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  • April

    John Bell, power plant trainee, leads a group of hydropower experts attending the 40th Annual Joint Hydropower Conference in Nashville Tenn., on a tour of the Old Hickory Dam powerhouse in Old Hickory, Tenn., April 19, 2017.

    Hydropower experts generate information exchange in Music City

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (April 21, 2017) – More than 100 hydropower experts from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tennessee Valley Authority, Southeastern Power Administration, and private power supply companies benefited from an exchange of information during the 40th Annual Joint Hydropower Conference April 19-20 at the Inn at Opryland.

  • Vigilant Guard ’17: Corps fights flooding with Ga. Nat’l Guard, City of Augusta

    AUGUSTA, Ga. – As a CH-47 Chinook helicopter roared overhead and a company of soldiers worked to protect the city from a rising Savannah River, David Peterson smiled, comfortable in his element. “This is like Christmas,” said a visibly excited Peterson, chief of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District’s Emergency Management Division.
  • The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s Dr. Mark Moran was recently promoted through a paneling process to Senior Scientific Technical Manager. He leads marketing of concepts and capabilities to potential customers and proponents, and provides oversight of technical direction and quality, cost, schedule, and deliverables.

    Geophysicist promoted to Senior Scientific Technical Manager

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Deputy Commander Lt. Col. Landon Raby presents a book to Barbara R. McLauchlin, the daughter of Maj. Gen. Daniel A. Raymond, April 20. Raymond himself put the book together of key milestones of the district during his command here from 1961-1964.

    Album documents historic construction projects

    The year was 1961. Just a few months before the start of construction on the Berlin Wall and less than a year before John Glenn became the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth, Lt. Col. Daniel A. Raymond assumed command of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District. At the time, the average cost of a new car was $2,850 and the minimum wage was $1.05.
  • Krisa Rowland, USACE computer scientist, has been selected to lead the newly formed Cybersecurity Engineering and Analysis Branch in the Information Technology Laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.

    Cybersecurity Engineering and Analysis Branch selects inaugural chief

    Krisa Rowland has been selected to lead the newly formed Cybersecurity Engineering and Analysis