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Contractors working for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District install a 23-foot-tall concrete shaft enclosure weighing approximately 120,000 pounds as part of the guard wall at the Monongahela River Locks and Dam 4 in Charleroi, Pennsylvania, Nov. 16, 2023.

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  • November

    Woman stands presenting in front of lecture hall with screen behind her.

    Real Estate Division Members Visit Middle Tennessee State University

    Representatives of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Real Estate Division visited Middle Tennessee State University’s Jones College of Business to talk to a class of real estate students about the Nashville District’s Real Estate program.

  • October

    In a convergence of academia and real-world engineering, a group of students from the University of Pittsburgh’s Hydrologic Analysis and Design course explored the Conemaugh River Dam to expand their engineer learning beyond conventional classroom boundaries. University of Pittsburgh students pose for a group photo with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers at Conemaugh River Dam in Saltsburg, Pennsylvania, Oct. 13, 2023. From left to right: Ranger Emily Potter, Spencer Matan, Ben Johnson, Matt Niznik, George Strish, Eugene Kwom, Kara Schmitt, Amanda Lee, Jess Chamberlain, Ranger April Richards, and Professor Werner Loehlein.

    From Classroom to Conemaugh: Pittsburgh Students Dive into Dam Engineering

    Park Ranger April Richard's sturdy boots crunched on the gravel path as she led the tour group up a hillside to an overlook platform. Richards, the ranger at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District’s Conemaugh River Lake, welcomed a group of students and began their guided tour. She started by discussing the fundamental nature of the dam.

  • February

    Duquesne University students and Crooked Creek Lake rangers use straining nets to gather stunned fish through electrofishing during the 2021 recreation season. Overall, they identified almost 2,500 fish, revealing 41 species of fish within Crooked Creek Lake’s watershed. (U.S. Army Photo by Christian Clendenning).

    Pittsburgh District joins Duquesne University to form a stunning partnership

    Every organization says they are a learning organization, but the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has taken its quest for innovation to a stunning level. During the 2021 recreation season, experts from the Pittsburgh District began a partnership with Duquesne University’s biology department. The goal was to test water quality within Crooked Creek Lake’s watershed called an “electrofishing survey,” which the corps had not used before.
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