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    Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick, Army Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, took time during his visit at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville to mentor future military officers when he visited with more than 30 cadets from the Alabama A&M University Reserve Officer Training Corps.

    Chief of Engineers visits Huntsville Center, pitches STEM to cadets

    Bostick took time to mentor future military officers when he visited with more than 30 cadets from the Alabama A&M University Reserve Officer Training Corps making a pitch for the future Soldiers to look to considering careers focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics.
  • Mr. Hans Denker Thulstrup (left), UNESCO, is welcomed by Mr. Robert Pietrowsky (right), Director of the USACE Institute for Water Resources and the International Center for Integrated Water Resources Management (ICIWaRM), under the auspices of UNESCO.

    International Visitor Leadership Program Sponsors UNESCO Visit to IWR

    ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA.  Mr. Hans Denker Thulstrup, a program specialist in natural sciences in the
  • Stratford STEM Magnet High School ninth graders watch a six-barge tow navigate through Old Hickory Lock Feb. 27, 2014 during a field trip at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project located on the Cumberland River in Old Hickory, Tenn.

    STEM freshmen learn their lesson at Old Hickory Dam

    OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (March 7, 2014) – More than 20 ninth graders from Stratford STEM Magnet High School received educational lessons about water management on the Cumberland River and its tributaries, ecosystems for big rivers and small streams, hydropower operations, navigation and water safety on a field trip Feb. 27 at Old Hickory Dam.

  • Corps plan for Flagler County project well received

    The Flagler County Hurricane and Storm Damage Reduction Project team hosted a public meeting to present the draft integrated feasibility study and environmental assessment. Many meeting attendees, including city and county officials, complimented team members for a job well done on the study and in presenting the information.
  • CRREL engineers, current and retired, work onsite with Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge officials to lend guidance on safely moving the excavator across the ice bridge. CRREL retired Engineer Ginny Frankenstein, right, and CRREL Engineer Leonard Zabilansky, left, provide years of expertise working and researching ice.

    CRREL supports Missisquoi NMR ice bridge

    In areas that experience very cold temperatures, like the northeast, it just makes good sense to