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  • April

    The Electronics Services Section built and coded the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system, which is currently being put in Nashville District hydropower plants and Detroit District hydropower plant. The control system will allow Corps engineers to operate hydropower plants from within the Nashville District. Electrical Engineer Skylar Holloway, Senior Electronics Mechanic Allen Hay, Hydropower Plant Senior Electronics Engineer Luke Ditto, and ESS Supervisor Richard Reiger show the Remote Terminal Unit simulator the team built and used to conduct testing before making and coding the system currently being installed at the Corps hydropower plants.

    Nashville District Engineers build and install new Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system

    HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (April 3, 2023)— The Nashville District Corps of Engineers installed the first part of a new Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system at J. Percy Priest hydropower plant located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it is remotely operated from Old Hickory hydropower plant in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

  • February

    Officials recognized Kimberly Edwards, Hydropower Remote Operations Program manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District Operations Division, as a “Modern-Day Technology Leader” during the 36th Black Engineer of the Year Awards Technology Recognition Ceremony Feb. 18, 2022, in Washington D.C. She is seen here Feb. 15, 2022, at Old Hickory Dam Hydropower Plant in Hendersonville, Tennessee. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Program manager recognized as ‘Modern-Day Technology Leader’

    WASHINGTON D.C. (Feb. 18, 2021) – Officials honored the Hydropower Remote Operations Program manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District as a “Modern-Day Technology Leader” during the 36th Black Engineer of the Year Awards’ Technology Recognition Ceremony today at the Omni Shoreham Hotel.

  • May

    The Motor Vessel John Wepfer delivers two 90-ton transformers May 18, 2021 to the Barkley Dam Powerplant on the Cumberland River in Kuttawa, Kentucky. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District is replacing the transformers in the switchyard that have been in service since 1971. (USACE Photo by Lee Roberts)

    Barkley Powerplant transforms its switchyard

    KUTTAWA, Ky. (May 20, 2021) – The Barkley Powerplant is transforming its switchyard with the delivery of two 90-ton transformers Wednesday via a barge on the Cumberland River.

  • June

    USACE photo by Mark Rankin

    Corps mentors Tennessee State University STEM students at Summer Engineering Program

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 28, 2018) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has partnered with the Tennessee State University College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 18 through June 28 on the campus of TSU.

  • July

    Grant Bingham, an electrician at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cordell Hull Power Plant in Celina, Tenn., is the employee of the month for May 2017.

    Bingham named Nashville District Employee of the Month for May 2017

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 17, 2017) – Grant Bingham, an electrician at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Cordell Hull Power Plant in Celina, Tenn., is the employee of the month for May 2017.
  • Greg Forte, an Old Hickory power plant senior mechanic, at the Old Hickory Lock and Dam provides NSTI students with information about the interior operations of the Old Hickory Power Plant on June 21, 2017. Both were part of a group of 17 students who attended the Tennessee State University Engineering Department's four-week NSTI National Summer Transportation Institute program that introduces students to various aspects of engineering. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has partnered with the Tennessee State University College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 20 through July 2 on the campus of TSU.

    Corps Engineers STEM message for college bound students

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 12, 2017) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District has partnered with the Tennessee State University College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 20 through July 2 on the campus of TSU.

  • June

    A group of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math summer camp students from Dickson, Tenn., toured the Cheatham Lock and Dam June 15, 2017.

    STEM students fascinated with Cheatham Lock and Dam

    ASHLAND CITY, Tenn. (June 15, 2017) – A team of engineering professionals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District welcomed a group of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math summer camp students today for an overview of Corps careers and tour of the Cheatham Lock and Dam today.

  • May

    A group of students and teachers from Martin Luther King, Maplewood, Hillsboro, and Nashville School of the Arts High schools and four college students from Tennessee State University during their visit May 4. A team of engineering professionals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District welcomed the group for a Corps career overview and tour of the Old Hickory Lock and Dam in Hendersonville, Tenn.

    STEM students learn about engineering on dam tour

    OLD HICKORY, Tenn. (May 18, 2017) – A team of engineering professionals from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District recently welcomed area high school and college students for a Corps career overview and tour of the Old Hickory Lock and Dam in Hendersonville, Tenn.

  • June

    Tenesse Henderson, an electrical engineer from the Nashville District talks with students from the Tennessee State University NSTI program at the Old Hickory Lock, June 22, 2016. The students are attending the Tennessee State University Engineering Department's four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program.

    Corps prepares future student engineers at Summer Engineering Program

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 24, 2016) –The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District collaborated with the Tennessee State University College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students involved in a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program on the campus of TSU June 20 through July 1.

  • August

    Jim Graham, electrical engineer in the Engineering Division Civil Design Branch, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for June 2015. He is recognized for his significant contributions and demonstrated professionalism, innovation and electrical engineering expertise in support of the control programming and startup of the Olmsted Lock on the Ohio River in the Louisville District.

    Nashville District names Graham employee of the month for June 2015

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Aug. 20, 2015) – Jim Graham, electrical engineer in the Engineering and Construction Division Civil Design Branch, is the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Employee of the Month for June 2015.

  • July

    (Left) Old Hickory Park Ranger, Trey Church and Park Ranger Mark Klimaszewski from the Nashville District talk with 19 students about Water Safety. The students are attending the Tennessee State University Engineering Department's four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program that introduces students to various aspects of engineering on July 1, 2014 on the campus of TSU.

    Corps helps prepare STEM students at college summer program

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 7, 2014) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District collaborated with the Tennessee State University Engineering Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 30 through July 3 on the campus of TSU.

  • October

    Jonathan Sims, a journeyman mechanic works inside the penstock on wicket gates located inside the Laurel River Dam. A group of electrical and mechanical engineers from the Wolf Creek power plant are performing routine maintenance.

    Maintenance inspection on track at Laurel River Dam

    LONDON, Ky. (Oct. 30, 2013) – A team of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District electrical and mechanical engineers are conducting a two-year required maintenance inspection at the Laurel River Dam.

  • July

    (Center) Chris Sherek, an Old Hickory Hydropower trainee at the Old Hickory Lock and Dam from the Nashville District provides students Jessica Dedeaux from Wiggins, Miss., and John Fitzgerald, Jr., from Memphis, Tenn with information about the operations of the Old Hickory Lock and Dam on June 27, 2013. Both were part of a group of 17 students who attended the Tennessee State University Engineering Department's four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program that introduces students to various aspects of engineering. Both Dededaux and Fitzgerald plan to attend Tennessee State University and study Engineering.

    Corps helps prepare future engineering students at Tennessee State University

    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 11, 2013) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District collaborated with the Tennessee State University Engineering Department to mentor science, technology, engineering and math students during a four-week National Summer Transportation Institute program June 9 through July 7, 2013.