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    The District leadership and Corporate Board met with Marshall University's President, Jerry Gilbert; Provost, Gayle Ormiston; and College Deans: Chuck Somerville, Dean, College of Science; Susan Gilpin, Associate Dean, Honors College; Robert Bookwalter-Dean, College of Liberal Arts; Don VanHorn, Dean, College of Arts & Media; Michael Prewitt, Dean, College of Health Professions; David Pittenger, Dean, Graduate College; Wael Zatar, Dean, College of Information Technology & Engineering; also Denise Hogsett, Director of Development & Outreach; Debby Stoler, Associate Director of Development & Outreach; Ron Area, Chairman of the MU Foundation and Maurice Cooley, Associate VP, Intercultural Affairs in order to increase MU's understanding of the USACE mission and employment opportunities that we have for Marshall graduates.

    Inspiring Relationships with Marshall University

    The District leadership and Corporate Board met with Marshall University's President, Jerry Gilbert; Provost, Gayle Ormiston; and College Deans: Chuck Somerville, Dean, College of Science; Susan Gilpin, Associate Dean, Honors College; Robert Bookwalter-Dean, College of Liberal Arts; Don VanHorn, Dean, College of Arts & Media; Michael Prewitt, Dean, College of Health Professions; David Pittenger, Dean, Graduate College; Wael Zatar, Dean, College of Information Technology & Engineering; also Denise Hogsett, Director of Development & Outreach; Debby Stoler, Associate Director of Development & Outreach; Ron Area, Chairman of the MU Foundation and Maurice Cooley, Associate VP, Intercultural Affairs in order to increase MU's understanding of the USACE mission and employment opportunities that we have for Marshall graduates.
  • U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory engineers hosted Applied Research Associates Inc. testing onsite using the Geophysical Research Facility, an outdoor refrigerated basin, to measure burn efficiency of oil in ice. In the foreground a computer screen visually monitors and streams the testing live to sponsors. In the background, researchers use visible and infrared cameras to measure thermal properties.

    Cold Regions research aids oil spill response

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering
  • Vanessa Bateman, chief of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Civil Design Branch, teaches how to input information to five engineers from the Ministry of Water Resources at the Mosul Dam project in Iraq and one engineer from Trevi S.p.A., the construction company working on the project. The group recently completed three weeks of training with a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Data Management Reach Back Team.

    District geologists educate Mosul Dam engineers on GIS modeling

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 17, 2017) – Five engineers from the Ministry of Water Resources at the Mosul Dam project in Iraq and one engineer from Trevi S.p.A., the construction company working on the project, recently completed three weeks of training with a U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Data Management Reach Back Team. They learned about a Nashville District developed Mosul Dam Geographic Information Systems model, the GIS software, and the geology model of Mosul Dam.
  • The Huntington District hosted the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) for a semi-annual Partnering Meeting. Our partnership has a history dating back to the 1930's when we built 14 dams in the Muskingum Watershed. The MWCD is typically the non-federal sponsor for projects in the watershed and have been resolute partners in our common purpose of reducing risk to lives and property. This is what inspiring relationships is all about.

    Huntington District / MWCD Partnering Meeting

    The Huntington District hosted the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District (MWCD) for a semi-annual Partnering Meeting. Our partnership has a history dating back to the 1930's when we built 14 dams in the Muskingum Watershed. The MWCD is typically the non-federal sponsor for projects in the watershed and have been resolute partners in our common purpose of reducing risk to lives and property. This is what inspiring relationships is all about.
  • Researchers successfully attempted a repaving design that incorporated buried extruded polystyrene (foam insulation boards) to prevent permafrost thaw at the most critical locations on the runway.

    Three ERDC labs come together for success in Thule, Greenland

    Three laboratories of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center -- Cold Regions