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Researchers analyze, share DUNEX data for coastal resiliency
6/1/2023
As the 2023 hurricane season begins, participants in the U.S. Coastal Research Program (USCRP)-supported During Nearshore Event Experiment (DUNEX) are hard at work to analyze their collected data and...
ERDC-CHL researchers assess hazardous vessel wakes near Tybee Island
3/1/2023
Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District and the city...
ERDC’s Field Research Facility to hold ribbon cutting ceremony for new annex
1/6/2023
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new annex building at its Field Research Facility in Duck, North Carolina, January 19 at 10...
ERDC’s Dunkin named USACE Manager of the Year
11/10/2022
Lauren Dunkin, chief of the Coastal Engineering Branch at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), has been named the U.S. Army Corps...
National Hispanic Heritage Month: Fostering diversity and inclusivity through STEM
9/29/2022
Each year, September 15 marks the beginning of National Hispanic Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the legacies and cultures of Hispanic American citizens who come from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean...
San Francisco District’s Harper continues ERDC University project
9/2/2022
Spencer Harper, a coastal engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District, reached the halfway mark in his research project with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and...
ERDC researchers test designs for lock improvements along the Upper Ohio River
7/28/2022
Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) have partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Pittsburgh District for a study focused on replacing...
Chicago District’s Miller continues ERDC University project
7/27/2022
Dr. Jennifer Miller, a supervisory environmental engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District, reached the half-way mark in her research project with the U.S. Army Engineer...
Smith inducted into the ERDC-WES Gallery of Distinguished Employees
7/21/2022
Dr. Jane McKee Smith became the newest member inducted into the Waterways Experiment Station (WES) Gallery of Distinguished Employees in a ceremony held at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and...
RD22 workshop addresses R&D challenges, emphasizes strategic collaboration
5/5/2022
Scientists and engineers from across the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) participated in the organization’s Research and Development 2022 (RD22) workshop and symposium, April...
ERDC’s Flowers passionate about community involvement
4/20/2022
Keith Flowers, the deputy director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), is passionate about getting involved in the community he...
Local Boy Scouts camp out, tour ERDC
4/18/2022 UPDATED
A Vicksburg Boy Scout troop recently visited the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Waterways Experiment Station for a weekend campout and a hands-on look at some of the...
Meet the inventors: Bed-load transport measurement technique
2/17/2022 UPDATED
What did it take for the four-member research team who developed the “ISSDOTv2 bedload transport methodology” to create a U.S. patent-worthy invention? For this team, it was made possible by varied...
Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory invention team receives patent for bed-load transport measurement technique
2/17/2022 UPDATED
Utilizing their combined decades of experience in river mechanics, a four-member team of research physicists and hydraulic engineers with the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) combined...
ERDC engineers and scientists participate in Girl Scout workshop
2/17/2022
A group of female engineers and scientists from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg recently came together to speak to 30 Girl Scouts from the Vicksburg area...
Women in STEM at ERDC
2/11/2022
ERDC is proud of the outstanding women on our team who are discovering, developing and delivering solutions to make the world safer and better. Meet some of the women at ERDC who are leading the way...
ERDC researchers awarded SEED grants
2/1/2022
Two researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) have been awarded funds through the Science, Mathematics, and Research for...
Sisco joins the ERDC’s Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory
10/21/2021
Adam Sisco has joined the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory’s Hydrologic Systems Branch at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)...
Cagle joins the ERDC’s Coastal, Hydraulics Laboratory
9/22/2021
Taylor Cagle has joined the Hydrologic Systems Branch in the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)...
New trial for using advanced weather forecasts to retain more water proves successful
8/25/2021
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...
ERDC researchers engage citizen scientists in data collection
8/11/2021
Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), along with the U.S. Geological Service, Marda Science and James Madison University, are engaging citizen scientists in a...