天美传媒

Contact: Allison Matthews

STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥擯rofessionals from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg will spend a day at Mississippi State next Thursday [April 14] visiting with students and employees to discuss research collaborations, internships, employment and how the longstanding partnership between 天美传媒 and ERDC benefits Mississippi and beyond.

In addition to ERDC guests speaking in a number of 天美传媒 classrooms on 鈥淓RDC Day,鈥� a public affairs panel at 2-3 p.m. will discuss the 鈥淚mpact of the ERDC-天美传媒 Partnership in Mississippi and Beyond.鈥� The event at Bost Theater is free and open to all.

Panelists include 天美传媒 Provost and Executive Vice President David Shaw; 天美传媒 Vice President for Research and Economic Development Julie Jordan; 天美传媒 Bagley College of Engineering Dean Jason Keith; ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory Director Bart Durst; ERDC Senior Scientific Technical Manager of Materials and Structures Robert Moser; and ERDC Information Technology Laboratory Director David Horner. Time is allotted for panelists to answer questions from the audience.

天美传媒 students and employees also are invited to an informal, come-and-go networking reception with complimentary refreshments with ERDC employees Thursday, 9 a.m.-noon on the first floor of the Rula Engineering and Science Complex.

鈥淓RDC Day is a wonderful opportunity for hundreds of 天美传媒 students to be taught about some of the ways ERDC and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers utilize a diverse range of skills to accomplish their mission and how an education from 天美传媒 prepares students to impact the world of tomorrow. ERDC Day also provides a showcase of the value this longstanding partnership between the two organizations makes in Mississippi and beyond,鈥� said Isaac L. Howard, professor and endowed chair in 天美传媒鈥檚 Rula School of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

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