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Engineers Nominated By the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Scott Roberts, P.E. Roberts is an avid skydiver who instructs others on the sport and competes internationally. He has utilized his engineering background to develop a removable parachute deployment device which is currently being produced for use under license by a parachute manufacturer. Lucia A. Newberry, E.I.T. Newberry has also worked with an Aviation Brigade Warrant Officer on the layout of the vehicle parking areas for the newly constructed motor pool associated with the modular project. By incorporating the end user’s ideas, she was able to assist the officer in the design that meets both the Army specifications and the ease-of-use for the soldier. Jeremiah R. Nichols, P.E. Nichols annually represents the Corps of Engineers at the Jefferson County Public School’s “Middle School Connection” Program, the goal of which is to connect an adult from the community with every seventh-grader. Topics discussed during conferences with the students include the importance of staying in school and doing well, goal-setting, career interests, and how adults use academic skills later in life. Christopher Wang, P.E. Wang is currently conducting long-term site monitoring, where he gathers and evaluates geotechnical instrument data. One area he is monitoring is at the experimental test fill, developed to calibrate and validate predicted models near critical structures. This project won the 2005 Outstanding Small Project of the Year from the American Society of Civil Engineers. Wang deployed to aid in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, and developed an optimized map routing system to ailing residential homes while a permanent system was being developed. « BACK |
Scott Roberts, P.E., is a structural engineer with the US Army Corps of Engineers Jacksonville District, which encompasses Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Florida, and includes the comprehensive environmental restoration program for the Florida Everglades. Roberts is currently assigned as the project engineer for the Puerto Nuevo Project in San Juan, Puerto Rico, which is the largest flood control project in the District. He is a graduate of the Jacksonville District Leadership Development Program, designed to improve leadership skills and professional effectiveness, and is also a structural specialist with the US Army Corps of Engineers Urban Search and Rescue Cadre which is organized to provide rapid response for assessing structures damaged by natural disasters.
Lucia A. Newberry, E.I.T., is a civil engineer with the US Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District in Savannah, Georgia. She served as part of a project delivery team for a $43 million temporary modular complex for Hunter Army Airfield, Georgia. The project, to combine 277 manufactured units into 98 buildings, provides housing, administrative, and maintenance facilities for two Army aviation battalions. Newberry researched corrective actions for construction obstacles that arose in the field, ensuring the project continued to progress, and also aided the office engineer in preparation of important end-of-construction turnover documents.
Christopher “Chris” Wang, P.E., is a civil engineer with the US Army Corps of Engineers in San Francisco, California. He has provided engineering support to the multi-hundred million dollar wetland restoration project at the Hamilton Army Airfield in Novato, California. This project has significance because it recycles disposable dredge material from the Port of Oakland and beneficially reuses it to create a sustainable ecosystem for endangered plant and wildlife species. 
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