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Membership Criteria
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A member shall be an engineer or a person who is interested in or directly associated with engineering by occupation and not less than 18 years of age. Membership dues $20 are per year.
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Recurring Events
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Meetings: Second Tuesday of each month excluding the Summer months. The Club meetings are held at the Red Lion Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn) in Cheyenne. Social hour to begin at 5:30pm with dinner being served at 6:00pm. Presentation to begin at 6:30pm. The cost of the dinner is $20.00. Proceeds go to the Scholarship Fund.
Past Presidents' and Couples' Night: In lieu of February or March Meeting
Field Trip: Varies (usually one per year)
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Professional Links
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Events and Presentations
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All presentations will be held at the Cheyenne Red Lion Hotel (formerly Holiday Inn), just off I-80 and South Greeley Hwy.
Social Hour 5:30 pm. Dinner 6:00 pm. Presentation 6:30 pm. Meeting 7:30 pm.
The cost is $20. Proceeds go to the Scholarship Fund. |
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History of the Cheyenne Engineers' Club
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The Cheyenne Engineers' Club was founded by a group of engineers after World War I that met as the Engineers' Luncheon Club to share common interests and enjoy the company of fellow engineers.
The oldest program notice of record for the Engineers' Luncheon Club is for a Luncheon Club to be held at the "Plains" on March 12, 1921. The program committee for this meeting consisted of Henry Lloyd, H.A. True, Jr., and S. Sharp.
In 1924, the name of the Engineers' Luncheon Club was formally changed to the Cheyenne Engineers' Club with the adoption of a constitution and bylaws to govern the clubs' activities and, with very few modifications, continues to be used by the club to conduct business today. As a note of interest, the population of Cheyenne in 1920 was 13,829. [In 2005, Cheyenne's population was about 50,000 - Ed]
The first reference to the club as Cheyenne Engineers' Club was a notice for the May 10, 1924 meeting to be held at the U.P. Restaurant for an open discussions of the proposed Engineers License Law. The program committee consisted of C.C. Warington and J. Q. Naret.
The Cheyenne Engineers' Club in its early day existence was very active with the American Association of Engineers, Wyoming Engineering Society, University of Wyoming, the student chapter of the A.S.C.E., and various public works for the City of Cheyenne.
The Cheyenne Engineers' Club program committee has always been able to obtain knowledgeable and interesting speakers on various engineering subjects and endeavors for the meetings.
The first Ladies' Night to honor the wives and lady friends of the members was held on December 1954 at the Skytrail and has become an annual social event.
Another social event was started in February 1959 to honor all the past presidents of the Club. Past Presidents and Ladies' Night are sometimes combined depending on the desires of the Club.
Up until November 1958, the Club operated on a limited amount of money in the Treasury with enough to cover postage for the mailing of meeting notices. The Club decided in the Fall of 1958 to have a money raising project in the form of a turkey raffle and, if all went well, to provide a scholarship to a graduate from one of the Cheyenne High Schools enrolled in engineering at the University of Wyoming.
The raffle was successful, and the first scholarship was awarded to Rayborn E. Chadwick in February 1960. Since that time, the amount of money derived from the annual raffle has grown and is deposited in an interest bearing account with only the interest being used for the scholarship, thus perpetuating the scholarship. The club presently awards a $1,000 and a $500 scholarship each semester to Sophomore, Junior, or Senior engineering students attending the University of Wyoming who have graduated from one of the three Cheyenne High Schools. An identical scholarship program is available to students at Laramie County Community College.
Another annual function sponsored by the Club is Students Night which was started in May 1960. Seniors from the three Cheyenne High Schools and students from LCCC interested in attending the University of Wyoming are invited to attend. The Dean of the Engineering College and the heads of various engineering departments from the University for the different engineering disciplines present to the prospective engineering students the curriculum available and the other requirements to earn a degree in engineering at the University.
- compiled by M. Urban, edited by T. Hu.
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Welcome
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Cheyenne Engineers' Club - Who We Are
We are professional Engineers and Geologists located in the Cheyenne, Wyoming area. This organization has continually operated since its founding in 1918. We meet once a month for dinner and a presentation (usually technical) at the Red Lion Hotel (formerly the Holiday Inn) on South Greeley Highway and Interstate 80.
The Cheyenne Engineers' Club is the world's longest continually-operating Engineering Society.
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Purposes And Objectives
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Raise the standard of ethics of the engineering profession.
Facilitate cooperation and promote mutual advancement.
Interest engineers in civic matters and advancement.
