Engineering Club Meeting 10/7/2011

There will be an Engineering Club meeting on Friday, 7 October, at 2:30 in the SM-260 conference room that is just to the left of the Science and Math office.

Our guests will be several students from the College of Engineering at FSU and/or FAMU representing different majors in the college. They will be talking about what students in their major do and what it takes to succeed in engineering. I understand that all majors (Civil and Environmental, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Industrial) will be represented.

I know that the mechanical engineering student will bring a few robots from the STRIDe Lab where she works.

Each will give a short talk about the kinds of projects you might work on in their field and the skills you need from your basic courses (chemistry, physics, and calculus) to get off to a good start.

Rumor has it that there will be some food available.

Concrete Canoe -- TCC Alumni program

Tuesday, May 31, at 2:30 in SM-116

Although this is not an "official" Engineering Club meeting because it is summer, you are all invited to attend a presentation by several TCC alumni who are now at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering.

The main presentation will be about the design and construction of a concrete canoe by a team of civil engineers, but they and their friends studying other fields of engineering will also talk in general about what is needed to succeed after transferring from TCC to FSU or FAMU.

The presentation will be informal, so I think those of you with work or class conflicts could still show up at 3:30 and ask questions.

Background Info:

Two TCC alumni were part of a team that participated in the national "concrete canoe" competition last spring. Among other things, they will be bringing a mockup showing how the canoe was designed and samples of the extremely lightweight concrete they designed.

The presentation is in the SM116 classroom at 2:30 pm on Tuesday, May 31. I expect their presentation will last about an hour, but they say it will continue informally as long as there are questions. The only constraint is that we have to clean up and leave before a 5:00 class uses that room.

Although the team is made up of civil engineers, they are planning to have friends from mechanical, electrical, and chemical engineering present next Tuesday to provide a broader perspective on the skills needed to survive and become an engineer.

Club Announcements

From Gillian ...

(1) FSU Advising Day

Wednesday is FSU Advising in the SU ballroom from 10-2pm. This is a chance for all of you to speak to an advisor from the FSU Engineering Program, to see what classes you'd need and how many attempts that you're allowed.

(2) Club meeting Friday

We have a meeting this coming Friday at 2pm in SM260. I will e-mail the agenda tomorrow or Thursday. We'll be covering Spirit day, the solar cart, and the upcoming Hopkins Power plant tour. Also, those of you who attended the Latin Festival can sign the form for personal points and SOC points.

IMPT. ENGINEERING CLUB MEETING FRI. 10/31/08 @ 2:30 SM 260

In case you are not on Vernon’s email list… Here is a
MESSAGE FROM VERNON

I hope to see all club members at SMA 260 at 2:30 this Friday. In addition we will be going over our club roster for submission to the SOC. If any members would like to email me their name and student id number in advance to the meeting for convenience, feel free to do so. The Space Grant Consortium has received our W-9 form and we should be receiving funding for the rocket competition soon. All who are interested in continuing research for our rocket team should attend the meeting. Next month we begin building and planning for testing!!!
Vernon Babich
Engineering Club Chair
850-510-2473
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NOTICE // MEETING FRI. 9/12 2:30 @ SM260

HI, STUDENTS

I have the Science/Math conference room (SM 260) reserved Fri. 9/12 at 2:30pm.
I am finally driving myself, so I’ll be able to attend. There are lots of important things that we need to go over; however, if we get right down to business, it should not take too long.

So, if you have any interest in
(a) T-shirts;
(b) Seeing a power plant in operation & eating free food,

you should come to this meeting.

Also, if you are going on the Orlando Trip, you really need to come.

Also, if you have the key to the Engineering Club Room (SM 244), you should come to the meeting or find some way to get me the key.

Also, if you know where the solar panels are, you should come to the meeting or email me with the information.

Also, if you would like to help the Calc students in the math club (Mu Alpha Theta) at Chiles Hi, please come to the meeting or email me.


Sincerely,
Doug Jones, P.E. (Inactive)
Instructor of Math
Engineering Club Faculty Advisor
Tallahassee Community College
850-201-8120 (Office)
850-201-8119 (FAX)
jonesd@tcc.fl.edu

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SEPTEMBER ASME TOUR and COOKOUT

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VIEW from the CHAIR // FRIDAY MEETING 6/20/08 @ 3:30PM

Hello,

We have another meeting coming up this Friday (6/20/08) at 3:30 in SM 260 ‘the usual.’ Unfortunately I will not be able to attend. However we have everything in place that it should be fine.


We will be continuing the electronics exploration from last week.


The committee for the dolly rack will be reporting on the progress with the computer generated plans for the golf cart rack.


We are still building the club directory. If you would like your contact information in this directory email your desired contact information to babic541@mymail.tcc.fl.edu.

We have also finished our signup sheets which will be placed in the SM office for ease of access.


Have a great meeting,
Vernon Babich
TCC Engineering Club Chair

(850) 510-2473

MESSAGE FROM VERNON

Hey Everyone,

Our last meeting was a great success. Some new plans for the upcoming weeks have been established as well as for the future. We will be finishing up a few mechanical things on the cart such as the dolly rack and the fans. The panels will also be glued on with electrical safe silicon based glue. For the future we are planning on utilizing new batteries for an ongoing project.

