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    Samantha Holtzinger (second from right), physical scientist for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, speaks with students at the Woodville-Tompkins Institute for the Society of Women Engineers’ 11th annual Girls Engineer It Day Expo on Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Savannah District were among approximately 25 other organizations who had representatives at their company informational booth. The event took place in the gymnasium, and 200-plus elementary through high school girls from Vidalia and Chatham County School districts attended. As the students came by to ask questions, the three ladies talked about their jobs, and the many jobs available in the Corps of Engineers.

    Future Engineers: Savannah District visits local Girls Engineer It Day

    Three team members from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, visited Woodville-Tompkins Institute for the Society of Women Engineers’ 11th annual Girls Engineer It Day Expo Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023.
  • TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. – Jared Lopes (second from right), water resources planner for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, and Dr. Richard Styles, research oceanographer from the Engineer Research and Development Center Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, report their findings from their recently published ship wake study to the Tybee Island city council on Tybee Island, Ga. on Jan. 26, 2023. The study was set into motion amid concerns regarding the ongoing risk to beachgoers from vessel-generated wakes on Tybee Island’s northern shore. The goal of the study was to develop a better understanding of vessel traffic patterns and associated boat wakes generated by large commercial vessels. USACE photo by Mel Orr.

    Ship wake study presented to Tybee Island city council

    TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. – Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, and the Engineer Research and Development Center reported the findings from their ship wake study to the Tybee Island city council on Tybee Island, Ga. on Jan. 26, 2023.