Engineers Club

Call For Nominations: 2019 Wilson A. Charbonneaux Award

April 25, 2019 By Brian Petro

This award, named for Mr. Wilson Charbonneaux, a longtime member of the Engineers Club of Dayton where he reenergized the Club’s Barn Gang and served on many of the Club’s committees. During his career, he established three successful companies and was personally granted 17 patents. He directed a great deal of energy to make science and technology understandable and accessible to the general public.

It is given to individual(s)/organization(s) for their innovative approaches to increasing the public’s understanding of science and technology. The quality of their outreach will be assessed. A demonstrated commitment to advancing and defining the role of science and technology in all aspects of society must be shown. Volunteer/not for profit activities will have preference over Government/Industry funded activities.

Past winners have included Dayton aviation writers, Howard R. DuFour, Fred Fisk and Marlin Todd, Melba Hunt and Mary Ann Johnson, a founding member of Aviation Trail, Ralph Dull Homestead, Dr. and Mrs. James Stewart, Mr. Walter Hoy and Mr. Stephen Frey. Organizations that have been honored are The Boonshoft Museum of Discovery, The Experimental Aircraft Association’s Young Eagles Program in the Dayton Area, the Affiliate Societies of Dayton for TechFest, the Wright “B” Flyer organization, Team Ohio Rocket Club, Air Camp, Mound Science and Energy Museum Association and the Dayton Regional STEM Center’s Science Saturday.

The nomination should include the name(s) of the individual(s) or organization, statements addressing the above criteria, and contact information. The award will be presented at the Engineers Club’s Annual Meeting Dinner in June, 2019.

Nominations should be sent to the Engineers Club of Dayton, 110 E. Monument Ave., Dayton, Ohio 45402 by May 15, 2019

For more information or to submit a nomination via e-mail, please contact Ms. Darbie Kincaid at (937) 228-2148, [email protected] or the following link on the club website at http://www.engineersclub.org. Please include in the subject line of any e-mail “Charbonneaux Award”

The Engineers Club mission is to foster the advancement of business, education, engineering and science, and to promote the professional development of its members. The Engineers Club offers individual memberships, including special memberships for students and non-residents, as well as corporate and group memberships. More information is available at http://www.engineersclub.org/.

Engineers Club Teaches Merit Badges to Local Scouts

February 4, 2019 By Brian Petro

Talking about science in the English Room.

Once again the Engineers Club of Dayton has taught technical Merit Badges to 12 different troops from Montgomery, Greene and Clark Counties represented by 27 Scouts BSA members. Since 2012 we have taught such subjects as Astronomy, Aviation, Composite Materials, Digital Technology, Electronics, Electricity, Energy, Engineering, Environmental Science, Inventing, Nuclear Science, Space Exploration, and Sustainability along with Geology, Robotics, Radio, and Weather which have been taught in previous years. All in all, we have taught over 150 scouts and they have earned nearly 300 merit badges. We are proud of the fact that in previous years we have had scouts from Kentucky and West Virginia to earn Merit Badges here because they were not offered at their troop’s location.

Engineers Club Boy Scout Rocket Merit Badge

Working on the Space Exploration Badge with a view of Dayton.

While the Club typically teaches in the building at 110 East Monument Avenue, we have gone to various sites around the Dayton Area such as the local Rocket Club’s site on a farm in Greene County for a rocket launch required by Space Exploration Merit Badge, the National Museum of the Air Force for the Aviation Merit Badge. We typically teach over 6 weeks starting in late October and ending the weekend after Thanksgiving.

We have worked with the Miami Valley Council BSA, representing the Sunwatch and Wright Brothers districts, north and south of Dayton. The Council has notified the troops of our ability to teach the technical merit badges. Our Merit Badge leader is Dr. Charles Bleckmann who has had many meetings and conversations with the Council making sure we meet all the Scouts requirement for teaching the merit badges as well as having interactions with the scouts.

Sunday Brunch at the Engineers Club!

February 2, 2019 By Brian Petro

Once a quarter, the Engineers Club of Dayton offers an all-you-can eat brunch in their dining room that is open to the public. For the first part of 2019, that date is February 3! Start your Sunday with a delicious meal in our century-old, historic building right next to Riverscape. Chef Laura and the staff serve brunch from 11 AM to 2 PM, preparing an amazing meal for all of our members, guests, and potential members.

The buffet-style meal features an omelet station, country ham, bacon, hash brown casserole, biscuits & gravy, seasoned beef, seared salmon, wild rice pilaf, roasted vegetables, and salad bar. With such a large selection of food and drink, everyone can find something they will enjoy on our menu! Brunch runs $15.95/member and non-members can enjoy for $17.95.

Engineers Club of Dayton

(937) 228-2148
110 E. Monument Ave.
Dayton, OH 45402

24th 20×20 Pecha Kucha Night Thursday

August 18, 2015 By Bryan Suddith

Dayton’s Engineers Club is a living memorial to the men and women that built our city. Walking through the Club you can easily imagine Charles Kettering or the Wright Brothers sitting and discussing the social and political issues of the day. It is here you can find rich pieces of Dayton’s at every turn.

