Engineer Research and Development Center News

ERDC researchers conduct water assessment at USAG Bavaria-Garmisch in Germany

Justus Reed, Public Affairs Specialist — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:15:54 GMT

Ensuring safe, reliable drinking water is critical to protecting Soldier health and maintaining mission readiness at U.S. military facilities worldwide. To support that objective, three researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) recently traveled to a U.S. military base in Germany to evaluate water quality, resilience and treatment needs.

Autonomous barge kits improve logistical capabilities for joint forces

Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 17:09:46 GMT

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has partnered with the U.S. Transportation Command to develop Scalable Autonomous Modular Propulsion kits for coastal and riverine Operational Logistics, or SAMPOL.

CRREL team pioneers fiber-optic technology to measure ice thickness

Justin Campfield, public affairs specialist — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 14:09:39 GMT

A team of scientists at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire, is putting fiber-optic cable to a much more unconventional use: determining the thickness – and therefore safety – of freshwater ice.

CERL archaeologists conduct geophysical survey to identify potential burial sites

Justus Reed, Public Affairs Specialist — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 19:33:13 GMT

Archaeologists from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) are working on a project centered on surveying and identifying known and unknown burial sites. In June, CERL archaeologists recently conducted a non-invasive geophysical survey to identify potential locations for ancestors' burial in the upper Wabash Region in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District.

Coastal engineer rescues children caught in large vessel wakes

Tim Reeves, ERDC Corporate Communications Office — Fri, 01 Aug 2025 14:40:09 GMT

In March, Tanner Jernigan was supporting an ongoing research project on Tybee Island, Georgia, when the unthinkable happened and Jernigan jumped in to rescue the lives of three children. Jernigan, a coastal research engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), works at the ERDC Field Research Facility, part of the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory.

ERDC enhances HAB detections through interactive, real-time dashboard

Sophia Espinosa, Public Affairs Specialist — Mon, 05 May 2025 15:07:43 GMT

A team from the the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is making strides to combat harmful algal blooms (HABs) through its innovative Depth Resolved Algal Bloom Mapping (DRABM) initiative. By creating an interactive, real-time dashboard that visualizes subsurface water quality data, ERDC is transforming how HABs are detected and managed, helping to protect public health, support local economies and enhance flood risk management operations.

ERDC plays critical role in review of first 3D printed Army barracks

Sophia Espinosa, Public Affairs Specialist — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:20:00 GMT

The U.S. Army is taking a giant leap into the future of military construction with the debut of its first-ever additively constructed (3D-printed) Army barracks in Fort Bliss, Texas, and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) played an important role in making the demonstration successful.

ERDC-CRREL’s Fragoso named LUCI fellow

Pentagon News — Tue, 10 Dec 2024 15:39:10 GMT

The Department of Defense has named Dr. Anthony Fragoso, a research physicist at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), a 2025 Laboratory-University Collaboration Initiative (LUCI) fellow.

ERDC R&D honored at USACE Innovation Awards

Justus Reed, Public Affairs Specialist — Fri, 06 Dec 2024 17:04:41 GMT

Groundbreaking research and technologies earned the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) multiple accolades at the 2024 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Innovation of the Year Awards.

ERDC researchers discovering hidden caves in Alaska

Sophia Espinosa, Public Affairs Specialist — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 19:20:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Engineer Research Development Center's (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) is leading a study alongside the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to document cave biodiversity in the TNF and explore how these unique subterranean communities are connected using molecular genetic tools.

ERDC partners with UW-Madison and NPS to advance historic preservation

Sophia Espinosa, Public Affairs Specialist — Tue, 15 Oct 2024 15:15:42 GMT

A team of experts from ERDC's Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the National Park Service is using advanced fiber optic technology and 3D scanning to improve historic preservation and structural monitoring.

Base of oyster reef restoration project in the Mississippi Sound completed

By Mary Miller Morgan, public affairs specialist — Tue, 01 Oct 2024 20:45:00 GMT

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) recently worked alongside the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) to complete a crucial phase of a collaboration project to investigate methods for optimizing oyster habitat restoration in the Mississippi Sound.

ERDC-CRREL scientists install sensor-laden buoys in one of the planet’s “hardest places” to reach

Justin Campfield, public affairs specialist — Thu, 12 Sep 2024 14:00:00 GMT

As part of NASA's ARCSIX research program, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory scientists Dr. Chris Polashenski, Tricia Nelsen and Roy Hessner engineered and deployed specially modified, sensor-laden buoys into the Arctic Ocean north of Canada and Greenland near the North Pole in an effort to help NASA better understand Arctic sea ice melting.

ERDC supports modernized Army barracks pilot project

Pentagon News — Wed, 21 Aug 2024 19:20:10 GMT

The U.S. Army broke ground on a military barracks project at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington, on August 7, 2024. The new, one-of-a-kind facility will feature sustainable building materials and design techniques informed by research from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).

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.

Preserving History: ERDC research aims to revive Nation's oldest West Coast Naval cemetery

Sophia Espinosa, Public Affairs Specialist — Tue, 16 Jul 2024 18:56:11 GMT

For many, cemeteries are a place of remembrance, honor and peace. On top of that, for a group of researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), cemeteries also hold a significant amount of respect and history.

Engineering With Nature: An Atlas, Volume 3 Showcases Global Innovation and Collaboration in Nature-Based Solutions

By Mary Miller Morgan, public affairs special — Wed, 22 May 2024 14:08:00 GMT

The newest edition of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineering With Nature (EWN) Atlas series, Volume 3, will be released May 22, 2024. Building on the success of its predecessors, Volume 3 continues to spotlight the remarkable projects and initiatives harnessing the power of nature-based solutions (NBS) around the world.

Multi-laboratory project explores ways to deliver manpower, supplies over complex Arctic shorelines

Justin Campfield, public affairs specialist — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 15:29:16 GMT

Earlier this month, Integrated Support for Operations in Polar Seas (ISOPS) team members – comprised of interdisciplinary personnel from ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory – conducted fieldwork in Utqiagvik, Alaska, aimed at accelerating development of environmental support tools for Logistics-Over-The-Shore (LOTS) operations across Arctic coastal boundaries.

ERDC researcher using insects to help the Warfighter and the Nation

Sophia Espinosa, Public Affairs Specialist — Wed, 24 Apr 2024 19:37:00 GMT

ERDC's Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) is known to discover, develop, deliver and sustain trusted engineering and scientific solutions impacting built and natural infrastructure for the Warfighter and the Nation. Researcher Anne McCarthy takes that mission seriously, so she's called in Madagascar hissing cockroaches for her project "Insect antennae for odorant-driven real-time decision processing," which basically means their antennae will help identify and sense chemicals in an area.

Two ERDC labs team up for one cool project

Kaley Skaggs, public affairs specialist — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 16:19:30 GMT

Two ERDC laboratories, the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) and Cold Regions Research Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), collaborated to conduct several full-scale placements of JetCon JC400 rapid-setting concrete as a part of the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering’s Foreign Comparative Testing program.