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  • January

    ERDC Researchers Garner 2011 Modeling and Simulation Honors

    A five-member research team has been selected for the 2011 Army Modeling and Simulation Award for the development of One-Step, Contact Wall Breaching Methods for Military Operations on Urban Terrain (MOUT).

  • ERDC's GSL makes JFOB Protection Handbook

    ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) has distributed more than 2,000 copies of the newest edition of the Joint Forward Operations Base (JFOB) Protection Handbook (Graphic Training Aid 90-01-011) since October 2011. More than 50,000 copies of previous editions have been printed to support troops in Iraq and Afghanistan prior to the current version.

  • ERDC's GSL makes JFOB Protection Handbook available to Soldiers and deploying engineers

    ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) has distributed more than 2,000 copies of the newest edition of the Joint Forward Operations Base (JFOB) Protection Handbook (Graphic Training Aid 90-01-011) since October 2011. More than 50,000 copies of previous editions have been printed to support troops in Iraq and Afghanistan prior to the current version.
  • In December 2010, an ER-2 aircraft lifts off with MABEL from NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center in Palmdale Calif., headed for a forested region in the Sierras. NASA scientists have previously measured tree heights and ground topography here, which will be used to better understand what MABEL "sees" from the sky.

    TEC supports NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

    Researchers with ERDC's Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) were asked by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to design a Light Detection And Ranging (LiDAR) target suitable for use in the testing of the Multiple Altimeter Beam Experimental LiDAR (MABEL) airborne test bed.
  • Dr. Jeff Steevens

    EL's Steevens member Woodrow Wilson Institute Emerging Nanotechnology

    ERDC Environmental Laboratory's (EL) Dr. Jeffery A. Steevens, a senior scientist in biotechnology, was invited to be a scientific member of the Governance Board for the Woodrow Wilson Institute Emerging Nanotechnology Project.

  • CHL researcher co-developer of sediment budget equations

    Jan. 6, 2012ContactPublic Affairs Office601-634-3188VICKSBURG, Miss. — ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics
  • A USACE Emergency Operations worker uses the Mobile Information Collection Application (MICA) to capture levee data.

    ITL's Mobile Information Collector Application receives award

    ERDC Information Technology Laboratory's (ITL) Mobile Information Collector Application (MICA) project was recently named an honorable mention in Government Computer News,an online publication for government information technology professionals.
  • Dr. Rosati

    CHL researcher co-developer of sediment budget equations

    ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) researcher Dr. Julie Rosati, a research hydraulic engineer, recently co-authored technical note "Sediment Budget Possibilities and Improbabilities." The article is scheduled to appear inCoastal Engineering, Volume 60, in February.

  • December

    CERL's COBie is National Institute of Building Sciences Approved

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) recently received word that the National Institute of Building Sciences has approved the Construction-Operation Building information exchange (COBie) as part of the U.S. National Building Information Model (NBIMS-US) standard.

  • CERL Staff Administrator Honored for Deployment

    June Hansen, staff administrator with ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory's (CERL) Management Integration Office, received the Commander's Award for Civilian Service. She was recognized for exceptionally meritorious service as the administrative officer for the Kabul Area Office, Afghanistan Engineer District-North, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom from May to October 2011.

  • CRREL's "Yeti" marks 100th anniversary of South Pole with new first

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Polar Researchers Dr. Jim Lever and Lynette Barna believe their Dartmouth College-partnered "Yeti" team has become the first to successfully operate an autonomous vehicle at the South Pole.

  • First-ever public blast protection standard features GSL expertise

    Under the leadership of ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory's (GSL) Dr. Paul Mlakar, ERDC expertise has greatly contributed to the American Society of Civil Engineers' publication, "ASCE Blast Protection of Buildings Standard," the long-awaited guidebook released in September.

  • TEC's Tischler Receives NSF Antarctica Service Medal

    ERDC-TEC Physical Scientist Michael Tischler describes his assignment as a member of the National Science Foundation's (NSF) South Pole Traverse team as "challenging, rigorous, difficult and interesting." His participation as the Ground-Penetrating Radar (GPR) operator and analyst earned him the Antarctica Service Medal.

  • CHL uses High-Res Acoustical Camera to See Scour at Navigation Infrastructure

    ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), at the request of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Louis District, utilized the ERDC acoustical camera system, equipment developed under the Navigation Systems Research Program, to inspect scouring below the lock at Lock and Dam 25 on the Mississippi River near Winfield, Mo.

  • ERDC Supports TACOM on Enhanced Rapid Airfield Construction Capability

    ERDC researchers from the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory's (GSL) Airfields and Pavements Branch (APB) are joining engineers and acquisition specialists from U.S. Army Tank Automotive Command (TACOM) in specifying acquisition systems for the Enhanced Rapid Airfield Construction Capability (ERACC) program.

  • GSL technical staff provides pre-deployment training to Pacific Ocean Division

    Technical staff members with ERDC's Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) and also with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (USACE) Reachback Operations Center (UROC), recently traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii, to provide pre-deployment training to 565th and 62nd FEST-A teams with the USACE Pacific Ocean Division.

  • Revolutionary Technology Bonds Concrete to Steel

    ERDC won a R&D magazine R&D 100 Award for development of a new corrosion-resistant vitreous coating

  • TEC Participates in GIS Day Event

    Dec. 11, 2011ContactPublic Affairs Office601-634-3188ALEXANDRIA, Va. - For this year's Geographic

  • CRREL Introduces Students to Engineering Challenges

    Dec. 9  2011,Contact  Public Affairs Office601-634-3188HANOVER, N.H. — ERDC Cold Regions Research

  • Engineer Honored for California project

    Dec. 9, 2011Contact  Public Affairs Office601-634-3188SCHENCK CREEK, Calif. — ERDC Coastal and