The Technical Society of Knoxville is a group of persons interested in technology and science — including their effects on society, especially in East Tennessee.

The Society was founded in 1921 by Charles Edward Ferris, first dean of the University of Tennessee’s College of Engineering, and a group of leading members of the community.

The hallmark of the Technical Society is its Monday Luncheon meeting.

Usually the society meets on the second Monday of each month.

The program features a speaker on a subject of technical, scientific or general interest.

Records indicate that more than 4,000 luncheon meetings have been held over the past 100 years.

The presentations are planned to be informative and educational. They provide person to person contact with experts in the field.

Meetings take place at the Crowne Plaza on Summit Hill Drive in downtown Knoxville.

Guests are welcome.

Meeting attendees receive a token for exiting the garage without charge after the meeting.

Members and guests begin arriving around 11:30 a.m. and go through the buffet line.

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Cost is $15 per person payable in cash or by check in the meeting room to the designated collector.

Included in the meal price is complimentary self parking in the hotel garage.

Guests who choose not to eat pay a charge of $7 for parking and room arrangements.

Meetings are called to order at 11:55 a.m.

After a brief transaction of Society business, the guest speaker is introduced. Normally, presentations take about 50 minutes. Time is usually available for questions from the audience. The meetings are adjourned at 1:00 p.m.

Some programs are scheduled as professional development hours (PDH).

These meet the State of Tennessee’s continuing education requirements for professional engineers. A PDH consists of at least 50 minutes of prepared presentation with discussion reserved for the time after the meeting.

The Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineer Examiners does not pre-approve such hours. TSK does not guarantee approval, but strictly meets the Board-specified requirements and issues a certificate of attendance. 

For more information contact the secretary, Wayne Loveday, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or 865-679-9854.

Register now for TSK’s Centennial Celebration

The Technical Society of Knoxville was founded in 1921. It has met over 4,000 times to discuss the application of technology from early Knoxville’s coal smoke and traffic problems to present Knoxville’s transportation air pollution and the impact of electric car technologies. 

What was it like back then? 

Join us to observe TSK’s 100th anniversary on June 14, 2021 at the Crowne Plaza.

The Keynote Speaker will be Jack Neely.

Jack Neely grew up in a family of engineers; his father and grandfather, both named John Neely, were members of the Technical Society of Knoxville.

Jack became known for his historical research, especially through his column “Secret History” in Metro Pulse and “The Scruffy Citizen” in the Knoxville Mercury.

He has published about a dozen books, large and small, including the official history of the Tennessee Theatre, a 350-page narrative about the history of the Old City area, Market Square: A History of the Most Democratic Place on Earth, and most recently, Historic Knoxville: The Curious Visitor’s Guide and Historic Bearden.

For the last six years he has been executive director of the nonprofit Knoxville History Project.

Title: The Turning Point

Things were never the same after 1921, when technology was changing the city in several surprising ways. TSK was there, at a dramatic moment.

Reservation deadline is June 8, 2021.

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION

MONDAY, June 14, 2021 at 6:00 p.m.

(social and cash bar 5:30 p.m.)