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  • August

    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).
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    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.
  • ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Researcher Kevin Bjella, on left, guides U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Command Sgt. Maj. Karl J. Groninger through the Center’s permafrost tunnel, located in Fox, Alaska.

    ERDC’s Alaska Engineers Host Command Sergeant Major at Permafrost Tunnel

    ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s (CRREL) Alaska Research Office – Fairbanks recently hosted a visit by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Command Sgt. Maj. Karl J. Groninger of the Center’s Permafrost Research Facility, Fox, Alaska.

  • ERDC-Supported Research Commences with U.S. Military Academy

    ERDC laboratories will soon expand research projects through the use of the established ERDC-West Point research partnership. Both ERDC’s Construction Engineering Laboratory (CERL) and Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) will host cadet research.
  • ERDC Deputy Commander Maj. Thomas Clair evaluates one of the many obstacles at the Tough Mudder event held recently at Vermont’s Mount Snow.

    ERDC’s New Deputy Commander is One Tough Mudder!

    ERDC Deputy Commander Maj. Thomas Clair is a proven Tough Mudder after recently placing in the top five percent of the grueling 10-plus mile challenge at Vermont’s Mount Snow.

  • ERDC and Center for Innovation and Engineering Brief Joint Engineer Operations Course

    ERDC Engineering Fellow Lt. Col. Steven D. Hart and the Center for Innovation and Engineering’s Deputy Director Dr. Led Klosky recently conducted an online briefing for the Joint Engineer Operations Course (JEOC).

  • EL Teaches Acoustic-Based System for Detecting/Mapping Submersed Aquatic Vegetation

    ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) researchers recently conducted a three-day class in the use of a low-cost, acoustic-based system for detecting and mapping submersed aquatic vegetation at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
  • The Mohave ground squirrel is a California-listed endangered species and is a Priority 1 species for the U.S.

    ERDC CERL’s Delaney Chairs DOD Legacy-Funded Mohave Ground Squirrel Workshop

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s (CERL) David Delaney recently chaired a workshop funded by the Department of Defense (DOD) Legacy Program on Mohave ground squirrels in Barstow, Calif.
  • Cadet McCauley

    USMA Cadet Assists CRREL with Snow Roads

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) hosted U.S. Military Academy (USMA) Cadet Abigail “Abby” McCauley this summer as a research assistant for Civil Engineer Dr. Sally Shoop on the Snow Roads project.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Supervisor of the Year, ERDC-EL’s Antisa “Tisa” Webb, confers with Environmental Research Ecologist Sarah Miller, who says Webb is a fantastic supervisor who does what is right rather than what is easy.

    EL's Webb Earns USACE “Supervisor of the Year” Title

    ERDC boasts many first-ever accolades. One team member recently captured the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) first-ever “Supervisor of the Year” title, garnering kudos as the outstanding example for future nominees.
  • ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Arctic Researcher Jackie Richter-Menge poses recently with a piece of a Greenland Ice Core in a minus 24 degree Fahrenheit cold room, while briefing a very chilly group from St. Paul’s School, Concord, N.H.

    CRREL Hosts Visit of Advanced Studies Group

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Researchers Jackie Richter-Menge and Leonard Zabilansky recently hosted a group of students from St. Paul’s School’s (Concord, N.H.) Advanced Marine Biology course.
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    ERDC Advanced Materials Initiative Team Participates in Int’l Ceramics Congress

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s (CERL’s) Tom Carlson recently presented a poster paper on work towards an advanced ceramic composite to the 4th International Congress on Ceramics (ICC4) in Chicago.
  • Dr. Boddu

    CERL’s Boddu to Be Inducted into American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellowship

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s Dr. Veera Boddu was recently elected by the board of directors, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), as a Fellow of the Institute, the highest grade of membership.

  • ERDC Researchers Commended for Environmental Data Cube Support System Work

    ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) Researchers Alex Baylot, Greg Green, Dr. George Mason, and Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Researchers Dr. Susan Frankenstein and John Eylander, provided support to the Director of Defense Research and Engineering High Level Task Environmental Data Cube Support System (EDCSS), June 2010 to June 2012.
  • Dr. Welch

    ERDC’s Welch Gives Overview of NRC Review of National Nanotechnology Initiative

    ERDC Information Technology Laboratory’s Dr. Bob Welch recently gave an overview of five National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) Nanotechnology Signature Initiatives (NSI) for the National Research Council (NRC) NNI Review, and briefed the NSI Nanotechnology Knowledge Infrastructure (NKI) initiative.

  • ERDC Contributes to DOD Document on National Security Challenges

    The Department of Defense (DOD), with input from ERDC researchers, recently released a document of essays titled "National Security Challenges: Insights from Social, Neurobiological, and Complexity Sciences."

  • July

    Student researcher Elizabeth Rayfield (left), a sophomore at Mississippi State University, shows scouts and leaders how the endurance of juvenile paddlefish is measured.

    ERDC Fish Ecologists Teach Conservation to Local Cub Scouts

    To complete requirements for their World Conservation Award badges, the Cub Scouts of Den 1 - Pack 110 in Vicksburg, Miss., recently visited ERDC’s Fish Ecology Laboratory.