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    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and contractors from Voith Hydro installed a 249-ton hydropower rotor on June 19, 2017, at Center Hill Dam in Lancaster, Tennessee.

    Turbine-generators replaced at Center Hill Hydropower Plant

    Lancaster, Tenn. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District and Voith Hydro Inc. of North America completed refurbishment of the three turbine-generators at Center Hill Hydropower Plant, August 2021.
  • Katrina Lackey Named Employee of the Month for November 2021

    Katrina Lackey named Employee of the Month

    Administrative Officer Katrina Lackey named Employee of the Month for November 2021.
  • Mother-Daughter Duo Win USACE National Volunteer Award

    Mother-Daughter Duo Win USACE National Volunteer Award

    Brenda Grano and her mother Wynona (Nony) Brakeman, who is 90 years old, prove that you are never too old to do something to help your community.
  • David Rogillio, Michael Channell and Mickey Blackmon of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) review plans for containerized medical solutions, a quickly assembled, low-cost method of building airborne infectious isolation rooms using commercially available intermodal container units. In addition to the ERDC personnel, the invention team also included U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center's David Braidich of Manassas, Virginia; Brian Roden of Madison, Alabama; and Bryan Merry of Huntsville, Alabama.

    ERDC receives patent for portable medical units

    The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers met the challenge to provide additional hospital rooms for COVID-19 patients by inventing portable medical units created at the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Relieving overcrowded hospital facilities, these prefabricated containers were modified as medical isolation rooms and received U. S. Patent 11103406, titled “Airborne infectious disease isolation units and method of making using prefabricated containers.” The patent was issued in August 2021 for the six-member invention team at ERDC’s Installation Operations Command (IOC) Installation Support Division.
  • Ronnie Davis, Nashville District Employee of the Month, returns a vehicle to the fleet.

    Nashville District names Ronnie Davis Employee of the Month for December 2021

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb.8, 2022) – Ronnie Davis, a transportation tech assigned to the Nashville District’s logistics section, is named Employee of the Month for December 2021. He is recognized for his commitment to providing quality fleet management services and customer service across the district.