Inform the public of the functions of engineers and how engineering betters the economy.
Promote the social activities and good fellowship.
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Past Events and Presentations
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If you have a subject or speaker you'd like to see, please let us know and we'll see if we can book it!
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2016
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January: History of Wyoming and the Transcontinental Air Mail Service. Mike Kassel, Curator of CFD Old West Museum and Adjunct Professor of Modern US and Wyoming History at LCCC.
February: Past Presidents Night.
March: Southeast Wyoming Welcome Center. Joey Carrasquillo, architect with Anderson Mason Dale Architects.
April: 2012 and 2014 Record-Breaking Space Dives. Don Day with DayWeather.
May: Field Trip to UPRR Steam Shop. Ed Dickens.
September: School Construction, Funding and Future Work. Del McOmie with State School Facilities Department.
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2015
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January: History and Design of I-80 West of Laramie. John Waggener, Associate Archivist at University of Wyoming’s American Heritage Center.
February: Past Presidents Night.
March: Dyno Nobel’s Cheyenne Plant History, Products and Processes. Tracy Thompson and Robert Hansard, Dyno Nobel
April: Update on the Snake River Bridge at Hoback Junction. Keith Fulton, WYDOT State Bridge Engineer.
May: Field Trip to Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station. Jason Hartman, Plant Manager
No Meetings June, July and August.
September: Overview of a HollyFrontier’s Cheyenne Refinery, Processes and Economic Drivers.Thor Forseth, Process Safety Manager – Holly Frontier Cheyenne (Frontier Refining LLC)
October: Overview of Capitol Square Project (State Capitol Building Restoration, Herschler Building Upgrades). Suzanne Norton, Architectural Project Manager.
November: None (presentation cancelled due to weather and road conditions)
December: At-Grade Railroad Crossing in Torrington (Background, Design and Construction). Keith Fulton, WYDOT State Bridge Engineer.
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2014
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January: Double Nickel Landslide Repair. Kirk Hood, WYDOT Geology.
February: Past Presidents Night.
March: Tower Clock at the Cheyenne Depot. Architect Glen Garrett.
April: Field Trip to the Shell 3D Visualization Lab on the University of Wyoming Campus. Keith Fulton, WYDOT State Bridge Engineer.
May: Two-phase Renovation of the Arena-Auditorium. Tim Collins, University of Wyoming Assistant Athletic Director.
No Meetings June, July and August.
September: Marten Slide – The Final Piece (Hopefully).Mark Falk, WYDOT Geology.
October: Renovation and Expansion of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens. Shane Smith, Director of the Cheyenne Botanic Gardens.
November: None. Presentation was cancelled due to inclement weather, so several members shared interesting stories about their involvement and experiences on the early I-80 project, especially with the design of snow fences for the “Snow Chi Minh Trail.”
December: Cheyenne’s West Edge District Urban Renewal Project. Gene MacDonald, Ayers Associates.
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2013
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January: History and Evolution of Terrestrial LiDAR for WYDOT. Curtis Clabaugh, State Photogrammetry & Surveys, WYDOT.
February: Past Presidents Night. LCCC Choir.
March: A Novel Flue Gas Carbon Dioxide Mineralization Process for Coal Burning Power Plants. Dr. K.J. Reddy, University of Wyoming College of Argriculture and Natural Resources; and Brandon Reynolds, research scientist (working with Dr. Reddy).
April: None. Meeting cancelled due to weather.
May: Cheyenne Parks and Recreation Projects (including Menards/ Cahill Park, Greenway Improvements/ extensions, Botanical Gardens, and City Pool. Rick Parrish, Director of Parks and Recreation.
No Meetings June, July and August.
September: Field Trip to the New Curt Gowdy State Park Visitor’s Center.
October: Processing and Development of an Ultra-Light High Strength Material Through Powder Metallurgy (shortened version: “Composite Metal Foam”). Brian Neville, Engineer at Western Research & Development - Western Research & Development, LTD.
November: Repairs to the World Trade Center After the First Bombing in 1992. Howard Last.
December: Early Land Surveys in and Around Cheyenne. Jack Studley, City of Cheyenne Surveyor.
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2012
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January: Coal Bed Methane Production. Kathy Schreid.
February: Past Presidents Night. LCCC Choir.
March: Identifying the Age of Water by Stable Carbon Isotopes. Scott Quillinan, University of Wyoming Carbon Management Institute.
April: Progress on Bridge Construction at Hoback Junction. Kirk Hood, WYDOT Geology.
