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  • February

    ERDC ELG team members participate in the “Telling a Story” exercise.  Members of each team arrange their photographs to tell a story.
    17 Feb 2017

    Emerging leaders group hosts icebreaker

    To start the New Year the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s 2017 Emerging Leaders
  • Dr. Jackie Richter-Menge was recently awarded the U.S. Army Engineer Association’s Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal by Army Captain Joseph Marut during her retirement ceremony at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory.
    17 Feb 2017

    Polar researcher honored with de Fleury Medal during retirement ceremony

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering
  • ERDC executives visited the Bundeswehr Research Institute for Materials, Fuels and Lubricants in Erding, Germany.  From left to right are Capt. D. Swanson, Air Force ESEP to WIWeB, ERDC Deputy Director Dr. David Pittman and Dr. Andy Martin, EL and EL Director Dr. Beth Fleming; Professor Dr. H. Ortner, WIWeB, M. Griffin, AMARDEC ESEP to WIWeB, Dr. E. Schneider, WIWeB; James Davis, GSL, GSL Director Bart Durst; RDECOM-ATL Technical Director Ed Pontiatowski; WIWeB Director Professor Dr. H Meier, ERDC International Research Office Director Dr. Russell Harmon; and Gernot Löwenstein, BAAINBw.
    15 Feb 2017

    ERDC executives visit Germany’s BAAINBw Technical Centers

    An executive team from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center visited the three
  • Knowledge Core - a DSpace-based digital repository platform established in Feb. 2017 to  host ERDC’s technical reports and other archival and historical items. Search - ERDC LIBRARY
    15 Feb 2017

    Information Science and Knowledge Management Branch launches a new Digital Repository Service, Knowledge Core

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Information Technology Laboratory’s
  • Capt. William Le Baron Jenney was given the task to shorten the Union supply line as Grant’s soldiers pushed deep into Mississippi. This relief portrait in Vicksburg National Military Park honors the chief engineer of the XV Corps. Jenney went on to become a world-famous architect and is considered “father of the modern skyscraper.”
    10 Feb 2017

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 17: The Logistician and the Architect

    Introduction:Engineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • Dr. Clint Smith, a research biologist in the U.S. Army Research and Development Center’s Geospatial Research Laboratory has been selected by the Integrated Sensor Architecture lead of the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate to chair the Geospatial Community of Interest for the U.S. Army Intelligence Support Activity.
    8 Feb 2017

    GRL’s Smith selected as lead advisory chair of the Geospatial-Community of Interest

    Dr. Clint Smith, a research biologist in the U.S. Army Research and Development Center’s Geospatial
  • January

    A map of the battlefield prepared by Union engineers shows Union and Confederate lines at the outset of the battle at the Big Black River Bridge, May 17, 1963. Destruction of the bridge across the river afforded Gen. Pemberton’s army to pull back to Vicksburg after their defeat.
    28 Jan 2017

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 16: The Blitzkrieg of the Vicksburg Campaign

    Introduction:Engineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • This photograph shows one of the AEP monitoring sites. Each site is equipped with three interconnected components – from left, a solar panel, web camera and data acquisition system (white box) that collects data from an anemometer and temperature/humidity sensor. The site provides daytime images and 24/7 data of meteorological events at the site during the cold weather months.
    27 Jan 2017

    Collaborative study aims to reduce power outages from icing

    Researchers with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and
  • Researchers prepare a boom with a hopper attachment that conveys/drops herder/igniter tubes into a basin at the Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, recently.
    27 Jan 2017

    Researchers assist with oil herder/igniter testing for spill response

    Researchers with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and
  • 27 Jan 2017

    ERDC named to Million Dollar Board

    Benjamin Franklin’s famous quote, “A penny saved is a penny earned,” is a principle all should live
  • Omar Flores has been named chief of the Survivability Engineering Branch of the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
    24 Jan 2017

    Flores named GSL branch chief

    Omar Flores has been named chief of the Survivability Engineering Branch of the Geotechnical and
  • At his farewell ceremony in December, Lt. Col. Nilber Cruz was presented an Army Commendation Medal by ERDC’s Commander Col. Bryan Green for meritorious service while displaying exceptional leadership and technical excellence while working on numerous research projects at ERDC.
    18 Jan 2017

    Brazilian officer completes exchange program

    As a participant in the Military Personnel Exchange Program, Brazilian Army Lt. Col. Nilber Teixeira
  • Dr. Igor Linkov, senior science and technology manager at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, has been selected by the Department of Defense (DoD) as Laboratory Scientist of the Year for the second quarter of fiscal year 2020. During that timeframe, Linkov led the development of a model series to predict DoD and Federal Emergency Management Agency COVID-19 mission-critical needs in multiple jurisdictions.(Photo by Igor Linkov)
    9 Jan 2017

    Corps of Engineers researcher selected for professional recognition

    Dr. Igor Linkov of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center has been selected as a
  • Rear Adm. David Dixon Porter commanded the Mississippi Squadron throughout the Vicksburg campaign. The naval forces under his command proved a key factor in Union victory at Vicksburg.
    9 Jan 2017

    The Engineers at Vicksburg Part 15: The Forts of Grand Gulf

    Introduction: Engineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • December

    Researchers from ERDC’s Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory set up the drilling rig on the new coring barge. The shallow-draft vessel can reach areas inaccessible to land-based and larger drill rigs, and provides a new capability for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers researchers.
    19 Dec 2016

    New vessel allows greater reach for scientists

    A team with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center developed a vessel that provides
  • Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen commanded Confederate forces at Grand Gulf. Fiery and aggressive, he proved to be Pemberton’s finest division commander. Bowen contracted dysentery during the siege of Vicksburg, and died a few days after the city surrendered.
    16 Dec 2016

    The Engineers at Vicksburg Part 14: Preparing for a Union crossing

    Introduction: Engineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • 9 Dec 2016

    ERDC S&T engagement with the Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières

    The Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières, also known as the French Geological Survey, is a
  • A DECON effluent treatment system that can treat virtually anything, minimize DECON water requirements, be rapidly deployed and easy to maintain, and be able to minimize the volume of DECON waste requiring management/disposal.
    9 Dec 2016

    Addressing decontamination with ERDC research

    Scientists at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center are currently conducting
  • Geotechnical Engineer Axe Montalvo and Huntington District Geologist Erica Medley prepare glacial outwash materials in a cylindrical flume which has pressure transducers located on the top and bottom. Before the test, the laser is adjusted to measure the depth of the sample as material is eroded.
    8 Dec 2016

    Huntington District’s Medley discovers ERDC University opportunities

    The lure of hands-on involvement in research and lab work attracted Huntington District Geologist
  • Polar sea ice researchers from the Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory pose for a group photo with visitor Anja Rösel, Norwegian Polar Institute, (l to r) Bruce Elder, Dr. Jackie Richter-Menge, Anja Rösel, Dr. Chris Polashenski and Dr. Don Perovich.
    8 Dec 2016

    Lab hosts Norwegian Polar Institute researcher

    Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Polar
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