History

PAST MEETINGS 

January 13, 2021

Comparative Anatomy of the Vertebrate Eye,

Special Adaptations

Dick Dubielzig (professor emeritus of veterinary pathology) Done

Video

March 10, 2021

(7:00 pm) Design for Construction Safety or Prevention Through Design

Norman Arendt, PhD, CECI (ISFSI Wisconsin Ambassador,

Board Member ASIS/ASSE/WSPE) Done

Video

October 13, 2021

(7:00 pm) SARS-CoV-2, the cause of COVID-19

Timothy Paustian

UW-Madison, microbiology and immunology Done

Video

November 10, 2021

(7:00 pm) The Human Immune System

Pete Cohen, MD

Contact Jeff for the video. Done

May 18, 2022

(7:00 pm) Imperial Garden Treating Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dr. Andrew Holman, Inmedix Inc.

Done

Technical Club Meeting Schedule for 2019-2020:

(All meetings are held on Wednesday evenings at 6:00 pm.)

Guests are welcome to attend all TCM meetings.

For details about our next meeting, send Jeff an email.

Meeting Schedule for 2019-2020:

September 11, 2019 Fishing the Madison Chain of Lakes Done

October 9, 2019 GLIMPSE Milky Way survey update Done

November 13, 2019 The Remarkable Vision of Birds Done

February 12, 2020 Green Energy; How Solar Became Affordable Done

March 11, 2020 Particle Accelerator Done

April 8, 2020 No meeting (COVID-19)  

May 13, 2020 No meeting  

June 10, 2020 No meeting  

Meeting Schedule for 2018-2019:

September 12, 2018 Tour of RenewAire, Waunakee Done

October 10, 2018 (no neeting)  

November 14, 2018 Hoan Bridge Failure Done

February 13, 2019 A Brief History of Time(keeping) Done

March 13, 2019 Evaluating encounters with Autistic Spectrum Disorder Done

April 10, 2019 X-ray Astronomy Done

May 8, 2019 American Transmission Company (ATC) Done

June 12, 2019 Dane County Biogas (tour) Done

Meeting Schedule for 2017-2018:

September 13, 2017 WI Geological Core Sample Repository Done

October 11, 2017 Measuring Blood Pressure While Mobile Done

November 8, 2017 Relationship Between Materials and Sound

with Trevor Stephenson Done

December 13, 2017 (no meeting)  

February 14, 2018 (no meeting)  

March 14, 2018 Fabric Forms for Architectural Concrete Done

April 11, 2018 Gravity and LIGO Done

May 9, 2018 Fusion Energy Done

June 12, 2018

TUESDAY Middleton Fire Station 1

and Firefighting Technology< Done

Meeting Schedule for 2016-2017:

September 14, 2016 The History of Naval Aviation Done

October 12, 2016 Tour of Tormach Inc. (Waunakee) Done

November 9, 2016 Tour of Isthmus Engineering & Manufacturing Done

December 14, 2016 (no meeting)  

February 8, 2017 Fire Investigation & Home Fire Safety Done

March 8, 2017 Climate Change (Bob Lindmeier) Done

April 12, 2017 CRISPR -- Genome Editing Done

May 10, 2017 (no meeting)  

June 14, 2017 Wicab -- Vision Via Your Tongue The New Yorker Done

Meeting Schedule for 2015-2016:

September 9, 2015 UW Charter Street Heating Plant Done

October 14, 2015 Nine Springs Wastewater Treatment Plant Done

November 11, 2015 Recent Developments in Cosmology Done

December 9, 2015 (no meeting)  

February 10, 2016 Accelerated bridge construction in the USA Done

March 9, 2016 Implications of the Flint MI water crisis Done

April 13, 2016 About Wisconsin's extreme weather Done

May 11, 2016 Dental Technology Update Done

June 8, 2016 Storm Chasing Done

Meeting Schedule for 2014-2015:

September 10, 2014 Tour of MG&E Blount Street Generating Station Done

October 8, 2014 History of the Badger Army Ammunition Plant Done

November 12, 2014 Sector 67 Done

December 10, 2014 (no meeting)  

February 11, 2015 Ale Asylum -- dinner and tour Done

March 11, 2015 Berntsen International (survey markers) Done

April 8, 2015 Quantum Computing Done

May 13, 2015 Mandli Communication Done

June 10, 2015 TomoTherapy & Accuray Done

Meeting Schedule for 2013-2014:

