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  • Web conferencing brings Army engineers to DoDDS classroom

    WIESBADEN, Germany - A live video stream of eighth-grade physics students displayed on Jason Cade's computer screen. After a quick audio check, Cade, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Europe District project manager and mining engineer, with the assistance of his colleagues, used face-to-face video conferencing to teach a lesson on roller coaster engineering to Wiesbaden Middle School students recently.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works with navigation industry, Coast Guard to continue drought fight

    A long term, multi-pronged low-water campaign by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the navigation industry and the U.S. Coast Guard is successfully keeping the Mississippi River channel between Cairo, Ill., and St. Louis Mo., open for commercial barge traffic.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works with navigation industry, Coast Guard to continue drought fight

    VICKSBURG, MISS., January 11, 2013 – A long term, multi-pronged low-water campaign by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the navigation industry and the U.S. Coast Guard is successfully keeping the Mississippi River channel between Cairo, Ill., and St. Louis Mo., open for commercial barge traffic.

  • ERDC EL develops assessment model for the John H. Kerr Dam Project

    Jan. 11, 2013, BOYDTON, Va.--ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) researchers have developed a model that assesses alternative scenarios for the John H. Kerr Dam and Reservoir recently approved by the Headquarters U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE) Model Certification Team.

  • GSL and ITL employees receive Modern-Day Technology Leader Awards

    Jan. 11, 2013, WASHINGTON, D.C.--ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) Researcher Wayne Hodo and Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Scientist Dr. Elaine Hulitt were recently selected as a Modern-Day Technology Leaders by the Council of Engineering Deans of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Lockheed Martin Corporation and US Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine.

  • GSL’s Mlakar selected American Association of Engineering Societies Award

    Jan. 11, 2013, Vicksburg, Miss.--ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory’s (GSL) Dr. Paul F. Mlakar was recently selected by the American Association of Engineering Societies (AAES) as the 2013 recipient of the Norm Augustine Award for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Communication.

  • DOD HPCMP employees at ERDC ITL receive AIAA Award

    Jan. 11, 2013, VICKSBURG, Miss.--Department of Defense’s (DOD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) employees located at ERDC’s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) were recently selected to receive the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) 2012 Shahyar Pirzadeh Memorial Award for Outstanding Paper.

  • Wolf Creek Dam project officer promoted to captain

    JAMESTOWN, Ky. (Jan. 11, 2013) – The commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District promoted a first lieutenant assigned to the Wolf Creek Foundation Remediation Project today during a ceremony at the resident engineer office.

  • Army Corps of Engineers winds down power mission in Coney Island

    When Hurricane Sandy barreled into Coney Island on the night of Oct. 29, it left an entire community in the dark.

  • NAV NOTICE SWL 13-04 MKARNS - REVISION - LOCK CLOSURE

    OZARK-JETA TAYLOR L&D - (Revision to Navigation Notice SWL 13-02) Ozark-Jeta Taylor Lock and Dam (No. 12) NM 256.8 will be closed to navigation traffic on January 15, 2013, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.