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  • March

    Vernessa Noye was recently named chief for the Software Engineering and Evaluation Branch in the Information Technology Laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

    Software branch chief selected

    Vernessa Noye was recently named chief for the Software Engineering and Evaluation Branch in the
  • In previous years, sand across the mouth of the San Luis Rey River blocked its connection to the Pacific Ocean, providing a continuous shoreline. Recent rains have opened the river to the ocean, requiring the contractor to develop a means to span the flowing water in order to replenish the beach to the south.

    Corps awards Oceanside dredging contract, Division Commander visits

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District awarded a $10.77 million contract to Manson Construction Company from Seattle, Washington, on March 13 to conduct maintenance dredging at Oceanside Harbor.
  • The District leadership and Corporate Board met with Marshall University's President, Jerry Gilbert; Provost, Gayle Ormiston; and College Deans: Chuck Somerville, Dean, College of Science; Susan Gilpin, Associate Dean, Honors College; Robert Bookwalter-Dean, College of Liberal Arts; Don VanHorn, Dean, College of Arts & Media; Michael Prewitt, Dean, College of Health Professions; David Pittenger, Dean, Graduate College; Wael Zatar, Dean, College of Information Technology & Engineering; also Denise Hogsett, Director of Development & Outreach; Debby Stoler, Associate Director of Development & Outreach; Ron Area, Chairman of the MU Foundation and Maurice Cooley, Associate VP, Intercultural Affairs in order to increase MU's understanding of the USACE mission and employment opportunities that we have for Marshall graduates.

    Inspiring Relationships with Marshall University

    The District leadership and Corporate Board met with Marshall University's President, Jerry Gilbert; Provost, Gayle Ormiston; and College Deans: Chuck Somerville, Dean, College of Science; Susan Gilpin, Associate Dean, Honors College; Robert Bookwalter-Dean, College of Liberal Arts; Don VanHorn, Dean, College of Arts & Media; Michael Prewitt, Dean, College of Health Professions; David Pittenger, Dean, Graduate College; Wael Zatar, Dean, College of Information Technology & Engineering; also Denise Hogsett, Director of Development & Outreach; Debby Stoler, Associate Director of Development & Outreach; Ron Area, Chairman of the MU Foundation and Maurice Cooley, Associate VP, Intercultural Affairs in order to increase MU's understanding of the USACE mission and employment opportunities that we have for Marshall graduates.
  • U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory engineers hosted Applied Research Associates Inc. testing onsite using the Geophysical Research Facility, an outdoor refrigerated basin, to measure burn efficiency of oil in ice. In the foreground a computer screen visually monitors and streams the testing live to sponsors. In the background, researchers use visible and infrared cameras to measure thermal properties.

    Cold Regions research aids oil spill response

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering
  • Vanessa Bateman, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Civil Design Branch, teaches how to input information to five engineers from the Ministry of Water Resources at the Mosul Dam project in Iraq and one engineer from Trevi S.p.A., the construction company working on the project. The group recently completed three weeks of training with a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Data Management Reach Back Team.

    District geologists educate Mosul Dam engineers on GIS modeling

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 17, 2017) – Five engineers from the Ministry of Water Resources at the Mosul Dam project in Iraq and one engineer from Trevi S.p.A., the construction company working on the project, recently completed three weeks of training with a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Data Management Reach Back Team. They learned about a Nashville District developed Mosul Dam Geographic Information Systems model, the GIS software, and the geology model of Mosul Dam.