The Engineers' Extra
The Raleigh Engineers Club (REC) has been in existence since 1926. The club seeks to promote the Engineering field through monthly technical meetings and support of those pursuing a future in the Engineering discipline. We award an annual scholarship to a Raleigh area graduating high school senior to enter the school of engineering at NC State. Our members have a diverse background of engineering disciplines and represent several companies and government agencies located in the Raleigh area.
The Raleigh Engineers Club
Join the Raleigh Engineers Club!
Annual membership is only $35. Our goal is to provide interesting and technically-oriented programs to its members, offer licensed members an opportunity for continuing education credits, and award a semester of tuition to a deserving, graduating Raleigh area high school senior choosing engineering as a career at NC State. Membership is available to anyone working in support of the engineering profession. You do not have to be an engineer. Download an application here and email the completed application to secretary@raleighengineersclub.org. We'll get you on the mailing list right away!
The Raleigh Engineers Club has monthly lunch meetings that cover engineering topics of interest to all types of engineers and people interested in engineering activities regardless of discipline. The Raleigh Engineers Club is a NC Board of Registration for Engineers Certified provider of professional development hours (PDH credits) for licensed engineers. Eleven meetings are held annually with one set aside for scholarship awards and updates on successes of engineering graduates from NCSU. So ten professional development hours are provided each year. Note that you do not need to be a licensed engineer or a graduate engineer to be a member! View our Constitution and Bylaws !
George Sharpe, PE
2025 Club President
PROGRAM
January 27, 2025*
12:00 PM - 1:00PM
- AI and Weather Modeling
with
Nate Johnson
Vice President of Weather Content and Operations
NBC Universal
Artificial Intelligence is a buzz phrase, and it's seemingly everywhere: ChatGPT, DALL-E, Midjourney, Claude, and more. It makes sense that it's also in your weather forecast - then again, it has been for decades. This program traces the weather enterprise's use of the technology of AI, presents a snapshot of how AI is being used today, and sneaks a peek into where it could go next.
Nate Johnson is VP of Weather Content and Operations for NBCUniversal Local. In this role, he works across the group's 44 stations, both English and Spanish-language, to ensure their weather teams have the tools, techniques, and training to serve their communities with the best weather forecasts possible. He also works with the group's technology, operations, and digital teams as a weather subject matter expert on app development and other key projects.
Prior to joining NBC, Johnson worked at WRAL-TV in Raleigh NC for a decade as a meteorologist and executive producer. His primary responsibility was collaborating with the meteorologists and other newsroom staff to make sure that the station presented weather information in a way that was interesting, informative, and understandable on TV, on the web, in apps, and on social media. He also worked on air, including hours of wall-to-wall coverage during the tornado outbreak of April 16, 2011
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Previously, Johnson developed user-centered products and conducted training for Baron Services in Huntsville AL and served as a meteorologist (and eventually, chief meteorologist) at KTXS-TV in Abilene TX.
Johnson holds bachelor's degrees in Meteorology and Computer Science and a master's degree in Communication, all from NC State University in Raleigh, where he also teaches a broadcast meteorology course and provides on-site weather support for home football games and other events. He is an American Meteorological Society (AMS) Certified Broadcast Meteorologist and has earned the National Weather Association's (NWA) Seal of Approval. He is the president of the National Weather Association Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to supporting meteorology students and educators with financial assistance and creating opportunities for public awareness and engagement for resilience to high impact weather. He was the president of the National Weather Association for 2021 and also holds a private pilot certificate.
NOTE THE DATE CHANGE!
Announcements
- Secretary, Chelsea Parkinson, on Maternity Leave - Chelsea will be going out on maternity leave in September for the rest of 2024. You will receive these emails from Mark Reep at mreep@wrallp.com
- Scholarship Donations - Each year we offer one scholarship for one semester of NCSU tuition paid to one Wake County high school graduate who is entering their Freshman year at NCSU and have been accepted into the College of Engineering. The success of our scholarship depends on your donations. If you would like to donate, you can do so through our Eventbrite or on any meeting event or anytime on our 2025 Raleigh Engineers Club Membership Dues Event.
- 2025 Membership Dues - You can pay for your 2025 dues starting today. The promo code for free webinars is included in your confirmation email of your paid dues. Click on this link to pay now if you are not already registering for this webinar.
- The Raleigh Engineers Club is continuing to offer free webinars to their members. The non-member webinar fee is $10 + taxes and fees.
Spring 2025 Engineering & Design Career Fair
Wednesday, February 12th 2025, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm EST
9101 Fayetteville Road, Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
Wake Tech Community College cordially invites you to participate in the free Engineering & Design Career Fair
200+ students typically attend within the following disciplines:
Architecture
Civil Engineering
Geomatics
Mechanical Engineering
Engineering College Transfer
Interior Design
Construction Management
Electronics Engineering
Manufacturing.
A 6 foot table and breakfast are provided.
Registration link: https://bit.ly/48k2HnO
