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  • September

    Wind turbines, similar to the three 275 kilowatt wind turbines erected in May on Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico, are an important piece of the Army’s renewable energy/energy reduction effort. The U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, worked with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force for renewable energy task orders issued under the $7 billion renewable energy MATOC.

    Army, Center completes $7 billion renewable energy MATOC awards

    First round awards for solar, wind, geothermal and biomass renewable energy technologies included in the $7 billion Multiple Award Task Order Contract Request for Proposal to develop renewable and alternative energy power production for Department of Defense installations are complete as of Sept. 23.

  • 2013 Combined Federal Campaign runs through December, Center sets $75K goal

    The idea is not just reaching a goal, but to donate to help those who all too often cannot help themselves.
  • A mulcher used in vegetation clearance on Army ranges. Program contractors modified the mulchers improving their toughness and reliability.

    Center program conducts range vegetation clearance at two Army installations

    Remote-controlled construction equipment developed by the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville and researchers at the Air Force Research Laboratory recently cleared trees and brush from ranges at two Army installations.
  • The District conducts pre- and post-flood season visual inspections of flood control channels built and operated or maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. On Sept. 25, District personnel, along with graduate student volunteers from Harvard University identified native and non-native plants and observed damage, like undercutting, in a portion of the channel.

    Harvard students help Corps inspect portion of Los Angeles River

    The District conducts pre- and post-flood season visual inspections of flood control channels built and operated or maintained by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. On Sept. 25, District personnel, along with graduate student volunteers from Harvard University, identified native and non-native plants and observed damage, like undercutting, in a portion of the channel.
  • Civil engineer Jessamyn Fluitt, Engineering Division, assists students with the water tower construction at the one-day STEM event at the University of North Florida.

    Jacksonville District supports local STEM initiative

    In an effort to pique the interest of middle school students toward science, technology, engineering and math disciplines, Jacksonville District partnered with Mentoring Families and Kids, Inc., at the Second Annual STEM Camp, held at the University of North Florida, recently.