Jan 4 | Matt Dorsey and Blake Marotti of PSI | A Case Study, Geotechnical and Construction Testing - New Cargill Plant, West Memphis (PDH) |
Jan 11 | Wayne Gibbs of PSI | Nashville Sounds Stadium - History, Design, and Construction (PDH) |
Jan 18 | Holiday no meeting | Martin Luther King |
Jan 25 | President Tom Lawrence | Annual Meeting - State of Club and Committee reports |
Jan 26 | Board of Directors Meeting | Election of Officers - 6:00 pm Holiday Inn - Univ of Memphis |
Feb 1 | Dr. Gary Bowlin, U of M Chair of Excellence Biomedical Engineering | Tissue Engineering (PDH) |
Feb 8 | Dr. Sumanta Achary U of M Chair of Mechanical Engineering | Introducrtion of Additive Manufacturing (PDH) |
Feb 15 | Holiday no meeting | Presidents Day |
Feb 23 | Board of Directors Meeting | 5:30 pm @ Black & Veach Office |
Feb 24 | Engineers' Week - mid week Banquet | Gary Shorb - Chief Executive Officer Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare |
Feb 29 | Dr. Sabya Mishra U of M Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering | Transportation Research at the Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute (PDH) |
Mar 7 | Brett Batterson, Pres/CEO The Orpheum and Halloran Center | What's New at the Orpheum |
Mar 14 | Dr. Glen Fenter CEO Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workforce | Filling a Skills Pipeline |
Mar 21 | Nicole Lawrence and Brandon Akins, TDOT | First Geofoam Installation (PDH) |
Mar 22 | Board of Directors Meeting | 5:30 pm @ Black & Veach Office |
Mar 28 | Derrick Porter, Memphis Public Works | Industrial Wastewater Monitoring and Pre-Treatment Program (PDH) |
Apr 4 | Chip Sneed - Memphis Fire Department | Engineering Involvement in Tennessee Task Force One |
Apr 11 | John Gordon, P.E. | The Gayoso Bayou and the Bayou's Effect on Downtown Memphis, A Case Study (PDH) |
Apr 18 | TBD | Ronald McDonald House |
Apr 25 | J.B. Peters, Associate Project Manager II Info Tech, Inc. | Cloud-based solutions to increase the efficiency and accuracy of construction contract inspection and administration. (PDH) |
Apr 26 | Board of Directors Meeting | 5:30 pm @ Black & Veach Office |
May 2 | Tripp Fisher U of M Student Chapter of Engineers Without Borders | Assessing the Need for Greenhouses in Bolivia |
May 9 | Meg Johnson, EIT, Structural Engineer U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Plotting the Future with Building Information Modeling (BIM) PDH |
May 16 | Eric Held, P.E.Manager of Conservation Programs Southern Region Ducks Unlimited, Inc. | Wetlands Mitigation PDH |
May 23 | Laura Campbell, P.E. V.P. Customer Delivery Tennessee Valley Authority | The New TVA Power Plant PDH |
May 24 | Board of Directors Meeting | 5:30 pm @ Black & Veach Office |
May 30 | No Meeting | Memorial Day |
June 6 | Allan Long, PE (Club member) - MLGW | Cyber Securities for Utilities PDH |
June 9 | ECM Field Trip | AutoZone Park for a Redbirds game. |
June 13 | Dr. Naveen Kumar - University of Memphis | Data Science - Some Pieces of the Puzzle PDH |
June 14 | WKNO | Live Pledge Night for "Trains Around North America". |
June 20 | Robert Scoff, PE (Club Member) | Forensics Electrical Engineering PDH |
June 27 | Dr. Chen Zhang | Crowd Funding for Entrepreneurial Engineers |