It is the mission of the Engineers Club to “foster the advancement of business, education, engineering and science, and to promote the professional development of its members.” If you have never had the pleasure of visiting the club Thursday night is your chance to soak up all that is Dayton while enjoying the 24th Volume of Pecha Kucha.

Pecha what? Pecha Kucha are 6-minutes 40-seconds presentations accompanied by 20 slides. The speaker must use 20 slides that automatically advance every 20-seconds. Pecha Kucha rules are strict and going over your time is prohibited. Generally each slide only will contain a single image. The format was developed in Tokyo (hence the Japanese name) by two foreign architects: Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein.

Dayton gathers 4 times a year for Pecha Kucha. It is free and open to the public. Volume 24 is scheduled for Thursday August the 20th and will begin at 7:30 pm. According to the Dayton PK website you can expect a diverse roster of presenters.

“Emcee Duante Beddingfield will keep us on our toes as the mic passes between: Emmy-winning artist Rodney Veal, Rue Dumaine bartender Brian Petro, artist Austin Radcliffe of “Things Organized Neatly,” attorney Lela Klein, the “great” PR man Charlie Campell, Chef Anthony Head, librarian Lisa Holmes, Tibetan traveler Emily Fleitz, veterinarian Bethany Horn and adventurer Kriss Gang.”

The event is free and a cash bar will be available. Don’t miss out on this unique style of presenting in one of Dayton’s most unique spots.

Nominate a Daytonian Who’s Preserving History

January 28, 2012 By Lisa Grigsby Leave a Comment

The Woman’s Club of Dayton Foundation, The Engineers Club of Dayton Foundation and the Friends of the Dayton Arcade are currently accepting applications for the Third Annual Jewels of the Gem City Awards. The awards honor those who have made a significant contribution to the historic preservation of Dayton through educational, financial, cultural, promotional or restoration contributions. Nominee for the “Jewels of the Gem City” may be an individual/couple, a company/corporation or an organization that has made a significant contribution to the historic preservation of Dayton through educational,
financial, cultural, promotional or restoration contributions. Nominations forms are available online or at the Dayton Metro Library, the Dayton Woman’s Club or the Engineers Club and are due Feb 1, 2012.

Winners in 2011 were included the American Veterans Heritage Center, Margaret Kruckemeyer, Curt Dalton and Wright-Dunbar, Inc. This years winners will be celebrated at the Gala dinner awards ceremony will be on Saturday June 2, 2012 at the Dayton Woman’s Club. For more information contact Susan Wheeler at 461-9921.

$20.50 Menu’s at Area Restaurants Salut Dayton Opera

October 15, 2010 By Lisa Grigsby 3 Comments

Support the Dayton Opera’s 50th Anniversary Season

Porgy & Bess is the Great American Opera, celebrating its 75th Anniversary in 2010! With beloved music like “Summertime,” “I Got Plenty O’ Nuttin,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and “Bess You Is My Woman Now”, the residents of Catfish Row, 1920’s Charleston SC, will vividly come to life on the stage of the Schuster Center. This production will bring together a broad-based community-wide collaboration and celebration fitting for the 50th Season opener!

The Story of Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess Synopsis

Throughout the 1920’s, George Gershwin was one of the Broadway musical theater’s leading lights. By the end of 1930, he had composed the scores for 22 complete shows as well as collaborating on others; but it was Gershwin’s first instrumental concert work, Rhapsody in Blue in 1924, that made him famous. It may seem strange that a productive, sought-after songwriter would devote the better part of two years to a single large work, but Porgy and Bess was Gershwin’s magnum opus. It was nourished by more than a decade of technical study and a longheld interest in African-American experience. It boasts of a fine African-American play by DuBose Heyward and Gershwin’s music brings to the play dramatic power, humor, tragedy, rich atmospheric colors and finely drawn characterizations. Incorporating a wealth of blues and jazz idioms into the classical art form of opera, Gershwin considered it his finest work.

Nine of Dayton’s finest restaurants and clubs will salute Dayton Opera’s 50th Anniversary Season opener Porgy and Bess from October 14-31 with special low-country menus or features priced at $20.50.
Reservations are suggested for this special dining event.

C’est Tout Bistro 937-298-0022

Coco’s Bistro 937-228-2626

Jay’s Seafood Restaurant 937-222-2892

L’Auberge 937-299-5536
New Orleans Catfish with Black Beans and Dirty Rice -Or- Duck and Chicken Jambalaya

Savona Restaurant and Wine Bar 937-610-9835

Paragon Supper Club 937-433-1234

Dayton Woman’s Club 937-228-1124Sunday brunch, Oct. 31 only 11:30 am – 2 pm – Open to the Public, but reservations require. The monthly brunch has been changed from Oct. 10 to Oct. 31 this month only because of the opera performance. The charge for this Halloween Brunch is $15, tax and tip included.

*The Dayton Country Club 937-294-2735

*Engineers Club of Dayton 937-228-2148 Friday, Oct. 29 only-Reservations require

*Indicates one in the party must be a member