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  • April

    Evan Meier, the son of Thomas and Katherine Meier, and 6th grade student uses his 3D printer to create face masks and face shields for local hospital workers. Inspired by his aunt and YouTube program, "Smarter Every Day," the youth joined forces with 235 other Huntsville, Alabama, volunteers to make over 3,800 shields for area health care and first responders treating COVID-19 patients.

    Madison youth joins effort to help hospital workers

    Evan’s interest in making the masks, then face shields began earlier in March when his aunt sent them a link to a community project in Boston where they were making 3D filtered masks. That message resonated with the young student “engineer.”

  • Huntsville Center professionals working around the clock so assessment teams can hit the ground running

    U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville professionals work with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' geographic districts, FEMA and Health and Human Services to provide deliverables to assessment teams, including plans and specifications for the rapid conversion of hotels, dorms, convention centers and large arena-type facilities into alternate care facilities.

  • June

    Photo of Jose G. San Miguel being presented Bronze Star by Maj. Gen. Ralph O. Doughty.

    A Father's Day tribute: Remembering the life lessons my father shared

    Jose G. San Miguel grew up in poverty and suffered through the Great Depression, widespread discrimination and the jungles of New Guinea, Leyte, Palau, Luzon and the Philippines during World War II, yet he never hesitated to serve his fellow man and country. Eight years following his passing, the author reflects on the life lessons his father shared, his hopes and determination to better the lives of future generations.
  • Sharonda Grandberry, Army veteran and contract specialist with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, selected as the 2019 Face of Queen Size Magazine, an award-winning monthly print and digital publication dedicated to servicing the full-figured industry. Here, she discusses a proposed contract with co-worker, Jasmine Reason. (Photo by David San Miguel)

    Army veteran becomes model federal employee

      It was not the best childhood, she recalled. It was anything but stable.      Throughout her young
  • Kaitlyn Davis, a summer intern at the Huntsville Center, accesses a library of training tutorials developed by the Center. These tutorials were designed to capture the organization’s institutional knowledge as senior employees begin to exit the workforce.

    Huntsville Center harnesses technology to retain institutional knowledge

    Huntsville Center harnesses video capture technology to retain institutional knowledge as seasoned employees leave the workforce.

  • May

    Jeffrey Davis, an emergency management specialist with the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, and taekwondo black belt master, leads students through various martial arts techniques and exercises.

    Black belt master champions student success

    Army veteran and emergency management specialist with U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, instructs student of diverse walks in the benefits of tae kwon do.

  • February

    Huntsville Center employs 'engineering solution' to track operation orders

    When Russ Dunford sketched his idea onto a napkin, little did he realize that it would take two years and an engineering solution to bring it to fruition. There were times, he admits, when he questioned whether a solution was even possible. Despite any misgivings, the chief of Operations, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, persisted. There had to be some sort of process to track and update operation orders, taskings and follow-on responses.

  • January

    Arthur Martin III was one of only two individuals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers notified of their selection to participate in the senior executive program at Harvard University.

    Arthur Martin III – Road to Success

    Early in his youth, Arthur Martin III learned that success in life hinged on hard work, determination and a passion to reach for the stars. Now, almost 30 years later, still reaching for the stars, he serves as deputy director, Installation Support and Programs Management Directorate, at the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville.
  • The U.S. Army team received this year’s Federal Energy Management Program Director’s Award for executing over $1 billion in performance contracts leading all federal agencies in the Presidents Performance Contracting Challenge of $4 billion by 2016 at the ceremony Dec. 7, 2016, in Washington, D.C. Receiving the award are Randy Shed, Office of Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Energy and Sustainability; Randy Smidt, Office of Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management; Margaret Simmons, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center Huntsville; Katherine Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Environment; Pamela Griffith, Defense Logistics Agency-Energy; Michael Norton, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville; and David Williams, Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    USACE garners 2016 FEMP Award

    Leading the effort to save taxpayers’ money and contribute to energy and water efficiency, the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, was recently recognized alongside other members of the Army team with several 2016 Federal Energy and Water Management Awards.