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  • November

    ERDC briefs U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research’s (CERL) Tina Hurt and Peter Heinricher briefed the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) regional environmental compliance coordinators and FWS headquarters staff on the updates to federal, state and fish and wildlife regulations.
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    GSL’s Grogan keynote speaker at ASCE Miss. Section meeting

    ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) Acting Director Dr. William P. Grogan was the keynote lunch speaker at the recent 2012 American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Mississippi Section Meeting in Biloxi, Miss.
  • Members of the ERDC/West Point SIP-Hut team discuss material requirements for experimental and objective line research.

    ERDC and West Point Partner to Re-Shape the Army

    The Army has been building Barracks Huts (or B-Huts) to temporarily house military personnel the same way since WWII.

  • October

    Robotics Student Kelsey McMaster gives Vicksburg-Warren School District administrators a demonstration of the team’s robot in the ERDC Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Center.

    Vicksburg-Warren School District administrators visit ERDC

    ERDC’s Vicksburg, Miss., campus recently hosted a visit of principals and administrators from the Vicksburg-Warren School District (VWSD) as part of an educational partnership agreement between ERDC and the VWSD.
  • Afghan Uniformed Police assumed responsibility for the newly constructed headquarters shown above on Oct. 20, 2012. ERDC hydraulic engineer Mike Winkler served as project manager.

    Winkler Manages Development of Police Headquarters in Afghanistan

    Michael Winkler, a hydraulic engineer for ERDC, has been project manager for construction of a new Afghan Uniformed Police (AUP) headquarters building in Daykundi province.
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    Carbon Nanotube-Infused Zinc Coating Combines Barrier Properties with Cathodic Protection

    A new zinc primer nanocoating, developed through a collaboration between the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC CERL) (Champaign, Illinois) and Tesla Nanocoatings, Inc. (North Canton, Ohio), uses carbon nanotube (CNT) technology to inhibit the corrosion of steel.
  • Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport.

    ERDC IRO facilitates Nepal Airport disaster response plan

    KATHMANDU, Nepal–ERDC’s International Research Office (IRO) provided support to an airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, on behalf of the U.S. Pacific Command for a disaster response plan.
  • The calving front, or break-off point into the ocean, of Helheim Glacier, located in southeast Greenland, May 2005. This glacier is one of the fastest moving glaciers in the world.

    LiDAR technology scans Greenland glacier

    Oct. 26, 2012ContactPublic Affairs Office601-634-3188HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland--An ERDC Remote
  • ERDC Environmental Laboratory Research Fisheries Biologist Dr. Jan Hoover (right), shows Conservationist Theodore Roosevelt IV, a paddlefish. (Photo by Jack Killgore, ERDC-EL)

    EL Fish Biologists Provide River Tour for Prominent Conservationist

    ERDC Environmental Laboratory’s (EL) Fish Ecology Team recently conducted fishery demonstrations and a tour of the Mississippi River for Theodore Roosevelt IV, a prominent conservationist who is the great-grandson of the 26th president of the United States, “Rough Rider” and naturalist, Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, and guests.
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    CRREL debuts work on WorldIndex transportation program at PCASE meeting

    An ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) researcher recently presented work on CRREL’s WorldIndex database during the Pavement-Transportation Computer Assisted Structural Engineering (PCASE) Executive Committee Meeting in Atlanta, Ga.
  • The Waldo-Hancock Bridge spans the Penobscot River in Maine, May 2010.

    ERDC field tests historic suspension bridge

    Researchers with ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structural Laboratory (GSL) and Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) recently conducted dynamic tests on the Waldo-Hancock Bridge near Bucksport, Maine.
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    Former ERDC employee honored for promoting science one student at a time

    Ruth Hidalgo-Hernandez’s belief that mentoring, guidance, and the sharing of her experiences and knowledge can inspire others will be honored during the Salute to our STEM Military and Civilian Heroes Dinner at the HENAAC™ national convention in October.
  • Jim Hynum (left) and Sgt. 1st Class Jeffrey Moran set up a broadband global area network at Far East District compound in Seoul, South Korea, in preparation for the annual combined force exercise, Ulchi Freedom Guardian.

    Satellite communications link Forward Engineer Support Teams

    No matter where they are deployed, each Forward Engineer Support Team (FEST) must be able to reachback and communicate with stateside and other deployed command and control units. The FESTs use a commercial-off-the-shelf capability, designed and developed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Reachback Operations Center (UROC) at ERDC in Vicksburg.

  • Field Force Engineers Equals Force Multiplier

    Designed to provide immediate technical engineering support to the Warfighter or in a disaster area, the Forward Engineer Support Teams – Main and Augmentation (FEST- M and FEST-A) bring a small team of experts, equipment and reach back capabilities that are the equivalent of a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers district office.
  • Hon. Katherine Hammack

    ERDC Briefs Army Assistant Secretary on Installation Energy Security Strategy

    An ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) electrical engineer, currently on sabbatical at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories, recently participated in a briefing for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations (ASA-IEE), Energy and Environment, in Albuquerque, N.M.
  • The Simulation-bAsed VEhicle Control Training (SAVE-CT) driving simulator allowed festival participants to navigate a virtual vehicle over a challenging course.

    ERDC STEM outreach program impacts students of all ages

    In 2010, Dr. Peggy Wright was appointed by Dr. Jeffery Holland, director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), as the assistant director for Human Capital (HC), and was tasked with building and implementing an outstanding program for student outreach in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM).
  • Dr. Billy E. Johnson, recipient of the 2012 ASCE Engineer of the Year award, Mississippi section.

    EL’s Johnson Awarded Mississippi Section ASCE 2012 Engineer of the Year Award

    ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) Research Civil Engineer Dr. Billy E. Johnson, recently received the Mississippi Section American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2012 Engineer of the Year award.
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    Research on hot-mixed and warm-compacted asphalt for emergency paving

    ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory’s (GSL) Dr. Jesse Doyle’s research, "Emergency Paving Using Hot Mixed Asphalt Incorporating Warm Mix Technology," was recently published in the International Society for Concrete Pavements’ International Journal of Pavement Engineering.
  • Dr. Jan Hoover (r) and MSU engineering student Liz Rayfield examine a paddlefish specimen at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Vicksburg, Miss.

    Bio-Inspiration, Paddlefish, and Soldiers – What’s the Connection?

    The scientific method known as “bio-inspiration” uses nature to inform technology, adapting attributes of plants and animals into technology that could be used by humans.

  • ERDC lab supports winter ops for DOD missile defense site in Turkey

    5 Oct. 2012ContactPublic Affairs Office601-634-3188HANOVER, N.H.--A team of researchers with ERDC’s