5 YELLOW JACKETS PERFORM FLYOVER IN HONOR OF ASTRONAUT JOHN YOUNG ON MAY 14, NASA held a memorial service and tree dedication ceremony at Johnson Space Center in Houston for astronaut and Georgia Tech alumnus John Young, ME 82, who died in January. During the event at the Astronaut Memorial Grove, five Tech alumni participated in a flyover tribute: (as pictured,
left to right): Chris Condon, ME 96; NASA astronaut Doug Wheelock, MS AE 92; Ray Heineman, IM 84, AE 01; Brett Pugsley, ME 97; and NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough, MS OR 98. They flew a four-plan “missing man” formation in a final salute to the legendary test pilot and space pioneer.
HENDREN HEADS ENGINEERING DIVISION OF CORPS OF ENGINEERS DISTRICT TRACY HENDREN, CE 94, MS CE 06, has been named to lead the Engineering Division of the Savannah District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Hendren assumed responsibility for planning, directing, coordinating and executing the engineering components of the Savannah District’s military construction, civil works, and hazardous, toxic and radioactive waste programs in March. Among his responsibilities, Hendren oversees engineering designs for the $973 million Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, which will deepen the nation’s fourth busiest container port an additional 5 feet. The Savannah harbor is a major contributor to the Georgia economy. Before taking over the senior engineering post, Hendren headed the hydrologic and hydraulic engineering branch, which dealt with
the civil works portion of district’s engineering program. Now he will also oversee engineering of military construction projects at Army and Air Force installations in Georgia and North Carolina, such as firing ranges, barracks, runways and other support facilities. Hendren is a registered professional engineer in Georgia. After working in the private sector, Hendren joined the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in 1998 in Jacksonville, Fla., where he worked as a water manager, dam safety officer and as the geotechnical engineer serving as the lead for several projects including the Herbert Hoover Dike System. Following his tour in Jacksonville, he spent 10 years working at the South Atlantic Division in Atlanta. He moved to the Savannah District in 2014 to lead the hydrologic and hydraulic engineering branch before being promoted to his current post.
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