HANOVER, N.H. (April 10, 2019) – Human Capital Specialist Michele Hammond accepts the U.S. Army Research and Development Center-CRREL Chili Cook-Off plaque from 2018 champ and security specialist Bill Loven. Hammond’s chili, “Cumin Get It” (aka #5) proved to be the favorite as judged by more than 50 attendees. Eleven ERDC-CRREL chili chefs competed this year and used names including, “Mad Cow Chili,” “Promethean Harvest,” “Catch me if you Cayenne” and “CRREL con Fuego.”

HANOVER, N.H. (April 8, 2019) – Writer-editor Emily Moynihan, second from left, speaks with Marissa Torres, research general engineer; Amelia Menke, civil engineer; and Michelle Michaels, physical scientist — as well as with Dartmouth University intern, Isabel Boettcher. The topic of discussion is the Greenland Inland Traverse, an effort that Boettcher has been involved with. Funded by the National Science Foundation, GrIT is a two-month-long, 1,400-mile, round-trip traverse operation to transport thousands of pounds of equipment, fuel and supplies to resupply science stations on the Greenland Ice Sheet. The conversation is taking place at the Bring-Your-Own-Mug kickoff event for National Library Week at the ERDC-CRREL library. The ERDC library features 300,000+ items in the collection - 28,000+ online journals - 34,000+ online books & reports. erdclibrary@ask-a-librarian.info | 601.501.7632 - text | search > ERDC Library

HANOVER, N.H. (April 3, 2019) – Major General Helen Pratt, Director of Logistics and Engineering, Headquarters, North American Aerospace Defense Command and United States Northern Command, speaks with Danielle Kennedy and Christopher DeCarlo, research civil engineers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center. Kennedy and DeCarlo describe the ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s cold regions pavement infrastructure technologies. “This is my first visit to ERDC’s Cold Regions Laboratory,” Maj. Gen. Pratt said. “You always hear that CRREL delivers excellent solutions for all things cold — it’s good to finally see it up close and reassuring to know that NORAD and NORTHCOM have such great R&D partners as we continue to maintain homeland defense as our number one priority.”

HANOVER, N.H. (April 2, 2019) – Research geographers Carl Green and Emeline Schindler, joined management program analyst Linda Castro (purple) and human capital specialist Michele Hammond (not pictured) as they represented the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center at Dartmouth College’s Employer Connection Fair. ERDCinfo@usace.army.mil | search > ERDC or USACE Careers

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