31 Aug 2012

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."

24 Aug 2012

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.

24 Aug 2012

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.

24 Aug 2012

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.

24 Aug 2012

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.

24 Aug 2012

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.

24 Aug 2012

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.

24 Aug 2012

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).

10 Aug 2012

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).

8 Aug 2012

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.

7 Aug 2012

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.

7 Aug 2012

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.

7 Aug 2012

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.

3 Aug 2012

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.

3 Aug 2012

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.

3 Aug 2012

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.

3 Aug 2012

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.

3 Aug 2012

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."

27 Jul 2012

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.

27 Jul 2012

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.