Soldiers from the 249th Engineer Battalion, Prime Power, compete in the International Lineman's Rodeo alongside industry professionals at the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame in Bonner Springs, Kan., on Oct. 16, 2021.
As a child, Allison W. Pride was always fascinated with space. Not the space in a galaxy far, far away but in architecture and design.
It was this fascination that led Pride, lead architect with Seattle District’s design branch, to receive the 2022 Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) in the Modern-Day Technology Leader category ― a category that recognizes commitment to the future of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) by developing cutting-edge technology or doing research for leading industries.
Founded in 1986, the BEYA is a globally recognized event that celebrates the achievements of people who are underrepresented in STEM fields. Pride and other 2022 awardees will be honored at BEYA’s annual awards...
There were many challenges this year – finishing the restoration of the Lower Missouri River Basin from the catastrophic flood event of 2019, reintegrating the workforce safely during the COVID-19 pandemic, and hurricane first responder deployments. But in the face of unprecedented adversity, the USACE, Omaha District team rose to each challenge by leveraging its industrious culture and continued to successfully support its worldwide...