September 11, 2013 Dane County Bomb Squad Done

October 9, 2013 Interstate-35 bridge collapse (Minnesota) Done

November 13, 2013 Multi-rotor aircraft (drones) Slides (36MB PDF) Done

December 11, 2013 (no meeting)  

February 12, 2014 Forensic DNA testing Done

March 12, 2014 Aldo Leopold, phenology and climate change Done

April 9, 2014 WEI, micro-grids and micro-turbines Done

May 14, 2014 Madison Public Library tour Done

May 21, 2014 "Special Event" day tour #7

WI State Traffic Operations Center (Milwaukee)

SC Johnson Company (Racine) Done

June 11, 2014 Wisconsin Railroad Topics Done

Meeting Schedule for 2012-2013:

September 12, 2012 Badger Bots Done

October 10, 2012 Pre-Hosptial Medicine -- Middleton EMS #2 Done

November 14, 2012 In-Form Product Development Done

December 12, 2012 Washburn Observatory (no meal) Done

February 13, 2013 Dane County Humane Society Done

March 13, 2013 Madison Newspapers Done

April 10, 2013 Heroin Epidemic Done

May 8, 2013 Placon Plastic Recycling Done

June 12, 2013 Alternative Energy in Wisconsin Done

Meeting Schedule for 2011-2012:

September 14, 2011 Weather Central Done

October 12, 2011 Adam's Outdoor Advertising Done

November 9, 2011 Technology, Time, and Saving Heart Muscle Done

December 14, 2011 Healthcare HVAC Done

February 8, 2012 911 Call Center Done

March 14, 2012 Why the Sun should not exist Done

April 11, 2012 Robotic milking dairy farm (DeLaval) Done

May 9, 2012 Panoramic photography Done

June 13, 2012 Gangs Done

Meeting Schedule for 2010-2011:

September 8, 2010 Madison Metro Operations Done

October 13, 2010 Comparative Ocular Pathology Laboratory of Wisconsin Done

November 10, 2010 Hindenburg (Tomas Thomas) Done

December 8, 2010 High Speed Rail (cancelled)  

February 9, 2011 Pro-Active Engineering tour Done

March 9, 2011 Arecibo Radio Telescope Done

April 13, 2011 (no meeting)  

May 11, 2011 Emergency Medicine -- Middleton EMS #1 Done

June 8, 2011 Human Forensic DNA Analysis Done

Meeting Schedule for 2009-2010:

September 9, 2009 (No meeting this month) Done

October 14, 2009 Rod Clark, DOT: WI Trasnit Done

November 11, 2009 Ron Adams, DOT: WI Railroads Done

December 9, 2009 (cancelled)  

February 10, 2010 Tomas Thomas, aviation (rescheduled) Done

March 10, 2010 The Search for ET and Some Implications Done

April 14, 2010 Wisconsin Aviation History Done

May 12, 2010 Chuck Kamp, Madison Metro Done

June 9, 2010 Social gathering, UW Memorial Union Terrace Done

Meeting Schedule for 2008-2009:

September 12, 2008 UW Geoscience Visualization Center Done

October 8, 2008 Sutle-Straus Printing, Waunakee Done

November 12, 2008 Potter Lawson Architects Done

December 10 , 2008 North American Hydro Done

February 11, 2009 Ufology (UFOs) Done

March 11, 2009 GLIMPSE, and the ALMA Radio Telescope Done

April 8, 2009 J.H. Findorff & Son Inc. Done

May 13, 2009 (no meeting planned)  

Tuesday

May 26, 2009 "Special Event" day tour #6.

NewPage Corporation, Wisonsin Rapids

Paper making. Done

June 10, 2009 Olbrich Gardens greenhouse tour Done

Meeting Schedule for 2007-2008:

September 12, 2007 Polymer engineering lab, UW-Madison Done

October 10, 2007 Epic Systems (Verona) Done

November 14, 2007 Milwaukee Valve Co. (Prairie du Sac) Done

December 12, 2007 Tour of the Microbial Science Building Done

February 13, 2008 Nothing tonight, but check out WNaTL Done

March 12, 2008 Nuclear Energy: Current Trends, the Next Decade, and Beyond Done

April 9, 2008 The AIDS/HIV Epidemic -- Some things we know and some things we don't Done

May 14, 2008 Chasing the Ghost Birds (Whooping crane migrations led by ultralights) Done

