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  • September

    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.
  • 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.