've put the Club's calendar into action. So if you have any calendar items, please give them to me for posting.



DJ

NOTES on ENGINEERING CLUB MEETING of FRI 7/13/07

• The meeting was called to order shortly after 12:00 Noon by Chairman Komlan Amesse.
• Introductions of attendees were made.
• New Officers were recognized:
  • Vice-Chair (and SGA rep.) -- Miguel Marquina;
  • Secretary -- Ann Wolfgang.
    
• Today's pizza was courtesy of Domino's, and Doug Jones read into the record a letter that he transmitted to Mr. Drew Walker, the manager of the local Domino's, thanking him for the sponsorship of our club.
• We agreed to take part in the Cancer Walk in Oct., but we want to get a club banner before that time, and we'll display the banner in the Walk.
• Also we discussed club t-shirts.
• Regarding an ENGINEERING CLUB study room -- Dean Frank Brown will discuss this with Vice President Barbara Sloan in the near future. Dr. Brown is well aware of our desire to secure such room.
• Lina Williams is coordinating "First Day of Classes" activities for the Club:
  • She needs to get volunteers to take "shifts" outside the SM building on the opening day of classes.
  • We want to get Engineering Club pencils to hand out the first day of classes.
• Mrs. Williams is also coordinating a sequence of fund-raising workshops of (Engineering Club) students -- on -- students. The workshops will concentrate on problem areas in math, mainly algebra.
• The next meeting will be Friday, August 31, at 2:30 pm in SM 260.

NOTES on ENGINEERING CLUB MEETING of TUE 6/19/07

ENGINEERING CLUB
MEETING OF 6-19-2007 (TUE)
3PM SM260
NOTES: D.JONES.

• INTRODUCTIONS


• AGENDA
  
  
  
  • Domino’s Pizza will (future tense) supply us with pizza & drinks. We’ll give them a certificate of appreciation, or some suitable plaque.
  
  
  • Komlan needs volunteers for various committees.
  
  
  • The Senior Section ASME is organizing a plant visitation to Turbocor. The tour will be July 13 (Fri) at 2pm. We have been invited to participate. Jones will be asking for sign-up names and information soon.
  
  
  • T-Shirt Update: Jones is working with Dylan at Deepsouthsigns on the shirts. At this meeting it was decided to see about getting both Polos and T’s.
  
  
  • Parking Deck Update: Clearing of the North Parking area is underway.
  
  
  • Fundraising Update: Amesse will send Dr. Carr wording on criteria for Engineering Scholarship, which will be presented to the Foundation in enlisting their expertise in establishing a scholarship fund.
  
  
  • Club Room Update: Jones has been reminding Dean Brown of our needs. Hopefully we can get something temp. by Fall. Permanent may take a year, depending upon when the Writing Center moves out of the AC Bldg.
  
  
  • Web Page Update: O’Connor is working on it http://www.tccengineeringclub.com/ . Put a link to the e-club blog on it! And a calendar.
  
  
  • Instead of Fall class visitations by club members to advertise the club, it was decided to set up a table at the front of the SM Bldg sometime during the first week or so of classes – with promotional material such as Engineering Club pencils. There will be a sign-up sheet.
  
  
  • Our next meeting will be Fri., 7/13/2007 at 12 noon. As Loftis and Carr pointed out we’ll need to secure at least a Vice Chair and a SGA rep. at that time. Other officers (esp. a Sec!) would be helpful (Jones is an advisor, not a Sec!) Jones will put an invitation on the Blog for Officer Candidates. After this meeting we’ll go to the Turbocor tour.
  
  
  • We’ll probably have the FSU vs GATOR Engineering meeting on or about the 3rd Fri. in Sept. (as per usual).
  
  
  • Meeting adjourned at about 4:30 pm.
  
  
  
  

TCC ENGINEERING CLUB JUNE MEETING

June Meeting:
Tues. 6/19/07
3 pm
SM 260

JUNE TCC ENGINEERING CLUB MEETING

The JUNE meeting of the
TCC ENGINEERING CLUB will be on TUESDAY, June 19, 2007, rather than on Thursday.

An agenda will be posted soon.

LAST MEETING of SPRING SEMESTER.

REMINDER....
THE LAST MEETING OF THIS SEMESTER IS THIS Friday AT 3PM IN SM260.

I'LL PROBABLY SEND OUT AN AGENDA TOMORROW. BUT BASICALLY WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SUMMER ACTIVITIES.

IF ANYONE HAS AN AGENDA ITEM FOR DISCUSSION, PLEASE HIT THE RETURN ICON AND SEND IT TO ME.

THERE WILL BE SNACKS.
(SOMEBODY NEEDS TO GET HERE AT ABOUT 2:30 TO GO GET THE FOOD).

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SINCERELY,
DOUG JONES
Math Department
Tallahassee Community College
850-201-8120
jonesd@tcc.fl.edu

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MAG LAB tour update

Voting is over and Friday, 6 April, has won by a landslide.

The tentative plan is to meet at the Mag Lab between 2:45 and 3:00, with the tour to run from 3:00 to 4:00, but we can start later if necessary.

So .... if you will go on the tour on April 6 but need to have it start later due to a class conflict, then please post a comment to this blog entry telling us the earliest time that works for you.

Directions:
The NHMFL is located on Paul Dirac Drive in "Innovation Park".

• Follow this link to a Google Map of the area.
  

You should see a green arrow pointing to the Mag Lab (lower right corner) and see TCC in the upper left corner. (That is how it displays in a big window, at least. You might have to slide it around a bit or zoom out one step to see both TCC and the Mag Lab on your screen.) I have it set to show the "hybrid" view that combines the road map and a satellite image. Click on the "map" tab to get a clearer idea of the road layout.

The easiest route from TCC zigzags from Pensacola to Mabry (turn at Goodwill) to Roberts Road (turn left immediately after crossing the railroad tracks) to the back entrance for Innovation Park (top of the hill, just before TurboCor), then left around the circle to the Lab.

Pick a day for the MAG LAB tour

We have two good options for a Magnet Lab tour before our final meeting of the semester:

• Friday, 30 March

• Friday, 6 April (Good Friday)
  

Please click on "comments" and post a reply telling us your preference for the tour date.

If you have a preference for the start time (see below), include that also.

The tour has to start before 4 pm, so a reasonable plan would be to meet at the Magnet Lab sometime between 3:15 and 3:45. That allows plenty of time to drive there from TCC after the late calculus class gets out.

UPDATE -
This blog now allows anyone to post a comment. Just select "other" and put your name in the box to sign your comment. You also need to type in a string of nonsense text, which serves as a spam-bot filter.

NOTICE of REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETINGS

We shall meet at 3:00 pm on the 3rd Friday of each month in Feb., Mar., and Apr. in Room SM 260 (Science / Math Building). --

Feb. 16, Mar. 16, and Apr. 20