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.



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