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    Sung Ho, mechanical engineer in construction division's quality assurance branch, leaves his office at the district's compound in Seoul, Korea.

    Construction division moves to Humphreys

    The majority of the district’s construction divisionemployees are set to move to U.S. Army Garrison
  • Map of Uganda and the areas where the EWB-NE team constructed rainwater harvesting systems. Uganda’s population is 34.8 million people and it is located in east Africa north of Lake Victoria, one of the sources of the headwaters of the Nile River and the second-largest freshwater lake in the world. Kampala is Uganda’s capitol city and has a population of 1.5 million people.

    Engineering, more than a full-time job

    Engineers are needed around-the-world for their knowledge and expertise. Their skills and talents are honed through formal education and job experiences and many choose to share their talents through volunteering. Jennifer Davis, a hydrological engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is a volunteer with the Nebraska Chapter of Engineers without Borders (EWB-NE). In June 2013, a team from the EWB-NE spent two weeks in Uganda working on rain harvesting projects. Traveling to Uganda were eight representatives of the Nebraska chapter: two students, a student chapter advisor from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln and five members of the Nebraska professional chapter, including Davis.
  • Matthew Grajewski is a cadet at Clemson University. He spent a few days shadowing our district commander at the Charleston District to learn more about engineering in USACE.

    Making Connections

    On March 12, I took a break from classes at Clemson University to shadow at the U.S. Army Corps of
  • The Water Use Law class from the College of Charleston came to visit the Folly Beach Shore Protection Project to learn about the details and different issues the project had had, because that was the nature of their course. The students learned about the project at the town hall and then visited the project site.

    Cougars Pounce on Folly Beach

    Students from College of Charleston’s Water Use Law class took a rare field trip to Folly Beach to
  • The Citadel held a job fair for its night class students to learn about engineering jobs in the area. Max Carroll and Charleston District Deputy Commander Maj. John O'Brien attended the event to discuss job opportunities at the Charleston District.

    Recruiting America's Future Engineers

    What do you get when Clemson University, North Carolina State University, local construction/A&E