May 28, 2008 "Special Event" day tour #5. Argonne National Laboratory Done

June 11, 2008 UW/MGE cogeneration power plant Done

Meeting Schedule for 2006-2007:

September 13, 2006 Madison Water Utility Done Gallery

October 11, 2006 Vendura Industries Done Gallery

November 8, 2006 Historic Piano Construction Done Gallery

December 13, 2006 Emerging Disease Threats Done

February 14, 2007 West Side Police District Done Gallery

March 14, 2007 UW Synchrotron Radiation Center   In the News Done

April 11, 2007 High-Definition Television (WHA HD) Done

May 9, 2007 Studio Paran Glass Shop Done

May 22, 2007

(Tuesday) "Special Event" day tour #4.

Miller Park (Milwaukee) & Waukesha Engine (video) Done

June 13, 2007 The IceCube Project, UW-Madison Done

Meeting Schedule for 2005-2006:

September 14, 2005 Madison Kipp Corporation Done       

October 12, 2005 Germania Dairy Automation & dairy farm Done Gallery

November 9, 2005 Topics in air traffic control, Dane Co. R. Airport Done

December 14, 2005 A Wisconsin Cooperage (barrel making) Done

February 8, 2006 WI Department of Revenue (virtual tour) Done

March 8, 2006 Biotechnology UW-Madison Done

April 12, 2006 Hospital Meriter — MRI and prep systems Done Gallery

May 10, 2006 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Done

May 24, 2006 "Special Event" day tour #3. The Kohler Company (Kohler)

and Bemis Manufactuing (Sheboygan Falls) Done


June, 2006 Wisconsin and Southern Railway Co.

May 2006 (Special) The Kohler Company (Kohler)

and Bemis Manufactuing (Sheboygan Falls)

May 2006 Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

April 2006 Hospital Meriter — MRI and prep systems

March 2006 Biotechnology UW-Madison

February 2006 WI Department of Revenue (virtual tour)

December 2005 A Wisconsin Cooperage (barrel making)

November 2005 Topics in air traffic control, Dane Co. R. Airport

October 2005 Germania Dairy Automation & dairy farm

September 2005 Madison Kipp Corporation

June, 2005 Dane County Coroner, Mass casualty response program

May 2005 (Special) North American Hydroelectric plant and General Motors, Janesville WI

May 2005 Backstage at the Overture Center

April 2005 Modern Dental Office Technology

March 2005 Motion Picture Machine Technology      Gallery

February 2005 Schoep's Ice Cream

December 2004 Battery Technology

November 2004 The Challenge of Commercial Launch Vehicle

October 2004 Tour of Wolf Appliances Manufacturing Plant      Gallery

September 2004 MG&E UW West Campus Cogeneration Facility      Gallery

June, 2004 USPS Milwaukee Street Processing Facility

May 2004 (Special) Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory      Gallery

May 2004 The Village Hearth      Gallery

April 2004 Electronic Theater Controls, Inc.

March 2004 Large Format Digital, Inc.

February 2004 TomoTherapy, Inc.

December 2003 The Great Electrical Power Failure of 2003

November 2003 Latitude Corporation

October 2003 Fuel cell technology

September 2003 Madison Concrete Pipe, Inc.      Gallery

June, 2003 Overture Project (hardhat tour), J.H. Findorf & Son, Inc.

May 2003 Topics in Television Broadcasting (WKOW-TV)

April 2003 Webcrafters

March 2003 Risks and Challenges of Data Security

February 2003 Waisman Center's Keck Lab of Brain Imaging and Behavior

December 2002 Verona/Nakoma Road Interchange

November 2002 UW Vetinary School

October 2002 LIDAR research, UW-Madison

September 2002 Berbee General Networking

June 2002 UW-Madison Charter Street Heating Plant

May 2002 Techline Furniture, Marshall Erdman & Associates

April 2002 Overture Center Project, J.H. Findorf & Son, Inc.

March 2002 Precision Devices Inc.

February 2002 Burne Photo Imaging

December 2001 China's Three Gorges Dam

November 2001 Artesyn Communication Products

October 2001 Fiskars -- Lawn & Garden Division (Sauk City)

September 2001 Tetrionics

June 2001 Payne & Dolan Bituminous Plant

May 2001 MG&E -- Power Issues

April 2001 WHA Television Studios (HDTV)

March 2001 Gaylord Catering Service

February 2001 Dane County 911 Communications Center

December 2000 Ice is Nice -- The winter Regime of the Great Lakes

November 2000 Midwest Regional Rail initiative

October 2000 Sub-Zero Freezer Company, Inc.