Our future meetings will be based mostly on education and application of electronics. Since our goal in the solar project is to increase efficiency, it is essential that we all know how to use and improve the basics of the cart’s electrical set up. These classes are currently being headed up by Aaron Bauldree who we all appreciate very much for spending his time teaching us. They will be starting out basic and if anyone misses a meeting you should contact someone in the club or email me at babic541@mymail.tcc.fl.edu. By teaching each other, we all improve and of course get to know each other.

It also seems that a specialization approach to the projects in the future is an idea held by most of the club. It’s been really exciting to see everyone breaking up things by engineering discipline and forming committees. Currently we have one committee for the dolly rack but others seemed to be unofficially forming. The club also wants to be able to understand every part of the project.

So much more to come! I hope to see you all at the next meeting this Friday at 3:30 pm in SM 260 “the usual.”

Vernon Babich
Engineering Club Chair.


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Notes: The "last meeting" referred to above was on Friday, June 6, 2008 @ 3:30 pm in room SM 260. The next meeting will be Friday, June 13, 2008 @ 3:30 pm in room SM 260.
~~ DJ

SUMMER 2008 MEETING SCHEDULE

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ASME TALLAHASSEE SENIOR SECTION's MAY LUNCHEON MEETING

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LAST ENGINEERING CLUB MEETING of the SPRING 08 SEMESTER

The final meeting of the SPRING SEMESTER will take place FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2008 @ 2:30 (until about 4pm) in SM 260, the Science/Math Conference Room.

Among other things, we need to ELECT NEW OFFICERS!

ASME "LUNCH & LEARN" SERIES

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As you can see, Aaron will be the featured speaker at the next ASME Technical Luncheon Meeting. I urge you to come out in support of Aaron and our Club. Also, they tell me that the food is good. And I believe that there will be a discount (through ASME) for students.

MEETING FRI. 4/4/08 == UPDATE

THERE IS DEFINITELY GOING TO BE A MEETING TOMORROW, 4/4/08 AT 2:30 pm.
We are just not absolutely sure as to where it will be held.
Stop by the ENGINEERING CLUB ROOM, SM 244, at 2:30 and we'll have the location posted on the BULLETIN BOARD.
DJ.

ASME MARCH LUNCHEON

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Friday (2/29) meeting and tour

There will be an Engineering Club meeting on Friday, 29 February. The meeting will be short so we can go on a tour of the the parking ramp under construction on our campus.

The meeting will be in SM260 as usual. We will leave for the tour about 3:30.

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.

TCC Engineering Club
President: Aaron Bauldree
Vice-President/ SGA Rep: Kory Rash
Secretary: Vernon Babich

Agenda
January 18,2008
2:30-4:00 SM260
· Introductions
· Fiscal Wake-Up Report from participants
· Town Hall Meeting Feb 20
o Will be receiving information just before this meeting
· Cart To Solar Project
o Funding/ College Innovation Fund
o Purchasing of first three PowerFilm R15-300 solar panels
o Plan of data collection using P3 Kill A Watt
· Budget Committee
o Formation and topics of interest
· Potential Club Events
o Parking Garage Tour
o Simpler Solar Tour
o Volunteer/ Community Service
§ Apalachicola National Forest
§ Rotary Club/ Wheelchair access ramps
· Open Forum
o Open to ideas/ comments/ suggestions for making the club better
· Wrap Up

FRIDAY MEETING

ENGINEERING CLUB

MEETING – OCTOBER 19, 2007 (Fri.)

2:30 pm SM 260.

 

AGENDA

OFFICERS
Chair	Vice Chair & SGA Rep.	Secretary	Webmaster
Komlan Amesse	Miguel Marquina	Ann Wolfgang	Michael O'Connor

1. Introduction of Members, Visitors, and Guests.
   
   
2. Report on FSU-ASME meeting.
   
   
3. Update on the solar panel project.
   
   
4. Cancer Walk on Sunday, Oct 21.
   
   
5. Report on ASME Luncheon earlier today (Fri. 10/19).
   
   

Open Discussion.

MEETING FRI 10/05 == SM 260 == 2:30

The meeting will be Friday, Oct. 5, 2007, at 2:30 in SM 260. We are now holding meetings twice a month – first and third Friday. The agenda for tomorrow is modest.


Friday Agenda

1- Welcome
2- Project (Solar Powered Golf Cart)
3- Workshop (Planning for Graphing Calculator
Workshop)
4- Forum
5- Cancer Walk (need some volunteers)


Visit our WebPage at http://www.tccengineeringclub.com

AGENDA for FRI. 9/21 ENGINEERING CLUB MEETING

ENGINEERING CLUB
MEETING – SEPTEMBER 21, 2007 (Fri.)
2:30 pm SM 260.
AGENDA

OFFICERS
Chair	Vice Chair & SGA Rep.	Secretary	Webmaster
Komlan Amesse	Miguel Marquina	Ann Wolfgang	Michael O'Connor

1. Introduction of Members, Visitors, and Guests.
   
2. Presentation of award to the Management of Dominos.
   
3. Report on ASME Membership Conference.
   
4. Brief on the solar panel project.
   
5. New event: TCC Spirit Day.
   
6. Suggestion: To have meeting every 2 weeks.
   
7. Presentation – so you wanna be an engineer? – by Dr Jason Osborne.
   
8. Heart Walk on Saturday.
   
9. Next ASME Luncheon: Fri. 9/28.
   
10. Pizza at the end of the meeting