June 28 | Board of Directors Meeting | 5:30 pm @ Black & Veach Office |
July 4 | No Meeting | Happy Birthday USA |
July 11 | Brad Davis, P.E. Black & Veach - Deputy Manager SARP10 | Sanitary Sewer Risk Management PDH |
July 18 | Tim Gwaltney, P.E. City of Germantown - City Engineer | Improvements Along Wolf River Lateral D PDH |
July 25 | Shane Callahan, P.E Memphis District Corps of Engineers | Bayou Meto Projects Currently under Construction PDH |
July 26 | NOTE: | NO BOARD MEETING THIS MONTH |
Aug 1 | Dr. Warren Haggard University of Memphis | A New Biodegradable Sponge for Antibiotic Delivery. PDH |
Aug 8 | Dr. Russ Deaton University of Memphis | New Student Retention Initiatives in the Herff College of Engineering. |
Aug 15 | Kevin Berisso University of Memphis | Automatic Identification: Enabling the World. PDH |
Aug 22 | Dr. Eddie Jacobs University of Memphis | Current Research Efforts in the Center for Advanced Sensors. PDH |
Aug 23 | Board Meeting | 5:30 PM in the Black & Veatch conference room at 3485 Poplar, Suite 230. |
Aug 29 | Dr. Brian Waldron, Ph.D, PE Ground Water Institute | 2015 Shelby County Shallow Aquifer Water Level Survey PDH |
Sept 5 | No Meeting | Labor Day |
Sept 12 | Kerry Roy, P.E. Memphis Light Gas & Water | MLGW's JEPE (Junior Engineer/Profesional Engineer) program |
Sept 19 | Dr. Shahram Pezeshk, Ph.D, PE University of Memphis | Retrofit and Instrumentation of the I-40 bridge over the Mississippi River PDH |
Sept 26 | Jon Mosteller, P.E. Memphis Light Gas & Water | Electric Capital Planning, Budgeting & Prioritizing at MLGW PDH |
Sept 27 | Board Meeting | 5:30 PM in the Black & Veatch conference room at 3485 Poplar, Suite 230. |
Oct 3 | Allen Cox (fellow Club Member) | Direct Current Corrosion in Underground Pipe PDH |
Oct 10 | Jim Atkins Lakeland City Manager | Status of Lakeland Projects |
Oct 17 | Paul Gavin (fellow Club Member) | What is the Difference Between HDPE and PP Pipe PDH |
Oct 24 | Mary Jane Cassandrsa (fellow Club Member) | Israel Trip |
Oct 25 | Board Meeting | 5:30 PM in the Black & Veatch conference room at 3485 Poplar, Suite 230. |
Oct 31 | Robert Elsworth (fellow Club Member) | Evolving Laser Technology PDH |
Nov 7 | David N. Garst, B,Arch., J.D. Lewis, Thompson, King, Kreig & Waldrup, P.C. | E-mail Risk Management for Design Professionals Policies and Best Practices PDH See Power Point Presentation |
Nov 14 | Staff | Presentation of the Director Candidates, Introduction of the New Life Member(s) and Presentation of the Lifetime Achievement Award (Bob Sweeney) |
Nov 21 | No-Meeting | Thanksgiving Preparations |
Nov 28 | David Cash Senior Engineer at Pickering Inc. | Debris Collection and Removal System for McKellar Lake presentation PDH |
Nov 29 | Board Meeting | 5:30 PM in the Black & Veatch conference room at 3485 Poplar, Suite 230. |
Dec 2 | Christmas Luncheon | See Details Above |
Dec 5 | No Meeting | Re-coup from Friday's Celebration |
Dec 12 | Dr. Pong Malasri Dean of Engineering, Christian Brothers University | Engineering at CBU: Past, Present and Future |
Dec 19 | Ashley Cash, Administrator - Comprehensive Planning Antoine Hawkins, Staff Planner Office of Planning and Development | Memphis 3.0 - In Progress |
Dec 26 | No Meeting | Christmas Day (recovery) |
Dec 27 | No Board Meeting | !! |