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
December 8, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Duke Energy's Dix Park Sunflower Structures
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Daniel Gray, PE
Lead Engineer
Duke Energy
Announcements
- 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 2026 Raleigh Engineers Club Membership Dues Event.
- 2026 Membership Dues - You can pay for your 2026 dues 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.
Duke Energy, the City of Raleigh and the Dix Park Conservancy launched a redesign of two transmission structures located at the proposed entrance of the Dorothea Dix Park to resemble large sunflowers, an iconic image associated with the city's park. The project involved coordination between a large-scale industrial artist, a transmission/foundation design firm, a structural design firm (for the individual petal assemblies), and two steel fabricators (working in two different countries). The design followed typical codes for the power delivery industry (ASCE 48, NESC, Client Specs, etc.), employed various types of finite element modeling (FEM) software for design and analysis, but also sought inspiration on best practices in other industries and codes to solve unique project challenges. This presentation details the technical challenges associated with modeling, designing, fabricating, and erecting such interesting structures, while supporting an artist's vision and highlighting the power of the park's sunflowers.
Dan is a Lead Transmission Line Engineer at Duke Energy working out of Raleigh, North Carolina. He has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Stony Brook University. Dan is a licensed Engineer in the State of New York and, outside of Transmission Line Design, has previously worked in Aerospace Manufacturing at CPI Aero, Natural Gas System Planning at National Grid, and Facility Planning at Duke University Health Systems.
This program provides 1 pdh credit for licensed engineers.
