If you would like to attend, please contact Dustin Tremaine, President of the AIChE, UTK Chapter, 419 Dougherty Engineering Building, Knoxville, TN 37996, (865) 974-2421, aiche@utk.edu.

This is an excellent opportunity for UT AIChE members, UT ChE professors, and Knoxville/Oak Ridge AIChE members to meet and interact.

Don Morris
A.G. Edwards Inc.
Money & Magic

Bio - Don is a Certified Financial Planner(CFP) and Associate VP of Investments at A.G. Edwards. He has been with AG Edwards for over 10 years and specializes in retirement and estate planning. He graduated from the University of South Carolina and before getting into the financial planning and investment business, he was a tennis professional for 14 years. His hobby is performing magic and he enjoys writing and currently writes financial articles for the Knoxville News Sentinel and has written two books on magic. He and his family are active in the National Kidney Foundation, enjoy scuba diving and are involved in various organizations to help animals.

Bio - Mike Harvey serves as the Jobs Now! Executive Director and Executive Vice President of for the East Tennessee Economic Development Agency (ETEDA).
Jobs Now! supports a unified, regional program plan that utilizes an unprecedented partnership between the East Tennessee Economic Development Agency, The Knoxville Area Chamber Partnership, and The Oak Ridge Economic Partnership to realize its five-year goals.
As a partner in the Jobs Now! program, ETEDA’s principal responsibility is to market the region’s business location advantages to corporate decision-makers for the purpose of increasing investments and quality jobs.
In addition to his four years here in Knoxville, Mike was also President & CEO of the Marshall County Economic Development Council (located in Guntersville, AL), a position he held from 1995-2001.
Mr. Harvey grew up in several different locations, but spent most of his high school and college years in Mississippi. He received a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1991 and his Master's Degree in Economic Development from USM in 1995.
Mr. Harvey is married to Rachel Anne Zizka, and currently has no children.

GRILLED CHICKEN STACKER - Grilled chicken with Jack cheese and rich brown sauce.
CHOPPED STEAK STACKER - A juicy, grilled half pound burger with sautéed mushrooms, Jack cheese and rich brown sauce.
CHURCH STREET STACKER - Grilled chicken with sautéed mushrooms, bacon and cheese.
SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHICKEN® STACKER - Grilled barbecue chicken with Monterey Jack 'n cheddar cheese, bacon and diced tomatoes.
SIRLOIN TIPS STACKER - Grilled sirloin tips and brown sauce.
ALL RUBY'S STACKERS SERVED WITH MASHED POTATOES, FRESH STEAMED BROCCOLI, GARLIC TOAST AND TOPPED WITH CRISPY JUMB'O'RINGS

Bio - John Benditz is a graduate of North Carolina State University. He joined the City of Knoxville’s Traffic Engineering Department in 1977 and for most of his seven years with the City of Knoxville, John was manager of the City’s Traffic Signal Division during which time the City deployed one of the earliest computerized traffic signal systems in the nation.
In 1984 John joined the engineering consulting firm of Kimley-Horn and Associates and for the past 21 years he has designed dozens of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for traffic signal networks, freeway corridors, and airport ground transportation operations throughout the US.
Five years ago John returned to Knoxville where he has served as Kimley-Horn’s program manager for the design and construction oversight of the TDOT’s Knoxville SmartWay System. John is presently assisting TDOT at the Region 1 SmartWay TMC through the initial period of operations start-up.
John will provide background on TDOT SmartWay ITS initiative throughout the Knoxville region.

Bio - Ward Plummer is a Distinguished Professor of Physics at the University of Tennessee and a Distinguished Scientist in the Condensed Matter Sciences Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Bio - Dr. Thomas J McManamy is the lead engineer for the SNS Target System, and has been with the SNS project for over seven years. Dr. McManamy holds a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from MIT, and has been at ORNL since 1979. He has previously worked on the Advanced Neutron Source and various fusion energy projects.

Bio - Robert M.(Bob) Wham is currently Technology Integration Manager for Fuels, Isotopes, and Nuclear Materials in the Nuclear Science and Technology Division of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He is also a Thrust Area Lead for the Department of Homeland Security R/N Threat Awareness and Characterization Areas at ORNL. Bob’s area of expertise is in heavy element and radioisotope production.
Since coming to ORNL in 1979, Bob has been involved as a Principal Investigator in a variety of basic research programs such as coal liquefaction, mass transfer enhancement using electric fields, and computational fluid mechanics. His experience in hot cells and radioisotope production comes from working on the production of heavy elements in the Transuranium Element Program as well as the recovery of plutonium, americium and curium from targets irradiated at the Savannah River Site. Both of these took place at the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (REDC) where he was the Facility and Program Manager from 1991 to 1997.
Bob has been active in the local chapter of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) section serving as treasurer, secretary, vice chairman, and chairman of the local section. He has been a director, vice-chair and chair of the AIChE Nuclear Engineering Division. He is also a member of the American Chemical Society.
He received his bachelor’s degree from University of Illinois in 1979, completed a Master’s degree from University of Tennessee in 1983, and a Ph.D. from University of Tennessee in 1996. All degrees were in Chemical Engineering.

All Engineer's Banquet

Chef Salad Mixed garden greens topped with ham, turkey, cheese and assorted vegetables
Grilled Chicken Salad Our large garden salad topped with strips of grilled breast of chicken
Grilled Chicken Breast Marinated Chicken Breast – lightly seasoned and grilled to juicy perfection, served over rice with choice of one side.
Mushroom Swiss Burger Our classic angus burger topped with melted big-eye swiss cheese and grill mushrooms; served with choice of potato.
Buffalo Jack - Fried Chicken Sandwich Tossed in our tangy Buffalo pepper sauce topped with melted Monterey Jack cheese and served with a side of bleu cheese and choice of potato
Sagebrush Cheeseburger Our lonesome burger topped with your choice of cheese and served with choice of potato.
Traditional Club Sandwich Thin slices of baked ham and smoke turkey are piled high with crisp bacon, American cheese and all the fixin’s; served with choice of potato.

Bio - Mr. Swientoniewski has 27 years of broad-based environmental engineering experience, which includes the previous 12 years executing projects with Bechtel Jacobs Company and Bechtel National Inc. His experience includes project management, design, and operation of physical, chemical, and thermal treatment systems for hazardous and mixed wastes. Mr. Swientoniewski received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from Virginia Tech in 1979.

We will be welcoming area high school chemistry students and their teachers to this meeting. This meeting provides an opportunity for high school students with interests in chemistry to learn more about opportunities in chemical engineering.

Bio - Sandra is the Executive Director of the Water Authority of Dickson County and the Managing Member of Meadowview Engineering, LLC. She also teaches Chemistry for Engineers at Lipscomb University and performs on-call services for the Nashville office of AMEC Earth and Environmental. A previous employee of CH2M HILL, Eastman Chemical Company, and Martin Marietta Energy Systems, she holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering, an M.A. in Education, and a Ph.D. in Engineering from Tennessee Technological University. Sandra’s doctoral research focused on biological wastewater treatment, and she has over 15 years of experience in operations management, wastewater treatment, air emissions control and permitting, and engineering project management. She is a licensed professional engineer in the State of Tennessee.
Sandra is a nationally recognized leader in the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), most recently as a member of the AIChE Board of Directors, and she is an active member of the National Council for the Examination of Engineers and Surveyors (NCEES) Chemical Engineering Committee. She was honored by her alma mater as the first female chosen to receive the prestigious Engineer of Distinction award. Sandra is active in the local community chorus and the local church, where she teaches children’s Bible classes and leads the youth group Relay for Life team.