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News Stories

  • November

    Luke Gurtowski, a research chemical engineer with ERDC’s Environmental Engineering Branch (EL), pours graphene while researching the benefits of the nanomaterial.

    ERDC’s Environmental Laboratory’s graphene research leads to a collaboration with NASA

    Scientists and engineers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) are conducting research that could lead to sustaining and advancing technology more efficiently and at a lower cost, both on Earth and in space.
  • Man in hardhat examines electrical blueprint documents at Hydro Power Plant.

    Nashville District names Barker Employee of the Month for September 2023

    Joshua Barker, senior electrician at Cheatham Hydro Power Plant, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Nashville District Employee of the Month for September 2023.
  • Two men stand holding a flag that says clean marina.

    Rock Harbor Marine Earns “Clean Marina” Status

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District conducted a “Clean Marina” inspection of Rock Harbor Marine which evaluates marinas for their standards for clean water and environmental stewardship in the Cumberland River Basin.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District’s Jeremy Ayala (left), Rapid Response Technical Center of Expertise Contracting Officer Representative, and Rich McConnel (right), Chief, Interagency & International Services/Rapid Response TCX, discuss the Puerto Rico power mission on site in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

    Omaha District, partners successfully complete temporary power mission in San Juan

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District proudly announced the successful completion of a temporary power mission project in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This Federal Emergency Management Agency led initiative aimed at restoring and improving electrical infrastructure in the region. This marks a significant step forward in the ongoing efforts to enhance the local power grid’s resilience and reliability in the wake of Hurricanes Maria in 2017 and Fiona in 2022. Fiona left thousands of residents without power for weeks and Maria resulted in not only the biggest, but the longest blackout in U.S. history, with hundreds of thousands of residents without power for more than 100 days total.
  • The Pittsburgh District contracted the work to install 73 fish reefs between Monongahela River miles 21.3 and 33.5 from Victory Hills to Clairton, Pennsylvania.

    We Will Rock You: Pittsburgh District sinks stones into Monongahela River to raise fish habitats

    Each time the excavator picked up a load of rocks and swung its booming arm to dump the stones into the water, the barge rocked from side to side, swaying with the heavy machinery’s momentum.