As a 29-year careerist with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Dr. Russo currently serves as the Director of the Environmental Laboratory for the US Army Engineer Research and Development Center, a position he assumed in September 2020. Dr. Russo leads the laboratory in providing relevant, value-added technology supporting the environmental mission of the US Army Corps of Engineers, the US Army, the Department of Defense, and the nation. The laboratory’s interdisciplinary staff of over 280 engineers, scientists, technicians, and support personnel, plans and executes all phases of the technology development process, from basic research to field implementation to commercialization. Partnering with federal and state agencies, academia, and private sector, the laboratory uses its distinctive technical capabilities to resolve complex, multidisciplinary environmental sustainability problems.
Wood, M. D., Collier, Z. A., Bridges, T. S., and Russo, E. 2018. “Mental Models of Navigation Safety to
Inform Risk Management Decisions: Case Study on the Houston Ship Channel.” Journal of Risk and
Uncertainty in Engineering Systems Part A: Civil Engineering, 4(3), 05018001-1–05018001-12.
Russo, E.J. 2016. “Sustainable and Resilient Development of Nationally Significant Water Resources on
the Texas Coast.” 2016 National Conference on Ecosystem Restoration. Coral Springs, FL.
Russo, E.J., T.S Bridges, L.S. Lillycrop, C.J. Banks, and T.C. Parks. 2015. “Co-Development and Pilot
Demonstration of USACE Enterprise Tools for Optimally Sustainable Dredged Materials Life Cycle
Management, Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, High Island to Brazos River, Texas.” Dredging 2015
Conference, Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses, USA and the Coasts,
Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers. Savannah, GA.
Bridges, T.S., K.A. Burks-Copes, and E.J. Russo. 2015. “Dredging for Coastal Resilience.” Dredging
2015 Conference, Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses, USA and the
Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute of American Society of Civil Engineers. Savannah, GA.
Collins, G.B., E.J. Russo, and T.S. Bridges. 2015. “Lessons Learned from Coastal Beneficial Use
Features in Galveston Bay and Application to Engineering with Nature.” Proceedings, Western
Dredging Association and Texas A&M University Center for Dredging Studies Dredging Summit
and Expo 2015. Houston, TX.
Bridges, T.S., J. Lillycrop, J.R. Wilson, T.J. Fredette, B. Suedel, C.J. Banks and E.J. Russo. 2014.
“Engineering with Nature” Promotes Triple-Win Outcomes. Terra et Aqua, No. 135, June, 2014, pp.
17-23, International Association of Dredging Companies, The Hague, The Netherlands.
Russo, E., J. Corbino, J. Binet, and G. Suir. 2014. Wetlands Treatment of Raw Water Dredge Effluent
Facilitates Restoration of Fifi Island. 2014 PIANC World Congress, San Francisco, CA.
Burks-Copes, K.A. and E.J. Russo. 2014. Risk Quantification for Sustaining Coastal Military Installation
Assets and Mission capabilities, Technical Report. RC-1701 Project. Department of Defense
Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP), Alexandria, VA.
Schwartz, H. G., M. Meyer, C.J. Burbank, M. Kuby, C. Oster, J. Posey, E.J. Russo, and A. Rypinski,
2014: Ch. 5: Transportation. Climate Change Impacts in the United States: The Third National
Climate Assessment, J.M. Melillo, Terese (T.C.) Richmond, and G.W. Yohe, Eds., U.S. Global
Change Research Program, 130-149. doi:10.7930/J06Q1V53.