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  • September

    From left to right are Michael Case, ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory; Kelsie Baker, Dr. Igor Linkov, Dr. Beth Fleming, and Zachary Collier, ERDC Environmental Laboratory; and Dr. Russell Harmon, ERDC International Research Office, at the Sustainable Cities and Military Installations workshop in Hella, Iceland.

    ERDC Researcher Chairs NATO Advanced Research Workshop

    ContactPublic Affairs Office601-634-3188HELLA Iceland -- An ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL)
  • A blast goes off during activation of the Birds Point – New Madrid Floodway. (Photo by Oscar Reihsmann, ACE-IT)

    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).
  • Bryan Baker

    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.
  • An elemental mapping of Ca/Si/Fe as reported by ERDC researchers investigating reactive porcelain enamel coating on steel.

    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.
  • Detroit fire fighters use MICA to catalogue a vacant home.

    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
  • ERDC-TEC Meteorologist John Neander instructed Boy Scouts from Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., in order for Scouts to earn their Weather Merit Badge. (Photo by Sandra E. Neander)

    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.
  • From left, Aquarist Gabriel Valles, Alan Katzenmeyer, ERDC Environmental Laboratory, and Aquarist Mike Sutton observe paddlefish feeding in EL’s Fish Ecology Laboratory. Valles and Sutton maintain large aquaria that house Mississippi River fishes at the Tunica Riverpark and Museum.

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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.
  • Dr.Cornwell and Dr. Welch

    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.
  • Perimeter and environs point cloud and image model at Contingency Base Integration Technology Evaluation Center Forward Operating Base, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

    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).
  • Doug Punt poses with the Cool Robot

    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.
  • ERDC-GRL Senior Research Geographer Dr. Laura Jean Palmer-Moloney.

    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).”
  • John Deere Designer II Scott Macco checks a test vehicle recently while conducting icing tests at ERDC-CRREL. During this phase of the testing, the room was at minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit. To the left in the photograph, a snow gun blows snow at the vehicle and as the room warms, ice will form.

    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.

  • August

    The Joint Universal Causeway Interface Module project will deliver a compatible connection between the current Army Modular Causeway System and the Navy Improved Lighterage System.

    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.
  • Nelson

    CERL Researcher Garners First Place AEESP Award

    ERDC Construction Research Laboratory (CERL) Physicist/Environmental Engineer Andrew Nelson was recently notified that his master’s thesis, "Bench-Scale Evaluation of an Energy Efficient Acoustic Aerosol Purification Device with a Newly Designed Bioaerosol Testing and Evaluation Chamber," was selected for the first-place award from the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors (AEESP).
  • Hyperspectral reflectance

    TEC Researcher’s Detection of Explosives in Plants Published

    ERDC Topographic Engineering Center’s (TEC) research was recently published online in the journal Plant and Soil, "Distinguishing Natural from Anthropogenic Stress in Plants: Physiology, Fluorescence and Hyperspectral Reflectance."
  • Research Technician Trudy Fadden

    Teacher’s Summer at CRREL Is about Threes

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) summer contract Research Technician Trudy Fadden inventories, by height and number, the trifoliate leaf structure of pigeon-wing recently in CRREL’s greenhouse. Pigeon-wing, clitoria fragrans, is a trifoliate, meaning that it has three leaflets. It is a rare species of flowering plant in the legume family.
  • Passing around critters, Dr. Karl Gustavson shared ERDC Environmental Laboratory’s environmental efforts with Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics students who won first place competitions in their eCYBERMISSION contests nationwide.

    EL Scientists Entertain Winning Students at STEM Expo

    “ERDC’s growing involvement in eCYBERMISSION is a great way to teach young scientists and engineers about the opportunities in the Corps of Engineers and Army,” said ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) Senior Scientist Dr. Jeffery Steevens.
  • At the recent ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Student, Post-graduate and Post-doctorate Research Symposium, mentor Dr. Jim Lever, a mechanical engineer, and student intern Monica Preston poses with Preston’s poster “A Summer of Robotics.”

    CRREL Students/Interns Wrap-Up Summer with Symposium and Ice-Cream

    ERDC-CRREL’s Human Capital Team (HCT) recently hosted the Student, Post-graduate and Post-doctorate Research Symposium, bringing 14 young researchers and their mentors together to engage employees, family members, teachers and interested others in an effort to provide a broad professional experience.