UTC engineering alumni Tom Kline speaks during the kickoff luncheon for Engineering Week Monday, Feb. 19, 2018 in the Tennessee Room of the University Center.
Can one Chattanooga engineer make a difference?
The Chattanooga Engineers Week (E-Week) kickoff took place on campus in the University Center on Monday. Engineers from UTC, Chattanooga State and organizations across the Chattanooga region gathered to launch their week of events designed to celebrate the work of engineers and computer scientists and to educate potential students about the field.
Area organizations including Society of Women Engineers, Chattanooga Engineers Club and American Society of Civil Engineers, among others, presented donations to UTC and Chattanooga State for scholarships.
Rob Gagliano, with BASF, left, stands with Lyn Potter, accepting scholarship money for Chattanooga State Community College, center, and Daniel Pack, accepting scholarship money for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga during the kickoff luncheon for Engineering Week Monday, Feb. 19, 2018 in the Tennessee Room of the University Center.
At the event, there were a lot of conversations about how engineers can make a difference. UTC alumnus and principal of Kline Health Group, Tom Kline, addressed attendees. He emphasized how engineers have great potential to change lives and that even a single seed planted with an engineer from Chattanooga, could make a world of a difference.
“My basic view of life is that engineering has given me the technical capability to make changes in the way our lives are lived. And it’s also given me the confidence that engineers, and me as one person, can do it. That we can make changes one small step at a time,” Kline said.
Kline’s impressive list of lifetime achievements include national recognition leadership in improving public education, reducing crime, creating employment and building hundreds of affordable residencies in under-served neighborhoods. He recently walked 6,5000 miles from Alaska to Florida in a campaign to eliminate malaria.
Area organizations including Society of Women Engineers, Chattanooga Engineers Club and American Society of Civil Engineers, among others, presented donations to UTC and Chattanooga State for scholarships.
