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  • NOAA to dedicate historic benchmark on Mud Island River Walk Tuesday

    Memphis, Tenn., August 15, 2007 – Senior officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Mississippi River Commission will partner with the Mud Island River Park in Memphis, Tennessee, to place a historic marker here commemorating the agency’s 200th anniversary and its unique relationship with the Mississippi River.

  • University of Virginia gamer makes good during TEC summer

    Katherine Marie Arthur is a third year civil engineering student at UVA, and came to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Engineer Research and Development Center-Topographic Engineering Center (ERDC-TEC), Alexandria, Va., through a pathway that proves marketing who we are and what we do is worth the effort.

  • Mississippi River Commission announces Memphis portion of low-water inspection trip

    Memphis, Tenn., August 7, 2007 – The Mississippi River Commission will conduct the Memphis District portion of its annual low-water inspection trip on the Mississippi River August 20-21, 2007.

  • Fish and Wildlife Service says Corps work will not harm woodpecker habitat

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., August 2, 2007 – An important determination by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officials regarding the Ivory-billed Woodpecker (IBWO) may remove a significant hurdle blocking work on a critical groundwater preservation project in the Grand Prairie Region of Eastern Arkansas.

  • New Corps of Engineers Resource Mgmt. Officer selected

    MEMPHIS, Tenn., July 31, 2007 – Voncile Y. Williams is the new Resource Management Officer for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Memphis District.

  • Caputo receives award for Scientific and Technological Achievement

    Raymond G. Caputo recently received the 2006 Director’s Award for Scientific and Technological Achievement from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) Alexandria, Va.

  • Regiment of Engineers selects Popp as honorary chief warrant officer

    Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jeffrey Popp, U.S. Army (Retired), a physical scientist in ERDC-TEC’s Geospatial Information Imagery and Requirements Branch was recently selected as the Honorary Chief Warrant Officer of the Regiment of Engineers. He was recognized during a formal installation ceremony conducted by Maj. Gen. William H. McCoy, commandant, Fort Leonard Wood, at the Engineer Force Regimental dinner.

  • Watts selected as special projects officer

    Joseph M. Watts was recently selected as the special projects officer in ERDC-TEC’s Executive Office. He will also serve as the program manager for various special projects. Watts was formerly an associate technical director in the Office of the Technical Directors.

  • ERDC team members receive recognition for achievements

    Three team members were recently recognized for their significant contributions, leadership and innovation, and support to the center. Robert Pazak, a computer scientist in ERDC-TEC’s Research Division, received the Commander’s Award for Civilian Service for his “significant contributions to the calibration of the Buckeye cameras and to the color correction of Buckeye orthoimages”.

  • Joint project looks at Texas watershed

    A large portion of the central United States is still under drought conditions, which has forced many to protect and preserve the current sources of water and to seek future sources. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District has agreed to work with numerous resource organizations to study how reservoir operations have affected ecological conditions in the Big Cypress Bayou and Caddo Lake in the piney woods of east Texas.