16 Nov 2012

CHL’s Pre-Hurricane Sandy and Pre-Nor'easter Modeling

ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), working through the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Reachback Operations Center (UROC), was asked by the USACE New York District to provide numerical modeling of potential inundation and overland flooding for Hurricane Sandy that made landfall on Oct. 29 and the nor'easter that followed on Nov. 7.

16 Nov 2012

Novel technique for infilling porous materials developed

ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory researchers, in partnership with researchers from the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez and the U.S. Patent Office recently published new research in the Journal of Applied Electrochemistry.

16 Nov 2012

ERDC enters partnership with Vicksburg Warren School District

ERDC recently entered into an educational partnership agreement with the Vicksburg Warren School District (VWSD). The educational partnership agreement will support the mutual advancement of science and technology education.

16 Nov 2012

CERL hosts STEM outreach refresher using video gaming tool

ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) recently hosted training by the National Center for the Advancement of STEM Education – a DimensionU Refresher workshop for middle school mathematics teachers.

15 Nov 2012

Flood Stoppers eCYBERMISSION Team wins state championship with ERDC’s help

With their award-winning website main page displayed in the background, the Flood Stoppers eCYBERMISSION Team met with ERDC Commander Col. Kevin Wilson, far right, to share their accomplishments in this year’s competitions and receive his congratulations.

15 Nov 2012

EL’s Getsinger Receives Aquatic Plant Science Award

Dr. Kurt Getsinger, ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL), recently received the Aquatic Plant Science Award at the 13th Annual Northeast Aquatic Plant Management Society (NEAPMS) meeting in New Castle, N.H.

15 Nov 2012

Vicksburg LDP goes green with new organization recycling plan

ERDC Vicksburg’s recycling efforts, in recent years, have been limited to modest amounts of paper, scrap metal and wood, as well as a few smaller items, such as prescription bottles and eyeglass and products collected on an ad hoc basis by employees. The current Leadership Development Program (LDP) class hopes to change that with the launch of a new recycling initiative.

15 Nov 2012

Students make major contributions to fish barrier project

Two undergraduate students employed at ERDC’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) during summer 2012 shared a unique experience when they contributed to a project at Chicago’s electric fish barriers.

9 Nov 2012

CERL’s Delaney selected “Individual Expert” by the nominating committee for the Acoustical Society of America Committee on Standards

ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s (CERL) David Delaney was recently elected to serve a one-year term as an individual expert (IE) with the National Standards Subcommittee on Animal Bioacoustics within the Acoustical Society of America.

2 Nov 2012

ERDC supports 12th European Regional Conference of the ISTVS

Nov. 2, 2012ContactPublic Affairs Office601-634-3188PRETORIA, South Africa--ERDC’s International

2 Nov 2012

ERDC supports 7th International Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy

ERDC’s International Research Office (IRO) provided support to the recent 7th International Symposium on Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS).

2 Nov 2012

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.

2 Nov 2012

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.

1 Nov 2012

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.

29 Oct 2012

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.

28 Oct 2012

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.

26 Oct 2012

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.

26 Oct 2012

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.

26 Oct 2012

LiDAR technology scans Greenland glacier

Oct. 26, 2012ContactPublic Affairs Office601-634-3188HELHEIM GLACIER, Greenland--An ERDC Remote

23 Oct 2012

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.