Members of the Mississippi Engineering Society recently toured the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi to learn more about the ERDC and its capabilities. According to the MES website, the society’s members include professional (licensed) engineers, engineer interns, engineering students and experienced graduate engineers from all disciplines of the profession. MES members work in industry, government, private practice, construction and education. The MES was founded in 1939 and chartered by the National Society of Professional Engineers in 1956.