May: How Electric Lights Came to Cheyenne. John Shields.
No Meetings June, July and August.
September: Sundance Formation: Geotechnical Terror of the Jurrasic! Mark Falk, WYDOT Geology.
October: Processing and Development of an Ultra-Light High Strength Material Through Powder Metallurgy (shortened version: “Composite Metal Foam”). Brian Neville, Engineer at Western Research & Development - Western Research & Development, LTD.
November: Construction of New Hangar for the Air National Guard in Cheyenne. Terrell Hastings, Tobin and Associates.
December: Cheyenne Light, Fuel and Power’s Electric Generation Plans (including the Planned Natural Gas-fired Electric Generation Plant in Cheyenne. Mark Stege, Vice President of Operations at CLFP.
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2011
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January: Update on Niobrara Oil Shale Activity in Eastern Wyoming. Tom Doll, State Oil and Gas Supervisor.
February: Helicopter-Based LIDAR and Digital Imaging. Gary Grigsby, Western R&D, Ltd.
March: Past Presidents Night. LCCC Singers.
April: Field Trip to Gator Industries. Kevin Mallory, Owner.
May: Recent Activities of Engineers Without Borders. Josh Fuller, University of Wyoming student.
No Meetings June, July and August.
September: Lights On – the Hynds Building and Downtown Vitalization Effort. Glen Garrett, Architect.
October: Field Trip – Tour of the Frontier Refinery Office Complex
November: Landslides. James Dahill, WYDOT Project Geologist.
December: Flow Meter Calibration. Casey Hughes, Colorado Experiment Engineering Station, Inc.
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2010
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January: NCAR Supercomputing Center in Cheyenne. Krista Laursen and Aaron Andersen from NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric Research) talked about the to-be-built Supercomputer facility in Cheyenne.
February: Planned Construction of a Retaining Wall and Bridge over the Snake River at Hoback Junction near Jackson. Kirk Hood, WYDOT-Geology.
March: Past Presidents Night.
April: Upcoming Projects In and Around the Cheyenne area. Randy Bruns, CEO of Cheyenne LEADS.
May: Cheyenne Frontier Days Night Shows. Rick Eccli and Paul Fleming, Cheyenne Frontier Days Contract Acts Committee.
No Meetings June, July and August.
September: Field trip to Wyoming Tribune Eagle Printing Plant.
October: The New Archer Complex. Gary Kranse, Laramie County Planning.
November: Geotechnical Trends for Sustainable and Constructible Solutions. Erik Burnhardt, Terracon.
December: Proposed Pershing/ Converse Roundabout. Andy Dana, Ayres Associates.
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2009
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January: In Situ Uranium Mining. Kathy Ogle, Land Quality Division, Department Environmental Quality (DEQ).
February: Past Presidents' Night. Laramie County Community College (LCCC) Vocal Choirs.
March: Construction of the heated ramps that provide access to the underground parking garages beneath the Herschler building. Jim Chaput, Wyoming Department of Administration and Information, Construction Management Division.
April: Echostar Field Trip
No Meetings June, July and August
September: Geophysical Investigation at Rock Springs and the risk of subsidence. Dave Hallman, Tetra Tech, Boulder CO.
October: Clock Works in the old Union Pacific Rail Road Depot. Architect Glenn Garrett.
November: Proposed UW/GE Joint Clean Coal Research Facility in Cheyenne. Bob Ballard, University of Wyoming.
December: Design/ Construction of Auger Cast Foundation Piles and Pressure Meter Testing Performed at the Dave Johnson Power Plant. Brent Wilkins, Terracon Corporation.
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2008
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January 8, 2008: An Overview of the National Bridge Inspection Program. Greg Frederick, Wyoming State Bridge Engineer
February 12, 2008: Port of Anchorage: Geotechnical Considerations and Analysis. Levi Denton, Terracon
April 8, 2008: WYOLink Digital Radio System. Marty McCoy, WYDOT
May 13, 2008: Gilchrist Barn Field Trip
September 9, 2008: City of Cheyenne Crow Creek Water Reclamation Facility Field Trip
October 14, 2008: Historic Homes from Cheyenne's Past: "A Legacy Mostly Lost". Chuck Lanham, City of Cheyenne
November 11, 2008: Dry Creek - Sheridan Reach Flood Control Project. Gene MacDonald, Ayers Associates
December 9, 2008: Wind Energy Technology and LCCC's Wind Energy Curriculum. Mike Schmidt, Laramie County Community College
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