ERDC People in the News

ERDC, USACE host workshop in Botswana to help mitigate lead contamination
9/11/2025
Subject-matter experts from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Europe District recently traveled to Gaborone, Botswana to...
Vibration Proof: ERDC engineer helps protect B-2 bombers
9/3/2025
For nearly four decades, the B-2 Spirit, commonly referred to as the stealth bomber, has been the tip of the spear in the United States’ ability to project force on a global scale.The aircraft’s...
Savant selected as Fulbright Specialist
8/25/2025
Dr. Gaurav Savant, a senior scientific technical manager at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), has been selected as a Fulbright Specialist...
CRREL engineer earns a spot in The Explorers Club for Antarctic accomplishments
8/11/2025
The Public Affairs Office at the U.S. Army Engineer and Research Development Center's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) recently spoke with George Blaisdell about The...
ERDC divers essential to underwater research
8/7/2025
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) dive teams are called upon for a myriad of operations. Whether performing underwater inspections, maintenance or construction tasks, these teams are essential for...
ERDC and the 109th Airlift Wing team up for aviation first
7/8/2025
ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) has performed decades of research and fieldwork establishing that 55 inches of ice is the thickness required to land an LC-130 (a...
ERDC and NATO experiment advances engineer survivability
7/7/2025
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), along with the NATO Military Engineering Working Group’s Camouflage, Concealment, Deception, and Obscuration Team of Experts, recently...
Army Geospatial Center’s Matthew Rifkin Selected for ERDC University
5/30/2025
Matthew Rifkin, a physical scientist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Army Geospatial Center (AGC), has been chosen as one of five USACE participants for the 2025 session of the U.S. Army...
Finding the slope: Tilt table offers solutions in hydraulic testing
5/14/2025
Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) have constructed a tilt table to allow for the accurate and effortless change in slope on larger scale models...
Rising from the ashes: How ERDC's library recovered from a devastating fire in 1960
5/6/2025 UPDATED
ERDC's librarians continue the legacy of determination forged from the ashes of the 1960 fire that destroyed almost $2 million of equipment and facilities at the Waterways Experiment Station (WES)...