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    Dr. Tom Douglas

    CRREL’s Douglas Presents at Russian Conference

    Research Chemist Dr. Tom Douglas, with ERDC-CRREL’s Alaska Projects Office in Fairbanks, recently presented at the International Permafrost Association’s 10th International Conference on Permafrost (TICOP) in Russia.
  • Nelson

    CERL’s Nelson Awarded at AWMA Conference and Exhibition

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s Andrew Nelson recently received the First Place Doctoral Level Platform Paper Award at the 2012 Air and Waste Management Association’s (AWMA) Annual Conference and Exhibition, “Leading Environmental Frontiers,” in San Antonio, Texas.

  • CERL Researcher Presents at Wildlife Management Congress in South Africa

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory Researcher Dr. Harold Balbach recently presented the paper, “Developing an Organizational Relocation Policy” at the IV International Wildlife Management Congress, Durban, South Africa.
  • Amos Lee, a Champaign Unit 4 school teacher, loads a Tabula Digita math game as part of ERDC-CERL’s STEM program.

    ERDC’s Educational Outreach Programs Influence Thousands

    “We are raising a generation of ‘American Idols’ and ‘So You Think You Can Dancers,’ when what we really need is a generation of Gateses (Microsoft founder) and Zuckerbergs (Facebook founder),” said ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) Research Civil Engineer Shelley Tingle.
  • In Figure 2a (left), Dr. Mike Reynolds, ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory applies optical materials to a test lane for evaluation. In Figure 2b (right) is a LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) scan showing disturbed optical materials from an excavation.

    CRREL and TEC Hold Exploiting Sensing for Patterns Work

    ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) recently held the first of a series of coordinated experiments under the Exploiting Sensing for Patterns (ESP) work unit within the Geospatial Research and Engineering focus area.
  • Explosion is set off, part of the recent Deployable Force Protection demonstration at Fort Polk, La.

    Survivability Demo – Attendees Walk in Soldiers’ Shoes

    It is early evening, nearing the end of a long and exhausting day. The relentless sun has yet to show signs of cooling and everyone is hoping for a few hours of relaxation – and then the first explosion sounds.
  • Dr. Mlakar

    GSL’s Mlakar Participates in Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Meeting

    ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory’s Dr. Paul Mlakar recently participated in the annual meeting of the Engineering Accreditation Commission’s Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) held recently in Arlington, Va.
  • U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy leaves Dutch Harbor, Alaska, in support of ICESCAPE in 2010.

    CRREL geophysicist and program co-chief scientist leads discovery of Arctic phytoplankton bloom

    A team of scientists supported by NASA’s ICESCAPE (Impacts of Climate on the Eco-Systems and Chemistry of the Arctic Pacific Environment) program in 2011 discovered and documented a massive phytoplankton bloom beneath fully consolidated sea ice in the Arctic.
  • Dr. Pittman

    GSL Director Presented 2010 Presidential Rank Award

    ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) Director Dr. David Pittman was recently presented with the 2010 Meritorious Presidential Rank Award.

  • Monitor Our Flight: Students Set to Launch Weather Balloon

    The community is invited to monitor the flight of the ham radio equipped weather balloon flight to be launched as part of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) summer program for high school students, Gains in the Education of Mathematics and Science (GEMS).
  • Dr. Bianchini

    GSL researcher appointed TRB steering committee

    ERDC Geotechnical Structures Laboratory’s (GSL) Dr. Alessandra Bianchini was recently appointed to the steering committee of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Data Analysis Working Group (DAWG).

  • NORAD–USNORTHCOM Team Visits ERDC’s Permafrost Research Center

    ERDC’s Permafrost Research Center at Fox, Alaska, recently hosted a headquarters contingent from the North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and the U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM).
  • Dr. Kathleen Perales and Scott Jackson, ERDC Environmental Laboratory, received the 2012 Legends Award by the American Recreation Coalition. Pictured from left to right are Mary Coulombe, chief of Natural Resources Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Jackson, Perales and Derrick Crandall, president of the American Recreation Coalition.

    ERDC Researchers Receive Legends Award

    Dr. Kathleen Perales and Scott Jackson, ERDC Environmental Laboratory, received the 2012 Legends Award by the American Recreation Coalition.
  • The Surf Rescue squad board the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo (LARC) after civil engineering technician Mark Preisser saves three swimmers from rip current in the Atlantic Ocean near Duck, N.C. Photo provided by CHL.

    Hero on a LARC: Engineering Tech Sheds Shoes, Saves Lives

    After a day of gathering coastal survey information, it was time to wash the Army Corps of Engineers Lighter, Amphibious, Resupply, Cargo (LARC) vessel and head back to the office, then home for the evening.
  • ERDC's Environmental Laboratory partnered with ETS Inc. to commercialize biological polymers to stabilize and strengthen soil.

    ERDC and Partner Collaborate with EPA on Biopolymer

    ERDC Environmental Laboratory’s (EL) Dr. Steve Larson and Gary Nijak, ETS Inc., met with Colleen McKaughn, associate director, Air Division, Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Region 9 recently to provide scientific knowledge and technical guidance concerning the use of Rhizobium tropici biopolymer as a soil amendment for reducing fugitive dust and air particulates.

  • ERDC Plays Role in TRB Marine Transportation System Conference

    ERDC was well represented at the recent biennial Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Marine Transportation System (MTS) Conference “Diagnosing the Marine Transportation System: Measuring Performance and Targeting Improvement.”
  • Dr. Linkov and Dr. Bridges

    ERDC’s Research Accomplishments Cited in Risk Analysis, an International Journal

    ERDC has contributed significantly to the field of risk analysis and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was one of the first agencies to embrace these tools.

  • ERDC Co-Planner of 5th Spatial Socio-Cultural Knowledge Workshop

    ERDC and the United Kingdom’s Defence Geographic Centre co-planned the recent 5th Spatial Socio-Cultural Knowledge Workshop at the Defence Academy of the United Kingdom, located in Shrivenham.
  • National Science Foundation-sponsored New York University researchers penetrate ERDC’s Ice Engineering flume with green laser light as they attempt to develop a better understanding of the interaction between turbulence and the laminar ice boundary layer at the Hanover laboratory.

    New York University Seeks out Scallops at CRREL

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s (CRREL) flume in the Ice Engineering Facility was center stage for two weeks in May, as the National Science Foundation sponsored New York University’s (NYU) research into the phenomena of ice scallops.
  • New Hampshire Army National Guard engineers erect a 34-meter meteorological tower on the Guard’s Regional Training Institute at Center Strafford, N.H. Nick Laskovski (red helmet), Wind Energy Project Analyst, EAPC Wind Energy, LLC., Norwich, Vt., and ERDC’s Dr. Charles Ryerson, principal investigator, Terrestrial and Cryospheric Sciences, (USACE helmet) provided guidance and technical expertise.

    ERDC and NH ARNG Erect Tower to Study Net Zero Possibilities

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) and the New Hampshire Army National Guard (NH ARNG) are conducting a meteorological study for the possible development of a net-zero (energy) training facility in Center Strafford, N.H.