by Stephen McDill Published: May 17,2013
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District recently appointed Tom Shaw as the new chief of Flood Control and Hydropower Section in the Project Resource Management Branch. Shaw will be responsible for the operation and maintenance of over 1,400 miles of levees and multiple flood control projects on the Mississippi River levee system in [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: March 8,2013
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Vicksburg District recently selected Noah Vroman as the new levee safety branch chief of the Dam and Levee Safety Modifications Production Center. Vroman began his career at the Vicksburg District as a civil engineer in the geotechnical branch in 2003. He has served as a research geotechnical engineer, dam [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 22,2013
Tags: Charles Stokes, Marneshia Richard, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Marneshia V. Richard and Charles E. Stokes Jr., U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Vicksburg District employees, have been selected to be honored in the category of Modern-Day Technology Leader by the Council of Engineering Deans of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, Lockheed Martin Corporation and U.S. Black Engineer and Information Technology magazine. Richard is a [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 8,2013
Tags: Mississippi State University, Thomas Hengst, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Thomas L. Hengst has recently been chosen as the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ chief of river operations at the Vicksburg District. Prior to his new appointment, Hengst served as the chief of flood control and hydropower. He has also held the positions of project manager and senior project manager in the programs, projects [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: October 7,2012
Tags: Civil Engineering, Michael Sorrells, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, VICKSBURG
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District team member Michael Sorrells, a civil engineer with the Engineering and Construction Division, was recently selected as chief of the water control management section. He has served as a team leader in the Vicksburg District’s Modeling, Mapping and Consequences Center with responsibility for leading engineers from [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: August 6,2012
Tags: Christopher Koeppel, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, VICKSBURG
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District team member Christopher Koeppel recently received the Planner of the Year Award. Koeppel was nominated for his work at the Multi-Agency Interpretive Center in Rolling Fork. His selection for the award was based upon his collaboration and consultations with the community, stakeholders, federal and state agencies [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 29,2012
Tags: Mississippi State University, Ronald C. Goldman, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Headquarters, Washington, D.C., recently named Ronald C. Goldman the 2012 USACE Engineer of the Year. Goldman is director of the Modeling, Mapping and Consequences Production Center (MMC) at the USACE Vicksburg District, which he established in 2009. As a registered professional engineer, supports the engineering vocation by actively [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: July 22,2012
Tags: Arkabutla Lake, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, VICKSBURG
Michael W. Carter has been chosen as the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers’ supervisory natural resources Manager at the Vicksburg District’s Arkabutla Lake, located near Coldwater. Prior to his new appointment, Carter served as supervisory natural management specialist at the Bay Springs Lake on the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway near Booneville. He began his career with [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: June 10,2012
Tags: American Society of Military Comptrollers, Carol Watkins, Delta State University, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
Carol Watkins was recently promoted to chief of the resource management office with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Vicksburg District office. Watkins, as resource management officer, will be responsible for developing and administering all district-level resource management and financial management activities. Being a certified defense financial manager, she will provide budget and financial guidance [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: May 20,2012
Tags: 2011 Mississippi River flood, agriculture, Chip Morgan, levee, Mississippi Delta, U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
CLEVELAND — Mississippi Delta farmers took a hit estimated as high as $80 million in last spring’s flooding. But as is the custom in the Delta, despair must give way to renewed optimism with the arrival of the spring planting season. The financial consequences of the Mississippi River flooding last spring that submerged 200 square [...] [...]
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