Engineer Research and Development Center News

Finding the slope: Tilt table offers solutions in hydraulic testing

Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist — Wed, 14 May 2025 19:15:42 GMT

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.

Acoustic Camera Systems and Methods for Large-Scale Flow Analysis in Turbid Field Environments receives patent

Mary Bradley Warnock, ORTT — Sat, 28 Dec 2024 16:55:06 GMT

The Acoustic Camera Systems and Methods for Large-Scale Flow Analysis in Turbid Field Environments is a breakthrough technology developed at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) to revolutionize how researchers and engineers monitor fluid motion in turbid waters where traditional optical methods face limitations due to visibility.

Modular Bathymetry Systems and Methods: A Revolutionary Approach to Underwater Mapping

Mary Bradley Warnock, ORTT — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 15:00:00 GMT

The recently patented Modular Bathymetry Systems and Methods, developed by researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), offers a groundbreaking solution for underwater terrain mapping.

From waste to resource

Chris Kieffer, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center — Mon, 29 Jul 2024 21:07:00 GMT

A new project from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is helping meet ambitious goals for beneficially using the material it dredges by exploring how 3D printers can transform the dredged sediment into a building block for ecosystem restoration.

ERDC researchers assess time-of-year restrictions for James River dredging

By Mary Miller Morgan, public affairs specialist — Mon, 12 Feb 2024 17:17:00 GMT

Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) are conducting field studies along the lower James River in Virginia to assess the environmental impacts of dredging and if they continue to justify the existing time-of-year restrictions (TOYR) for dredging in the area.

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

By Carol C. Coleman, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center — Fri, 20 Oct 2023 20:27:00 GMT

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.

Kansas City District's Michael Mansfield selected for ERDC University

Patrice Creel, ERDC Office of Research and Technology Transfer — Thu, 24 Aug 2023 20:51:45 GMT

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 Mansfield, a river engineer in training (EIT) with the Kansas City District was chosen to participate in the detail program.

ERDC labs lead modernization of dredging evaluation guidance, tools for environmental compliance decisions

Jason Scott, ERDC Environmental Laboratory — Fri, 14 Jul 2023 15:49:17 GMT

The project delivery team for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Dredging Operations and Environmental Research, or DOER, Project 19-11 recently published technical guidance and tools for modernizing the conduct of dredging evaluations for open water disposal compliance.

ERDC, Buffalo District release dredged material guidance manual for Great Lakes region

Jason Scott, ERDC public affairs specialist — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 14:43:00 GMT

Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Great Lakes Districts — Buffalo, Detroit and Chicago — recently released a technical report which provides guidance for evaluating the environmental suitability of dredged material in the Great Lakes region.

ERDC mourns loss of dredging industry expert

By Carol C. Coleman, ERDC public affairs specialist — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 14:54:00 GMT

The dredging industry has suffered a great loss with the recent death of Timothy L. Welp, a research hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).