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  • October

    BERNALILLO, N.M., -- Amanda Tapia-Pittman watches as Girl Scouts design and build dams with gravel and playdough.

    Corps Booth Helps Girl Scouts Learn About STEM

    The District had a booth at the 2014 Girl Scouts STEM Camporee Sept. 13, 2014, where more than 700 Scouts learned more about endangered species, how and why dams are built, and Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) safety.

  • February

    Students Study STEM through Interactive Presentations

    Seventy students from two area schools gathered at the District’s main office to learn more about the importance of STEM and some of the various ways these subjects are essential in what the Corps of Engineers does on a daily basis.

  • July

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- University of New Mexico civil engineering student Corey Bowen (right) and Corina Chavez, civil engineer, pause for a moment while discussing a design project, July 8, 2013. Bowen spent eight weeks this summer as the District’s first STEM intern through a partnership with UNM and assisted with several on-going design projects in the District’s General Engineering Section.

    District Offers First STEM Internship

    This summer the District collaborated with the University of New Mexico to launch the District’s first eight-week STEM internship. Civil engineering student Corey Bowen started the internship May 28 and spent her time helping on several on-going design projects.

  • March

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- Mr.Chaouki Abdallah, provost, University of New Mexico (left); Lt. Col. Antoinette Gant, commander, Albuquerque District, and Col. Andrew Nelson, deputy commander, South Pacific Division, participate in the Memorandum of Agreement Signing Ceremony. The District and UNM will work together to promote and encourage the study of STEM fields: Science, Technology, Engineers and Math.

    Albuquerque District Takes Giant Leap into STEM Initiative

    A formal ceremony was held at the University of New Mexico where the District entered into a Memorandum of Agreement with the University of New Mexico. Col. Nelson, Deputy Commander, South Pacific Division, participated in the ceremony.