27 Nov 2023

ERDC’s Environmental Laboratory’s graphene research leads to a collaboration with NASA

Scientists and engineers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) are conducting research that could lead to sustaining and advancing technology more efficiently and at a lower cost, both on Earth and in space.

14 Nov 2023

Understanding Global Hydrology

Scientists with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) are exploring potential opportunities by utilizing a collaboration between ERDC, NASA, U.S. Air Force, and other DOD agencies in the development of Global Hydro Intelligence (GHI).

20 Oct 2023

Dwindling capacity at Tuttle Creek Reservoir calls for an urgent and innovative solution

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is no stranger to sediment build-up issues. The organization is responsible for maintaining and managing thousands of miles of inland and intracoastal waterways, channels, ports and harbors with a dredging budget of more than $1.7 billion in fiscal year 2023 alone. Presently, USACE researchers are taking on a slightly different challenge and investigating new methods to diminish the accumulation of sediment in lakes and reservoirs caused by dams.

20 Oct 2023

Crowdsourcing bathymetry could provide near-time picture of nation’s inland waterways

Taking advantage of vessels already on the water, an effort in the works at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) will use those vessels’ depth finders and GPS to create a snapshot of a channel and any obstructions that may exist.

12 Sep 2023

ERDC assists the New England District in the management of hydrilla

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Aquatic Plant Management Team in the Environmental Laboratory is working alongside the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New England District to research and develop effective methods in managing the aquatic invasive plant species hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata) in the Connecticut River.

5 Sep 2023

New Orleans District’s Canda Lorson selected for ERDC University

Researchers from 10 U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2023 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Canda Lorson, a hydrologist with the New Orleans District, was chosen to participate in the detail program, now in its eighth year.

9 Aug 2023

IWR’s Michael Deegan selected for ERDC University

Researchers from 10 U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2023 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Michael Deegan Ph.D., social scientist with the USACE Institute for Water Resources in Alexandria, Virginia, has been chosen to participate in the detail program.

27 Jan 2023

ERDC Releases New Data Sheet for Identifying Ordinary High Watermarks

For 10 years, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) has  led research on the development of a national manual and data sheet to identify the Ordinary High Water Mark (OHWM) across the United States. The national manual was released as an interim draft and describes the OHWM, which is used to define the boundaries of aquatic features for a variety of federal, state and local regulatory purposes.

3 Aug 2022

USACE Engineering With Nature program recognized with international award

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering With Nature (EWN) program was recently recognized by the U.K. Environment Agency.

29 Nov 2021

Water Recover Patent awarded to Construction Engineering Research Laboratory team

Creating an energy-efficient invention to recover clean water for Soldiers in austere environments proved worthy of US Patent 11,029,044, “High Volume Air Stream Water Recovery System,” awarded in June to the research team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction and Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Champaign, Illinois.

7 Sep 2021

USACE announces launch event for International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features for Flood Risk Management

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will hold a virtual international launch event with its partners on Sept. 16 at 10 a.m. CDT, to celebrate release of the seminal publication, International Guidelines on Natural and Nature-Based Features (NNBF) for Flood Risk Management.

25 Aug 2021

New trial for using advanced weather forecasts to retain more water proves successful

A new report evaluating a pilot program to use advanced weather and streamflow forecasts to enhance water storage capabilities at a Riverside County, California, dam found that enough water could be conserved to supply an additional 60,000 people per year.

26 Jul 2019

Geospatial Research Laboratory team receives water quality patent

ALEXANDRIA, Va.—A test and purify invention worthy of a patent can be used for cleaner and safer

25 Jul 2019

Corps Water Quality Committee visits Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory

HANOVER, N.H. (July 18, 2019) – “It’s the first time the Corps’ Water Quality Committee has met at

11 Jan 2019

Corps to assess levee project’s impact on the environment

VICKSBURG, Miss. (Nov. 27, 2018)--Dr. Jacob Berkowitz, Dr. Rich Fischer and Dr. Jack Killgore, along

21 Apr 2017

Scientists participate in NASA’s SnowEx

U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering

20 Apr 2017

Gurtowski wins award for teamwork

Luke Gurtowski, a research chemical engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development

16 Aug 2016

ERDC demonstrates new equipment, approach

Developing efficient and effective protection systems for the seven species of sea turtles, which have existed since the time of the dinosaurs, continues as an ERDC research priority. With a streamlined shell design for swimming, these turtles differ from their land cousins, having no ability to retract heads and legs into their shells.

11 Aug 2016

Corps to launch new resource for dredging community

Website on thin-layer placement to debut in Aug. 31 webinarThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s

27 Aug 2015

Brame judges Desal Prize competition as ERDC expert

Dr. Jonathon Brame shared his expertise as a research environmental engineer in the ERDC-EL