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    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center  celebrates Earth Day 2019

    VICKSBURG, Miss. (April 23, 2019) – From junior high students to researchers and even the Mayor of the City of Vicksburg, a crowd gathered at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center on Tuesday, April 23 to celebrate Earth Day 2019.
  • Engineer receives prestigious de Fleury Medal

    VICKSBURG, Miss. (April 15, 2019) – When David Richards was a recent college graduate working his first job as a hydrologist in Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, he knew that he wanted to do research and make a significant impact in that world. Fast forward about 40 years, and that impact was recently recognized with the prestigious bronze de Fleury Medal awarded to Richards for his service to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 
  • The Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers leads community outreach “Shamrock Science at the Museum” event

    VICKSBURG, Miss. -- More than luck was on the mind of the participants at this year’s “Shamrock Science at the Museum” event held March 23 at the Mississippi Children’s Museum in Jackson, Mississippi. The event was hosted by The Mississippi Professional Chapter of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and engaged children in areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. This is the fourth year SHPE-MS has conducted this type of event in order to promote STEM programs to minorities.
  • Farthing returns from sabbatical and teaching in northern Italy

    VICKSBURG, Miss. (April 5, 2018) -- The old world charm and culture of the Italian city of Padua was just one of the many high points Mathew Farthing experienced while in Italy on sabbatical from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. Farthing, a research hydraulic engineer in ERDC’s Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, spent the last year teaching a graduate level mathematical engineering course at the University of Padua, the second-oldest university in Italy and the world’s fifth-oldest surviving university.