17 Mar 2021

Women's History Month—WOMEN and STEM

The US Army Corps of Engineers provides many STEM opportunities, and we would like to recognize the women in these positions.

31 Oct 2019

STEM Outreach

Sarah Bailey, a science teacher at Buffalo Middle School in Wayne County, WV, received a STEM grant through the state of West Virginia this past year. The grant consisted of a project wind turbine project to help her students understand engineering design and construction. To assist and mentor her students she reached out to the USACE Huntington District for volunteers. Multiple engineers from various disciplines answered the call and have been mentoring via email exchange with groups of kids that were put into Science Inquiry Teams (SITs). The teams have sent their design summary for review and engineering staff preformed a review and responded with constructive comments.

9 Mar 2018

Career Fair at Marshall University

Hundreds of students met with professionals representing a variety of careers as part of Marshall University's "Corps of Engineers Day" at the Memorial Student Center in Huntington, W.Va., on March 6, 2018

22 Feb 2018

Engineering Day at Marshall University

Marshall University hosted Engineer's Day at the Student Union on February 21, 2018. The event kicked off with a speech from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District's Commander, Colonel Philip M. Secrist III.

20 Feb 2017

2017 Engineer Career Day Marshall University

The 24th Annual Engineering Career Day was hosted at Marshall University. More than 129 of the Tri-State area's top sophomores attended from 16 local high schools. The Huntington District had a large presence with multiple booths that highlighted engineering, geospatial applications as well as Corps opportunities. Students had the opportunity to participate in 3 hands-on STEM-related workshops and interact with practicing professionals in an interactive exhibit hall. The event was held in support of National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE) to ensure a diverse and well-educated future engineering workforce and to Promote STEM activities in support of the USACE mission.

21 Nov 2016

STEM Support

Huntington District participated in the Huntington East Middle School Career Day with nearly 600 students in grades 6-8 at the Huntington East Middle School Career Day.

29 Mar 2016

Huntington Distric STEM Activities

Bryce Carmichael and Kent Smith met St. Joseph Catholic School students to discuss engineering and show them how USACE uses various structures to reduce flooding impacts. The students observing the flood plain management model.

29 Mar 2016

STEM Support for Southside Elementary School's Water Conservation Day

Andrew Johnson, Wildlife Biologist from the Huntington District’s Water Resources Section, participated in the City of Huntington’s Southside Elementary School’s Water Conservation Day. He used the District's watershed model that was operated by Marshall University students to demonstrate biodiversity of freshwater streams. The district’s booth displayed fish posters, insect books, and a variety of mussel shells collected from streams within the District. This important STEM outreach event was truly successful due to the tremendous efforts of Andrew Johnson and the students from Marshall University.