Banks briefs MG Stevens, DCG.
September 10, 2015 Cynthia Banks briefed MG Richard Stevens, USACE Deputy Commanding General (DCG), on Engineering With Nature (EWN). In addition to the DCG, attendees included: MAJ Sha-Lin Ynacay (Executive Officer to the DCG), COL Mitchell Lewis (USACE Chaplin), Dr. David Pittman (ERDC Deputy Director) and Dr. Beth Fleming (ERDC Environmental Laboratory Director). Discussions ensued […]
USACE Buffalo District briefs LTG Bostick on EWN.
September 3, 2015 LTG Bostick visited the USACE Buffalo District on 3 September 2015. Mr. Matthew Burkett, Project Manager, provided a poster presentation titled Engineering With Nature (EWN) and the Great Lakes: An Achievable Path to Sustainable Projects and Benefits. The Buffalo and Galveston Districts have agreed to serve as EWN Proving Grounds for District-wide […]
Col. Richard Pannell, USACE Galveston District Commander, is Presented EWN Proving Ground Award.
August 31, 2015 Dr. Todd Bridges, Dr. Burton Suedel, Cynthia Banks (all of ERDC-EL) and Dr. Julie Rosati (ERDC-CHL) met with USACE Galveston District (SWG) on 31 August 15 in Galveston, TX for a workshop to collaboratively discuss Engineering With Nature (EWN) on the Texas Coast. The twenty-three participants included representatives from the Texas General […]
EWN Well Represented at 2015 Western Dredging Association and Texas A&M Summit and Expo.
June 22-25, 2015 EWN Leadership Team members recently contributed to the Western Dredging Association and Texas A&M Dredging Summit and Expo in a significant way through oral and poster presentations, leadership and national recognition. >>More details here (internal link)
EWN “Proving Grounds” featured at Dredging Today.com.
Apr 7, 2015 The USACE Galveston District was selected as a “Proving Ground” for EWN. >>Read the article (external link)
EWN “Proving Grounds” featured at Dredging Today.com.
Apr 6, 2015 The USACE Buffalo District was selected as a “Proving Ground” for EWN. >>Read the article (external link)
Chasten Receives ASBPA National Award.
Feb 2015 Monica Chasten, Operations Project Manager for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Philadelphia District and Engineering With Nature Leadership Team Member, received a national award on Capitol Hill for her efforts to help re-establish coastal navigation and restore degraded marsh in New Jersey in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Chasten was honored with […]
Cynthia Banks Briefs Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works).
January 22, 2015 Dr. Todd Bridges and Cynthia Banks briefed the Honorable Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), on Engineering With Nature and Natural and Nature-Based Features along with Ms. Kate Brandt, Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Energy in the Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Energy, LTG […]
Two USACE ‘Proving Grounds’ Implement EWN Principles and Practices.
October 21-22, 2014 & December 1-3, 2014 USACE Galveston and Buffalo Districts have agreed to serve as EWN “proving grounds” for district-wide implementation of principles and practices. Ongoing efforts included an implementation workshop with each district conducted by the EWN Leadership Team. At each workshop, participants shared information about EWN and ongoing projects, and worked […]
Dr. Thomas Fredette Receives first EWN Leadership Award.
December 2, 2014 The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory’s (EL) Dr. Thomas Fredette, Research Biologist, was recently presented the first Engineering With Nature (EWN) Leadership Award for his contributions to the EWN program for the last five years. Dr. Fredette was presented with the award by Dr. Todd Bridges, ERDC-EL […]
