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  • March

    Dr. David W. Pittman became the Director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), headquartered in Vicksburg, Mississippi, in March 2017. As Director, he manages one of the most diverse research organizations in the world – seven laboratories located in four states, with more than 2,100 employees, $1.2 billion in facilities, and a $1 billion annual program.
    22 Mar 2017

    Pittman selected to helm Corps of Engineers R&D

    Dr. David W. Pittman was named as Director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
  • Vernessa Noye was recently named chief for the Software Engineering and Evaluation Branch in the Information Technology Laboratory at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi.
    21 Mar 2017

    Software branch chief selected

    Vernessa Noye was recently named chief for the Software Engineering and Evaluation Branch in the
  • U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory engineers hosted Applied Research Associates Inc. testing onsite using the Geophysical Research Facility, an outdoor refrigerated basin, to measure burn efficiency of oil in ice. In the foreground a computer screen visually monitors and streams the testing live to sponsors. In the background, researchers use visible and infrared cameras to measure thermal properties.
    17 Mar 2017

    Cold Regions research aids oil spill response

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering
  • Researchers successfully attempted a repaving design that incorporated buried extruded polystyrene (foam insulation boards) to prevent permafrost thaw at the most critical locations on the runway.
    16 Mar 2017

    Three ERDC labs come together for success in Thule, Greenland

    Three laboratories of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center -- Cold Regions
  • The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory once again anchored Hanover’s annual Occom Pond Party snow sculpture contest. Leading the CRREL crew (14+ family members) was Associate Technical Director Randy Hill, who created a Hungarian Horntail Dragon. Besides CRREL’s sculpture, there were two other snow sculptures and all three were declared winners. The Occom Pond Party is a family-oriented event during the Dartmouth College Winter Carnival.
    16 Mar 2017

    CRREL team sculpts dragon at annual Occom Pond Party

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering
  • The Materials Science Community of Practice Meeting brought researchers, external collaborators and extramural partners together to discuss current research and new capabilities. Researchers from the Engineer Research and Development Center’s seven laboratories participated in person and via web conference.
    10 Mar 2017

    GSL hosts materials science workshop

    The Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center
  • 10 Mar 2017

    Social Media @Work N @Home #ERDC

    If you recognize some of the above symbols, you might be into Facebook, Twitter or other social
  • One of the pontoon bridges Gen. Ulysses Grant ordered built across the Big Black River immediately after Maj. Samuel Lockett, the Confederate chief engineer, burned the railroad bridge to allow the a retreat to Vicksburg without Union pursuit.
    9 Mar 2017

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 18: Bridging the Big Black River

    Introduction:Engineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • The Honorable Katherine G. Hammack poses with Engineer Research and Development Center’s Fulton C. Carson.  Carson served the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy & Environment) as the ERDC liaison officer.
    1 Mar 2017

    Liaison officer presented challenge coin

    The Honorable Katherine G. Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy &
  • February

    Attendees of the USACE Comprehensive Environmental Compliance Assessment Training Course pose for a group picture.  The course, hosted at ERDC Vicksburg on Jan. 23-26 provided a comprehensive approach to the Environmental Review Guide for Operations for Civil Works operations and other USACE projects from a policy, process, and practical perspective.
    22 Feb 2017

    ERDC’s Safety and Environmental Management Office collaborates with USACE Vicksburg District for training to advance environmental compliance

    In a joint collaboration between the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center and the U.S.
  • Phoenix Runway engineers take time to cheer their engineering success!  From left is U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Research Civil Engineer Terry Melendy, with National Science Foundation Operations Manager and former CRREL Engineer Maggie Knuth, and CRREL Research Civil Engineer George Blaisdell. The researchers and NSF operations manager recently completed a deep-snow, wheeled aircraft runway capable of landing heavy cargo planes safely. “With the successful completion of the Phoenix runway, we have done something that no one else has done, said Melendy.”
    18 Feb 2017

    Globemaster is first to land on new Antarctic deep-snow runway

    A McChord Air Force Base C-17 Globemaster III, a heavy military transport aircraft, recently made
  • 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
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