USACE Buffalo District Celebrates Engineer’s Week

USACE Buffalo District
Published Feb. 11, 2016
Buffalo District USACE chemists Peter Lorey and Matthew Massey demonstrate water sampling protocols to students from Buffalo, NY area school districts.

Buffalo District USACE chemists Peter Lorey and Matthew Massey demonstrate water sampling protocols to students from Buffalo, NY area school districts.

USACE Buffalo District chemists Peter Lorey and Matthew Masset demonstrate water sampling protocols to students from Buffalo, NY area school districts.

USACE Buffalo District chemists Peter Lorey and Matthew Masset demonstrate water sampling protocols to students from Buffalo, NY area school districts.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District kicks off the start of Engineer’s week by hosting an Engineer Shadow Day for students from Buffalo, NY area school districts.

Students from Hutch Tech, Niagara Falls, Tapestry Charter School, and the Charter School for Applied Technologies visited the Buffalo District, Thursday February 11, for a day of hands-on demonstrations given by Buffalo District engineers, biologists, and project managers. The students practiced real-world simulations, such as groundwater sampling, as part of an environmental demonstration given by Environmental Health Specialists, Peter Lorey and Matthew Masset.

A biology demonstration, given by Biologists, Shaina Souder and Andy Francisco, will include an overview of the Regulatory Program, which will involve a discussion of wetland ecology and the importance of wetland preservation. After, the students split up into two groups and learn birding, plant identification, and wildlife identification techniques.

Following a pizza lunch sponsored by the Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), the students moved into work stations demonstrating computer aided drawing (CAD), geotechnical engineering, and coastal engineering.

Engineer Shadow Day wrapped up with closing remarks by Deputy District Commander MAJ Jared Runge.

Engineer Shadow Day provides Buffalo area students the opportunity to gain a real-world understanding of all aspects of USACE Buffalo District projects including operations and maintenance, environmental, regulatory, planning, design, and geotechnical topics.