Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Jan 27, 2009 Lawson State - Bessemer Meeting

Lawson State Community College Bessemer Campus will host the Birmingham SME Chapter meeing from 4:30pm - 6:00pm on Tuesday, January 27th, 2009.

Donnell Perry, Manufacturing & Engineering Instructor along with Nancy Wilson, Division Chair are graciously hosting our meeting. We look forward to hearing about their growing Manufacturing Curriculum, especially about their latest explorations into Manufacturing Robotics.

The Ethel H. Hall Automotive Building Auditorium, labeled as #4 on the campus map http://www.lawsonstate.edu/Campus/Bessemer.pdf is our meeting site. This is a 4Mb pdf file.

Take I-59 to Exit 108, Academy Drive. Go east toward Bessemer Super Highway 11. Turn north (left) onto Hwy 11. Less than 1/2 mile ahead on the left is the Lawson State - Bessemer campus. The Ethel H. Hall building is clearly labeled on the .pdf map. Please, visit http://maps.live.com/ and type in "Academy Drive Bessemer AL" to find an excellent map.

We will hold Elections for 2009 Posts. All members are welcome to volunteer for a position. Tina Brudnicki, our Southeastern Coordinator for SME plans to attend to help us formulate a solid 2009 gameplan. A light dinner will be served.

Expect to meet a few additional guests.

Brian Copes from Calera High School's Shop Rat program may be looking for partners to help build better relationships from Shop Classes to Manufacturing Education courses offered at Alabama high schools, Alabama small colleges, and the manufacturing community. We applaud Brian for having already enlisted over 100 manufacturing companies toward helping his shop rats with Auto Manufacturing.

If you would like to meet with us, please, send us a note. We will be happy for you to join us.

Questions?
Please, contact Brian E., BrianE@PrecisionGrinding.com or 942-2491. Or contact LaVada V., lvarner@atn.org or 616-9766 for more info.