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  • May

    Porscha Porter is one of two Huntsville Center employees to receive Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine's 40 Under 40 Award.

    Magazine honors two Huntsville Center engineers

    Consulting-Specifying Engineer magazine named Porscha Porter and Africa Welch-Castle of Huntsville Center's Strategy and Business Management Branch, Energy Division, to receive the 40 Under 40 Award their commitment to excellence in their academic, professional, personal and community involvement.
  • Lydon Swafford (left) listens as he gets a presentation on hydropower at Keystone Dam May 12. Lydon had won the Mannford Middle School science fair with a project on hydropower and was given a tour of Keystone Dam and powerhouse for his efforts.

    Science Fair winner tours Keystone Dam

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Tulsa District lake manager of Keystone Lake was at his daughter’s
  • Jonathon A. Brame, Ph.D., is a research environmental engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Environmental Laboratory. Brame also serves as the ERDC liaison officer to the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology.

    UN consults EL’s Brame for his unique expertise designing nano-enabled water treatment solutions for developing countries

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory’s Research
  • Capt. James Washington (J.W.) Rouse. The Memphis District's Dry Dock Rouse is named in his honor.

    Family discovers surprising connection to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., May 16, 2017 - If you’ve ever researched your family’s history, you know that each uncovered fact enriches your family story. This is exactly what Mary Juliette Tiedgen and her daughter Karen Tiedgen experienced when, in 1996, they discovered their surprising family connection to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Memphis District. While doing genealogical research on the Rouse family, Karen Tiedgen discovered that the District’s Dry Dock Rouse is named after her great-grandfather, Capt. James Washington (J.W.) Rouse. Mary Tiedgen, 88, and her daughter visited the Memphis District’s Ensley Engineer Yard (EEY) on April 4 to see the Rouse. They traveled 750 miles from Norfolk, Neb., for the visit.

  • ERDC Alumni Association meeting - May 26

    Meeting aims at creating Alumni Association for former ERDC employeesA meeting for establishing a