Northwestern Division News

Fifth graders help Army engineers

Eileen Williamson — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 03:31:00 GMT

In early December 2021, several 5th grade classes at Zundy Elementary in Wichita Falls, Texas helped beta test the Missouri Basin Balancer web-based video game for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Northwestern Division. Throughout 2021, the Northwestern Division and Omaha District worked with USACE's Engineer Research and Development Center to get the game updated.

Managing a river is dam challenging

Eileen Williamson, Public Affairs Specialist — Thu, 27 Aug 2015 20:09:00 GMT

In 2013, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Omaha District Leadership Development Class developed a video game that invites players to plan and make releases from two inland waterway dams. The Omaha District, with class members as project managers, awarded a contract to the U.S. Army Game Design studio to design the game. The game allows players to take charge of river operations and experience the unique challenges presented when managing reservoir operations in a variety of weather conditions across a geographically diverse basin. Like the real world, the weather forecast isn’t always accurate, presenting an additional challenge.

Futures in engineering begin in middle school

Cheryl A. Moore, Public Affairs Specialist — Thu, 06 Nov 2014 21:14:00 GMT

Take 35 enthusiastic middle school students, mix in a natural resource specialist, a biologist, an engineer and the backdrop of the Missouri River, with a barge and a dredger, and you get an education for our students, one STEM at a time.