You are cordially invited
 Senior Design Presentation

 10AM    on May 8^th 

PLACE: UNCA STEAM Studio,  Entrance C, South Building

821 Riverside Drive, Suite 140
Asheville, NC 28801

Mel Chin, a renowned artist and Black Mountain College Legacy Fellow at UNC Asheville, first introduced WAKE, specifically the Jenny Lind figurehead project, in August 2017. From this, an interdisciplinary group of UNC Asheville engineering students, art students, and faculty came together to produce Mel's vision. The challenge? To design and recreate the Jenny Lind figurehead featured on the clipper ship, "Nightingale". Jenny Lind will find her first home in Times Square after being designed and constructed at UNC Asheville's STEAM Studio Standing 16 feet tall and 21 feet long, she leans at a 49 degree angle and watches the activity above her. The figurehead features lifelike head and breathing movements that capture the emotion of someone who is saddened or distressed. These movements are meant to instill uneasiness in the viewer, prompting them to question what she might be viewing.
 This talk will describe the design and construction challenges faced in bring Jenny to life.

Team members: Kaitlin Thomas, Brittany Hand, Jacob Fink, Jesse Juday, Kyle Ward, Zoe Rorvig, Elijah Nonamaker, Jeb Hedgecock

  May 9^th at 5:30 PM
 Location: 10 Walden Drive  Arden, NC 28704

 Visit them at www.lawnvac.com for company information 

    For more information and registration go to: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/171587  

Engineering Ethics Revisited
Bob Pettigrew

 Ethics or moral philosophy:

 A branch of philosophy that involves systematizing, defending, and recommending concepts of right and wrong conduct.

 Engineering ethics: Is the field of applied ethics and system of moral principles that apply to the practice of engineering. The field examines and sets the obligations by engineers to society, to their clients, and to the profession.  

A little History: As engineering rose as a distinct profession during the 19th century, engineers saw themselves as either independent professional practitioners or technical employees of large enterprises. There was considerable tension between the two sides as large industrial employers fought to maintain control of their employees. This is the current US model. Engineers in industry are not required to be licensed.

 In the United States growing professionalism gave rise to the development of four founding engineering societies: The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (1851), the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) (1884), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (1880), and the American Institute of Mining Engineers (AIME) (1871). ASCE and AIEE were more closely identified with the engineer as learned professional, where ASME, to an extent, and AIME almost entirely, identified with the view that the engineer is a technical employee.

Even so, at that time ethics was viewed as a personal rather than a broad professional concern.
In the United States growing professionalism gave rise to the development of four founding engineering societies: The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) (1851), the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) (1884), the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) (1880), and the American Institute of Mining Engineers (AIME) (1871). ASCE and AIEE were more closely identified with the engineer as learned professional, where ASME, to an extent, and AIME almost entirely, identified with the view that the engineer is a technical employee.

Stay tuned. In July we will be having a Webinar to discuss this topic further and to discuss some examples.

Robert D. Pettigrew

BSEE University of Florida 1969 with Honors       MSEE University of South Florida 1980 

First Job: Carpenters helper at Jacksonville Shipyards worked summers during college.
 Seeing what a manual labor career looked like kept me in college. 

First engineering Job: Honeywell St. Petersburg, FL. 

·         Worked on satellite control circuitry for ATS satellite which was the first to directly beam TV to ground televisions.
 Used as an educational tool for undeveloped countries.

·         Spent 7 years on the Space Shuttle flight control system. Developed control circuitry for the main engine and the solid rocket booster. 

Moved to Beckwith Electric Company in 1978 as the engineer. Developed protection and control products for the electric utility industry.
 Became involved in the IEEE PES Power System Relaying Committee. Eventually became chairman of this committee. Career advanced as Beckwith Electric Company grew in size. Became VP of Engineering and then later was promoted to President of the company. 

After 22 years at Beckwith Electric moved to Asheville, NC and began engineering consulting career with TRC Engineering
 in the electric utility protection industry. Still working part time at TRC Engineering. 

Nominated by The Power System Relaying Committee for the IEEE PES Charles Concordia Power Systems award in 2018.
 Award recipient will be announced this summer.

Currently serving as the WNC IEEE Secretary

For over 23 years Sundance Power Systems has been working to bring clean energy systems to the region. Co-founders Dave and Sierra Hollister built the company with the vision of participating in the healing of the planet and creating a sustainable quality of life through the introduction of renewable energy into society at large. With a portfolio of over a thousand solar, micro-hydro, & wind energy systems, and hydronic radiant floor heating installations, Sundance has been a leader in the industry.  While directly empowering people with these technologies, Dave Hollister has been a vocal advocate for energy democracy, pushing for policy that keeps the technology and its benefits accessible to the public.

Today, Sundance employs a dedicated team of approximately 27 people in their operations based out of a net-carbon positive facility in Weaverville.  It is vital to the company to be practicing and modeling the principles upon which it is founded. With 2 solar electric arrays, totaling 21.28 kW, they produce more electricity than they consume through a net-metered interconnection agreement with the utility. In addition to the photovoltaic systems, a 2 collector solar hot water system serves the main office building and the warehouse is heated through a biomass outdoor boiler and in floor radiant heating. 

Firmly rooted in WNC’s strong environmentally- conscious community, Sundance is committed to keeping the benefits of solar energy as local as possible. To that end, they have recently introduced a suite of offerings under their Community Benefits Program  to help overcome the obstacles of going solar; cost, complexity and customer inertia. These programs are structured to reduce the cost for individuals and organizations by passing avoided marketing costs back to participants, keeping those savings in the community.  With Duke Energy’s solar rebate program introduced, solar is more affordable at this time, and Sundance is eager to see people benefit from it.  The rebate is part of NC’s energy legislation, and Sundance actively advocated for a program that would best serve customers’ interests, along with the NC Sustainable Energy Association.  Regionally, Dave Hollister has had an active role on the WNC Energy Innovation Task Force, helping to structure programs to reach a 100% renewable energy future.

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