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Past Meetings & Acknowledgments

"Perspectives on Inventing"

By Jack Mandelman, Ph.D.E.E., Life Senior IEEE Member

By Dr. Kevin Moorhead Environmental Sciences Department University of North Carolina-Asheville

Large-scale power generation will continue to provide the vast majority of electricity for the foreseeable future. New power generation facilities will have to be built to meet increasing electrical demand and to eventually transition away from facilities than rely on coal combustion and possibly nuclear fission.

This presentation covered the options for generating large-scale power through the use of thermal (steam and gas turbines), mechanical (water or wind turbines), or solar energy (photovoltaics). The fuel or energy flow options for steam turbines include coal or biomass combustion, nuclear fission, geothermal steam, and concentrated solar. Fuels for gas turbines are natural gas or fuel oil.

The options for generating large-scale power will be presented, including the advantages and disadvantages of each option.

Acknowledgments

We 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.

Reid Conway - "State of North Carolina Energy Initiatives-Ensuring a Sustainable Energy Future" Amanda Sahlstrom and Biren Patel - Burns & McDonnell - "Smart Grid" – What is all the buzz about? Dr. James Ryan - Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering of North Carolina - "DISCOVERING NANOTECHNOLOGY" Dr, Joe Fahmy - University of North Carolina Asheville - Senior student project presentations Dr. Robert Adams - Western Carolina University - Senior student project presentations Brian Sykes - Norfolk Southern Railroad - "Electronics in Today's Railroads" Alan Robock, Ph.D. - "Smoke and Mirrors: Is Geoengineering a Solution to Global Warming?" Dr Wafeek S. Wahby - "Egypt’s Toshka Project creates a New Valley for the River Nile"
Michael Shore; Brian L. Cook; Jerry A. Cannon - "ENGINEERING A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE"
Dr, Joe Fahmy - University of North Carolina Asheville - "Senior Projects Preliminary Design Review"
Doug Durkee -WYFF in Greenville, SC - "DTV Transmission and TV Station Tour" Dr. Robert Adams - Western Carolina University - "Senior Projects Proposal Design Reviews"
Dr, Joe Fahmy - University of North Carolina Asheville - "Senior Projects Proposal Design Reviews"
R. Peterson - University of North Carolina Asheville - "Model simulation of half car suspension system"
Sam Wheeler - "Presentation on Mission Hospital's da Vinci Surgical System"
Dave Erb - "Sustainable Transportation"
Section - "BMW Plant Tour and visit to the Zentrum Museum"
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
Dr, Joe Fahmy - University of North Carolina Asheville - Senior student project presentations
Robert Pettigrew - "Green Power"
Grayson Randal - Guest speaker "2007 DARPA Urban Challenge"
John Coletti and Angela Cathcart - Guest Speakers "Mission Hospital Robotic Surgery (Cyberknife)"
Tom Tveidt - Guest Speaker "Asheville: A New Economic Frontier"
Leonard Lopatin - Flutist
Allan Morse - Eaton Tour
Dr, Joe Fahmy - University of North Carolina Asheville - Senior student project presentations
Zdravko Krovinovic - Tour of the Asheville Citzen Times Press Room
Dr, Joe Fahmy - UNCA Sumobot Summer Camp Competition
Dr, Joe Fahmy - Phase Stability of Nanocrystalline Iron with Zirconium and Hafnium Additions
Brian Fifield - Linux on your PC Computers
Dr, Joe Fahmy - University of North Carolina Asheville - Senior student project presentations
Dr. Robert Adams - Western Carolina University - Senior student project presentations
AJ Burke - "Implementing a Outsourced Technology Infrastructure" Robert Cline, Keith Howell, Brian Kowald, C Allan Morse, Doug Nuttall, William Rupp - "UNCA Career Night Round Table" Wafeek S. Wahby - Eastern Illinois University - "Three Gorges Dam Project"
Kelly Snead - "UPM Raflatac Tour - RFID"
Brian Howell, Tom Rodgers, Charles S. Osborne, Brian Kowald, Mac. McCormick WCU - "IEEE Career Night Round Table"
Bob Pettigrew - "Professionalism and Ethics Workshop at UNCA"
Donna Clark - "Quest speaker on the Pack Square Program"
Doug Hillman - "Kearfott - Asheville Factory Tour"
Jim Corr, Jim Erickson, Fred Orland, Bob Pettigrew, AJ Burke, Rick Taylor - "Benifits of IEEE Membership"
Brian Fifield - Today's Personal Computers and Programs DVD and CD burners Dr. Robert Adams - Western Carolina University - Senior student project presentations
Dr, Joe Fahmy - University of North Carolina Asheville - Senior student project presentations
Dr. Perry Sprawls - "Medical Imaging" at WCU
Joe Minicozzi - "The New I-26 Bridge over the French Broad River"
Dr, Joe Fahmy - University of North Carolina Asheville - "Senior Projects Preliminary Design Reviews"
Dr. Perry Sprawls - "Medical Imaging" at UNCA
Dr. Robert Adams - Western Carolina University - Senior student project Preliminary Design Review
WNC Section EXCON - Awards Banquet
Steve Roby - BorgWarner - Tour of the Turbo Systems Plant
Johnny Wilson and Jerry VeHaun - Buncombe County Emergency Services - Tour of 9-1-1 Center
Charles Osborne - PARI - Tour of PARI
Dr. Robert Adams - Western Carolina University - Senior student project presentations
Dr, Joe Fahmy - University of North Carolina Asheville - Senior student project presentations
Leanne Campbell of Blue Ridge Motion Picture Studio - "Tour of the studio" in Asheville, NC
Chris Britton of Taylor & Murphy - "New curved cable stayed walkway bridge in Greenville SC"
Dr. Joe Fahmy, Jim Corr, Jim Erickson, Fred Orland, Bob Pettigrew, AJ Burke, Rick Taylor - UNCA - "IEEE Career Night Round Table"
Tim Owen and Duane Dunston of NCDC - "Tour of National Data Climate Center"
Dr. Bob Adams, Dr. Bob Cannon, Jim Corr, Jim Erickson, Fred Orland, Bob Pettigrew, Friend Skinner, Rick Taylor - WCU - "IEEE Career Night Round Table"
Dr. Joe Fahmy - UNCA/NCS - "Engineering Facilities Tour and Student Projects Presentation"
Duane Dunston - NCDC - "Protecting a large Digital Data System"
Dr. Ken Burbank - "Engineering Student Senior Projects Presentation and Engineering facility/ laboratory tour"
Doug Nuttall & LaVoy Spooner - Bell South - "Emerging Technology in Internet Data Transmissions"
Rhett Grotzinger - "First in Flight and the Asheville Regional Airport"
Robert Pettigrew - "Green Power"
Rick Taylor - "North East Blackout"
Nancy Thompson - Progress Energy Skyland Plant Tour
Dr. Bob Moog - "Moog Music Synthesizer"
Brian Fifield - " Digitizing Audio"
Dr. Ken Burbank - Borg Warner Emissions /Thermal Plant Tour
Wayne M. Smith - Kendro Plant Tour
Randy Knott - "Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Relocation"
Nancy Thompson - CP&L - "Generation and Air Quality Improvements"
Friend Skinner - "Digital Imaging"
Dr. Randy Booker - PARI - "Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute"