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  • February

    Members of the 2012-2013 Leadership Development Program Tier 3 class of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division pause for a photo prior to touring Nashville District’s Center Hill Hydropower Plant Feb. 27, 2013. From left, Christopher Johnson, Pittsburgh; Charles Uhlarik, Detroit; Sharon Raque, Louisville; Shane Hall, Huntington; John Groboski, Chicago; Crystal Adkins, Huntington; Joanne Mann, Nashville; Mike Greer, Buffalo; Suzanne Chubb, LRD Cincinnati; Tim Dunn, Nashville; and Patty Coffey, assistant chief of operations, Nashville District.

    Leadership Development Program Tier 3 class visits Nashville District Feb. 27-28

    Nashville, Tenn., (Feb. 28, 2013)—Ten members of the 2012-2013 Leadership Development Program Tier 3 Class of the Great Lakes and Ohio River Division were welcomed to Nashville District Feb. 27, 2013 and briefed by Lt. Col. James A. DeLapp, district commander and his senior leaders.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Nashville District employees Jamie Holt, a power project specialist at the Lake Barkley power plant shows students and faculty from University of Tennessee at Martin Hydrology and Hydraulics class maintenance being performed on a generator at the Lake Barkleypower plant Feb. 28, 2013. (USACE Photo by Mark Rankin)

    Corps hosts University of Tennessee Martin students at Lake Barkley

    KUTTAWA, Ky. (Feb. 28, 2013) – U.S. Army Corps of Engineer, Nashville District employees at the Lake Barkley Resource Center, Lock and Dam hosted Students and faculty from the University of Tennessee at Martin Hydrology and Hydraulics class for a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math tour today.
  • Barry Marcel of the University of Louisiana at Monroe, left, and ERDC-EL’s Dr. Burton Suedel measure and weigh Chesapeake Bay oysters for their unique research experiment on oyster responses to varying sediment levels found in the James River. The data will be used by the Norfolk District in addressing environmental concerns over yearly dredging operations.

    Toxicology Lab conducts unique oyster study

    NORFOLK, Va.-- With a heavy-duty pump steadily providing the heartbeat for a recent research operation, the Engineer Research and Development Center's Toxicology Laboratory cradled 75 electronically-wired oysters in a first-of-its-kind experiment, testing the effects of various sediment levels supporting the Corps’ Norfolk District dredging operations.
  • ERDC-CHL’s Field Research Facility in Duck, N.C. is shown in an aerial view.

    ERDC’s Field Research Facility deploys largest wave energy converter in U.S.

    DUCK, N.C.--The Engineer Research and Development Center's Field Research Facility in Duck, N.C., recently hosted Resolute Marine Energy for a full-scale test and evaluation of their surge wave energy converter (WEC). Resolute Marine Energy is a Boston, Mass.-based company developing technologies that produce clean energy from ocean waves.
  • From left to right: Janet Chin, representative from the office of Sen. Dr. Ed Hernandez; Lt. Col. Scott Peterson, commander of the Army’s Los Angeles Recruiting Battalion; Debra Mehndelson, a representative from LA supervisor Michael Antonovich’s office, Lt. Col. Alex Deraney, deputy commander of the LA District; Maj. Gen. Megan Tatu, Commanding General of the 79th Sustainment Support Command; and Navy Commander Michelle D. Carter, commanding officer of Navy Recruiting District Los Angeles, cut the ribbon commemorating the grand opening of the joint recruiting center in El Monte, Ca., Feb. 26.

    District helps improve LA-area recruiting efforts with new joint recruiting center

    The Los Angeles District helped open the doors to the newest joint recruiting center in LA county in a ceremony in El Monte Feb. 26. "This facility is an example of how the Corps of Engineers is ‘Building Strong and Taking Care of People,’ starting with our Soldiers, Airmen, Sailors and Marines, and our new recruits, who will play such a critical role in helping to maintain the strength of our Nation," said Lt. Col. Alex Deraney, deputy commander of the Los Angeles District, during the ceremony.