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National Engineers Week 2010 begins 15 February. The PHS Engineer Awards Breakfast will be held on Thursday, 18 February at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration White Oak Campus in Silver Spring, MD.  We will honor the Agency Engineers of the Year at this event. (click here for details)

Newsletter - December 2009 (click here to view past newsletters)
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Pacific Partnership 2009

CAPT James Ludington, P.E., is currently the USPHS Officer in Charge (OIC) on the Pacific Partnership 2009 mission in the  South Pacific.  The Pacific Partnership 2009 is the fourth in a series of U.S. Naval Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civil assistance missions.  This year Pacific Partnership will travel to Oceania, including Kiribati, Republic of the Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands and Tonga. The Military Sealift Command dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE 4) serves as the enabling platform for Pacific Partnership. 

                                   

CAPT Ludington installs individual slow sand filter system in hospital kitchen and primary school.  There are 15 filter units donated through PP2009 for use in Tonga.

The Hispanic Officers Advisory Committee (HOAC) is recruiting members for 2010.  The deadline to submit an application is September 15, 2009.  Click here for more information.

2009 Engineer Award Winners

Mission of PHS Engineers

PHS engineers play a vital role in the overall PHS mission to protect and advance the health of the nation:

  • Provide sound engineering expertise in the support of specific agency objectives
  • Use engineering skills to safeguard the public and to research and identify solutions to the many health-related problems that face our nation
  • Remain on the cutting edge of engineering disciplines and technology as we face the health and environmental challenges of the future
  • Provide assistance directly to the American people in the form of professional consultation and the provision of health-related facilities

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