September 2000 Alliant Energy Systems Operation Center

June 2000 Fire Pumps: Inside and Out

May 2000 Center for Limnology Tour, UW-Madison

April 2000 D.C. Smith Greenhouse Tour, UW-Madison Campus

March 2000 Walgreen's Distribution Center

February 2000 Datakeep Inc.

December 1999 "Tomorrow By Design" -- The Midwest Landscape

November 1999 National Electrostatics Corp.

October 1999 Safety Engineering Associates, Inc.

September 1999 Madison Community Tower

June 1999 Allen Gardens on the UW-Madison Campus

May 1999 Carley's Commercial Woodworking and Finishing Shop Tour

April 1999 Armory and Gymnasium Tour

March 1999 Disease Prevention

February 1999 Fire and Arson Investigation

December 1998 Cartography - Its Foundations and Future

November 1998 Universal Silencer (Nelson Industries)

October 1998 Nicolet Instruments

September 1998 Warman International

June 1998 Capitol Building, south wing restoration

May 1998 Olbrich Gardens (Herb Garden)

April 1998 Weather Central tour

March 1998 Red Cross tour

February 1998 Restoring Old Ironsides

December 1997 Mandli Communications

November 1997 National Electrostatics Corporation

October 1997 TDS Telecom

September 1997

June 1997 Business Meeting

May 1997 Monona Terrace Convention Center Update

April 1997 University of Wisconsin Space, Science and Engineering Center

March 1997 Gammex RMI tour and presentation

February 1996 Endangered Species Recovery in Wisconsin -- The Timber Wolf Story

December 1996 The New Security Frontier - Your Very Own Big Brother

November 1996 The National Wildlife Health Center Tour

October 1996

September 1996 The Wisconsin Air National Guard Tour

June 1996

May 1996 A short note from the Club President (no meeting).

April 1996 Orbitech: Find out what's happening in Space Systems and the latest Technology!

March 1996 Hybrid Electric Vehicle Project at the College of Engineering, UW-Madison

February 1996 Madison Gas & Electric's Automated Mapping/Facilities Managements System

December 1995 How Highway Research is Changing our World

Nobember 1995 Tinkering with Mother Nature: Genetic Engineering to Enhance the Quality of Life

October 1995 Business Meeting

September 1995 Madison Metropolitan Sewerage District Wastewater Treatment Facility

June 1995 Business Meeting

May 1995 Tour of Electronic Theater Controls

April 1995 A Monona Terrace Convention Center Project Update

March 1995 History of RAYOVAC and the Development of the Rayovac RENEWAL Battery

February 1995 Information Super Highway -- MCI Telecommunications Corporation

December 1994 Guided Tour of OHMEDA

November 1994 Guided Tour of DIGISONIX

October 1994 F-117 Stealth Fighter

September 1994 Tour of Red Gym

June 1994 Tour of Olbrich Gardens

May 1994 Recycling of Fluorescent Lamp Tubes.

April 1994 Bock Water Heaters, Inc.

March 1994 F-16

February 1994 How Weather Satellites Convey Information, and How Weather Maps are formed

December 1993 Invisible Clouds

November 1993 Tour of the Berntsen Brass & Aluminum Foundry

October 1993 Bone Densitometers

September 1993

June 1993

May 1993 Olbrich gardens program on orchids

April 1993 Micro Electric Motors and their applications

March 1993 Forest Product Laboratory, Wood recycling and new applications

February 1993 Transition from wood to aluminum construction in early aircraft

December 1992 Wilderness photography presentation

November 1992 Fusion techology Upadate, Mining of Astrofuel from the Moon

October 1992 Tour of Placon Corporation

September 1992

June 1992 Tour of Marquip

May 1992 Fire at Central Storage

April 1992 Design and construction of wooden bridges

March 1992 Superconductivity energy storage

Jun 1991 Olbrich Botanical Gardens "Ladies Night"

Apr 1991 BGH--Bovine Growth Hormone, UW Prof. Terry Smith

Feb 1991 Directional Drilling (Michels Pipeline Construction Company)

Nov 1990 The Use of Natural Gas as an Alternate Fuel Supply (Fred Volkers)

Oct 1990 Madison Water Utility Gary Graham