Jason Anderson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District, shows off the automate instrumentation at J. Percy Priest Dam in Nashville, Tenn., June 16, 2016. (USACE photo by Vanessa Bateman)
Maj. Justin Toole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District deputy commander, encourages 36 participants of the Hydropower Acquisition Course June 19, 2018 at Tennessee State University’s Avon Williams C More
Matthew Short, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District instrumentation technician, demonstrates how to take manual inclinometer readings at J. Percy Priest Dam June 16, 2016. Inclinometers are used to m More
Keith Thole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District civil engineer, works through practical examples with students during an instrumentation prospect course at J. Percy Priest June 16, 2016. (USACE pho More
Shawn Worthington, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division in Portland, Ore., talks with participants taking the Hydropower Acquisition Course June 19, 2018 in Nashville, Tenn., about sharing process More
A total of 30 students receive classroom instruction during the dam and levee instrumentation and performance monitoring training held at J. Percy Priest Dam in Nashville, Tenn., June 16, 2016. (USACE photo by More
Jamie James, Nashville District Hydropower Rehabilitation Program manager, tells participants taking the Hydropower Acquisition Course June 19, 2018 in Nashville, Tenn., that the Corps of Engineers almost alway More
Georgette Hlepas, senior geotechnical engineer with the Dam Safety Modification and Mandatory Center of Expertise in Huntington, West Va., demonstrates instrumentation software during classroom instruction at J More
Participants of the Hydropower Acquisition Course consider scenarios requiring them to identify issues and develop proposed solutions during an exercise to culminate the course June 22, 2018 in Nashville, Tenn. More
Vanessa Bateman, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District’s Civil Design chief, reviews J. Percy Priest Dam case history with students before going out to the dam in Nashville, Tenn., to take instrument More
Georgette, Hlepas, senior geotechnical engineer with the Dam Safety Modification and Mandatory Center of Expertise in Huntington, West Va., examines drain holes and uplift cells with a student in the gallery of More
Jason Anderson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District, shows students the automated instrumentation installed at J. Percy Priest Dam in Nashville, Tenn., during a hands-on class June 16, 2016. (USACE More
Matthew Short, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District instrumentation technician, shows students how to take manual inclinometer readings at J. Percy Priest Dam June 16, 2016. Inclinometers are used to More
Participants of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s first-ever Hydropower Acquisition Course pose together upon completing the course June 22, 2018 in Nashville, Tenn., at Tennessee State University’s Avon Willia More
Keith Thole, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District civil engineer, demonstrates reading a manual piezometer with students, including Ed Blackburn, civil engineer in the Nashville District’s Soils and More