May 22, 2012
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill.; VICKSBURG, Miss.; HANOVER, N.H – ERDC Director Dr. Jeffery P. Holland recently announced the selection of five ERDC team members for long-term training during the 2012-2013 academic year.
Representing the Construction Engineering Laboratory (CERL), Tarek Abdallah will expand his distributed energy modeling skills and expertise at the Department of Energy’s Sandia National Laboratories under the ERDC Sabbatical Program. The expectations of this sabbatical are a comprehensive theoretical and working understanding of Sandia’s Energy Surety modeling and simulation and micro-grid design methodology.
Research Geologist Seth Broadfoot, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL), will attend the University of Kansas to pursue a doctorate in geography. His studies will focus on remote sensing and soil property modeling of the near-subsurface.
Geologist Ian Floyd, Coastal and Hydraulic Laboratory (CHL), will attend Louisiana State University to seek a doctorate in engineering science. His studies will focus on the properties and process involved in the erosion, transport, and interaction of fine-sediment flocculates and sediment aggregates in freshwater dominated systems.
Carrie Vuyovich will attend the University of New Hampshire to pursue a doctorate in Civil Engineering. Her studies will further enhance understanding of snowmelt hydrology and remote sensing techniques focusing on validation of remote sensing of snow for snowmelt timing and flood forecasting applications. Vuyovich is on staff at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL).
Damarys Acevedo-Acevedo, Environmental Laboratory (EL), will attend the University of Texas at Austin to pursue a doctorate in environmental and water resources engineering. Her studies will focus on developing technologies and strategies to treat contaminated sediments, soil and water by different means such as removal or absorption processes and introducing barriers that will prevent contaminants from emerging.