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  • October

    Art/Graphic: Innovation Alley
    25 Oct 2016

    2016 Innovation Alley: Solving Problems

    The Innovation Alley concept has been developed to improve ERDC employee engagement, better support
  • Confederate Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton: Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, the Pennsylvanian in gray who commanded the Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana, remained in Vicksburg while fighting raged along the banks of Chickasaw Bayou north of the city.
    14 Oct 2016

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 08: Sherman’s assault at Chickasaw Bayou

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

    Confederate Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn: The Port Gibson native led a daring raid in December 1862, which destroyed Grant’s advance base of supplies at Holly Springs and compelled the Federals to fall back to Memphis.
    30 Sep 2016

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 07: Grant Advances South

    IntroductionEngineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • 29 Sep 2016

    Albuquerque District’s Brown selected for ERDC University

    Devastating erosion caused by western wildfires across 160,000 acres led to the current project for
  • Confederate Maj. Gen. Martin L. Smith, a former topographical engineer, directed that the Vicksburg defense perimeter be extended both north and south of the city.
    23 Sep 2016

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 06: Staying the Hand of the Destroyer

    IntroductionEngineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • The line of defense around Vicksburg as designed and constructed consisted of nine major forts connected by a continuous line of rifle-pits. The line was anchored on the Mississippi river above and below the city and guarded all land access to Vicksburg. This 1929 map of the Vicksburg National Military Park shows Confederate defenses in red, and Union siege lines in black, forming a crescent surrounding the city.
    15 Sep 2016

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 05: The Line of Defense

    IntroductionEngineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • San Francisco District’s Cynthia Fowler adjusts the air bubbles’ curtain at the Engineer Research and Development Center’s 33,000 gallon fish flume for invasive and native species research, as her adviser, Environment Laboratory’s Research Ecologist Dr. Christa Woodley, observes. As one of eight district researchers and scientists selected for ERDC University’s inaugural class, Fowler is participating in a six month collaborative research project at the Vicksburg, Mississippi, campus. As part of her master’s degree program, she is studying the effects of hydraulic hopper dredging on all fishes with EL Advisers Dr. David Smith and Woodley.
    7 Sep 2016

    San Francisco’s Fowler selected for ERDC University’s inaugural class

    For the unique opportunity, San Francisco District’s Cynthia Fowler gladly trades California’s
  • During the naval siege of Vicksburg, Brig. Gen. Thomas Williams put his men to work with pick and shovel to excavate a canal across the base of De Soto Point, opposite Vicksburg, in a failed effort to bypass Confederate batteries.
    2 Sep 2016

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 04: Grant's Canal

    IntroductionEngineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • August

    Dr. Jackie Richter-Menge in the field wearing her signature pink hat, a distinguishing feature when she is in the field.
    26 Aug 2016

    Army Corps polar researcher appointed member of USARC

    Dr. Jacqueline A. “Jackie” Richter-Menge a polar researcher with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and
  • Gerardo I. Velazquez, a research civil engineer in the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, has been awarded the 2016 Great Minds in STEM Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp.’s Professional Achievement Award in Civil Engineering.
    26 Aug 2016

    GSL researcher wins Great Minds in STEM award

    Gerardo I. Velazquez, a research civil engineer in the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory of the
  • Captain David Harris of the Confederate engineers oversaw placement and construction of the river batteries at Vicksburg.
    26 Aug 2016

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 03: Cannons over Vicksburg

    IntroductionEngineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • Confederate president Jefferson Davis, longtime resident of Warren County, referred to Vicksburg as the “nail head that held the South’s two halves together.”
    19 Aug 2016

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 02: Gibraltar of the Confederacy

    IntroductionEngineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • The 2016 Women of Color Magazine Technology All-Star Award was recently awarded to Dr. Ghada S. Ellithy, a senior research civil engineer in the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory of the U.S. Engineer and Research Development Center. She is recognized for her more than 21 years of civil engineering experience with ERDC, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the private sector.
    17 Aug 2016

    GSL researcher wins 2016 Women of Color Technology All-Star Award

    Dr. Ghada S. Ellithy, a senior research civil engineer in the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory
  • ERDC Research Hydraulic Engineer Tim Welp checks the movement of "tickler chains" designed to move sea turtles out of the way of dredging activities. The chains form a curtain extending off the dredging drag arm approximately 25 feet ahead of the draghead.
    16 Aug 2016

    ERDC demonstrates new equipment, approach

    Developing efficient and effective protection systems for the seven species of sea turtles, which have existed since the time of the dinosaurs, continues as an ERDC research priority. With a streamlined shell design for swimming, these turtles differ from their land cousins, having no ability to retract heads and legs into their shells.
  • Terry Winschel, historian for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, uses a power washer to clean off a unique prototype military vehicle designed with “tri-star” wheels. Winschel is on a mission to preserve and restore historic prototypes tested by ERDC since the 1960s.
    12 Aug 2016

    Saving a history of innovation and ingenuity

    Hands-on historian works to share the story of Army Engineer R&D Standing in white coveralls, power
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Dredging Operations Technical Support (DOTS) Program is launching a new website dedicated to the practice of thin-layer placement
of dredged material in a webinar August 31.
    11 Aug 2016

    Corps to launch new resource for dredging community

    Website on thin-layer placement to debut in Aug. 31 webinarThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s
  • At the outbreak of hostilities between the states, President Abraham Lincoln declared Vicksburg “the key,” and said “the war can never be brought to a close until that key is in our pocket.”
    9 Aug 2016

    The Engineers at Vicksburg, Part 01: The Spinal Column of America

    IntroductionEngineers in Union blue and Confederate gray played a prominent role in the Vicksburg
  • July

    14 Jul 2016

    USACE video highlights "Contingency Base Site Identification for the Tactical Environment" software

    As a stand-alone software application, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's "Contingency Base Site Identification for the Tactical Environment" provides military planners with the ability to remotely sense potential CB site locations through weighted algorithms based upon military planning factors.
  • June

    Susan Taylor, Ph.D., research scientist at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, is serving as one of the guest editors for the June 2016 issue of Elements, An International Magazine of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology, featuring "Cosmic Dust."
    28 Jun 2016

    USACE scientist edits 'Elements' magazine

    Susan Taylor, Ph.D., research scientist at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering
  • The Corps of Engineers is committed to ensuring that sustainability is not only a natural part of all our decision processes, but should also part of our organizational culture. We define sustainability as an umbrella concept that encompasses energy, climate change and the environment to ensure that what we do today does not negatively impact tomorrow.
    18 Jun 2016

    Construction Engineering Research Laboratory and Partners Awarded for Sustainability Efforts

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research
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