28 Sep 2012

EL’s Russo Receives ASCE Recognition

ERDC Environmental Laboratory’s (EL) Dr. Edmund Russo recently received board certification as a Diplomate, Coastal Engineering, and Diplomate, Navigation Engineering, by the American Society of Civil Engineers’ (ASCE) Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port and Navigation Engineers (ACOPNE).

28 Sep 2012

SMEs Named for Corps Sea Level Change Policy and Implementation

ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) Researcher Patrick O’Brien, serving the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico, and Coastal Engineer Heidi Moritz, Portland District, serving the West Coast, were named subject matter experts (SMEs) for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ sea level change policy and implementation.

28 Sep 2012

ERDC Chairs Regional Sediment Management and Engineering with Nature Workshop

ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory’s Linda Lillycrop (CHL) and Environmental Laboratory’s (EL) Dr. Todd Bridges chaired the recent Regional Sediment Management (RSM) and Engineering with Nature (EWN) workshop in Portland, Ore.

25 Sep 2012

New Issue – Critical Technologies in Shock and Vibration

ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) provided leadership to the recent publication of The Shock and Vibration Information Analysis Center (SAVIAC), Volume 7, Issue 2 of the Critical Technologies in Shock and Vibration journal.

20 Sep 2012

TEC Researchers Earn Army R&D Achievement Award

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20 Sep 2012

ERDC Researcher Chairs NATO Advanced Research Workshop

ContactPublic Affairs Office601-634-3188HELLA Iceland -- An ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL)

20 Sep 2012

ERDC Helps Memphis District Redesign Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway Activation System

In the spring of 2011, the mighty Mississippi put on a show that no one ever wanted to see. As the river rose to historic levels, civilian safety became the number one concern for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).

14 Sep 2012

CRREL Scientist Recognized at Levee Safety Community of Practice Meeting

ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Scientist Bryan Baker was recently recognized at a levee safety community of practice meeting in Southbridge, Mass.

14 Sep 2012

Paper on Reactive Porcelain Enamel Coating Research Accepted by Journal

Researchers with ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) and Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) were recently notified that their paper on reactive porcelain enamel coating had been accepted for the Journal of Construction and Building Materials.

13 Sep 2012

ERDC’s 2012 USACE Innovation of the Year Winner – MICA Expands its focus

Sept. 13, 2012ContactPublic Affairs Office601-634-3188DETROIT, Mich. -- The U.S. Army Corps of

13 Sep 2012

TEC’s Technology Aides Boy Scouts at Merit Badge Camp

Each summer, Boy Scout troops in the Tri-State Area Council of the Boys Scouts converge on a camp site in Thurmont, Md.

13 Sep 2012

EL Fish Biologists Assist Mississippi River Museums

ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) biologists recently assisted Vicksburg District personnel by providing guidance and specimens for a live-fish exhibit at the new Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretative Site in downtown Vicksburg.

5 Sep 2012

CERL Assists Fort Bragg’s Orbit Comet Water Security Exercise

ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s (CERL) Dr. Mark Ginsberg and U.S. Army Public Health Command’s Dr. Steven Richards, at CERL to provide technical support, recently received certificates of appreciation for their participation and support during Fort Bragg’s full-scale water security exercise, Orbit Comet.

5 Sep 2012

ERDC Sponsors STEM Teacher Workshops

Several ERDC sites recently sponsored STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) teacher workshops for middle school and high school teachers using Material World Modules (MWM) kits.

5 Sep 2012

ERDC’s Advanced Materials Initiative Produces 2nd Generation Super Fiber Design

ERDC Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Researchers Drs. Charles Cornwell and Charles “Bob” Welch’s work on carbon nanotube bundles was recently featured in the July 25th issue of the Molecular Simulations journal.

5 Sep 2012

TEC Tests Mast-Mounted LiDAR for Deployable Force Protection at MSCoE/CBITEC Forward Operating Base

A series of experiments were conducted in collaboration with the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE formerly MANSCEN) and the Contingency Base Integration Technology Evaluation Center (CBITEC) to test the capabilities of mast mounted LiDAR for Persistent Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance (P-ISR).

5 Sep 2012

ESB’s Punt Upgrades CRREL’s Cool Robot

ERDC-Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Electronics Engineer Doug Punt poses with the Cool Robot, one of two robots that have spent time in Greenland and the Antarctic detecting crevasses and conducting remote sampling and research.

5 Sep 2012

Palmer-Moloney Sees deployment as a Benefit to ERDC

In describing her deployment to Afghanistan, ERDC-Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) Senior Research Geographer Dr. Laura Jean Palmer-Moloney said, “It was the only way that I could work in the Helmand River watershed to extend the research being performed with the Civilian-Military Operations/Human-Environment Interaction (CMO-HEI).”

5 Sep 2012

CRREL Blows Snow for Deere

The well-known and long-time farm tractor manufacturer John Deere is looking at making some changes to one of its product lines and is performing research at ERDC-CRREL.

31 Aug 2012

ERDC Participates in Joint Logistics Exercise

Dr. Jimmy Fowler from CHL and Dr. Joseph Padula from GSL recently traveled to the U.S. Army Joint Expeditionary Base, Fort Story, Va., to participate in the Joint Logistics Over the Shore 2012, an annual joint exercise sponsored by the U.S. Transportation Command.