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  • October

    An eastern small-footed bat (Myotis leibii) at USMA West Point, New York.

    International Bat Week: ERDC goes to bat to protect winged allies

    According to the Department of Defense (DOD) Natural Resources Program, more than 300 military installations will be potentially affected by at least one bat species listing under the Endangered Species Act in the next five years. Researchers from ERDC's Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) and Environmental Laboratory (EL) are at the forefront of innovative projects aimed at understanding and preserving bat populations on DoD installations.
  • Photo of an ISO-Type Container

    ERDC inventors earn patent for Roller Jack for ISO-Type Containers

    In 2020, inventors from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi, embarked on the innovative development of a Roller Jack for ISO-type containers. A patent application for this invention was filed the same year and officially granted in 2024.
  • ERDC held an inaugural event at its headquarters to celebrate the official declaration of the organization’s Unit Day.

    First Unit Day celebration at ERDC

    On October 1, 2024, ERDC held an inaugural event at its headquarters to celebrate the official declaration of the organization’s Unit Day.

  • September

    Soldiers from the 82d Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment analyze biological agents "discovered" during a three-day, multi-agency exercise that took place at ERDC’s Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in Fox, Alaska. One of the main objectives of the exercise was to help Soldiers familiarize themselves with Far-Forward Advanced Sequencing Technology (F-FAST), which was developed by DTRA and U.S. Army DEVCOM to quickly detect, analyze and sequence biological agents while still in the field.

    ERDC Permafrost Tunnel hosts biological agent exercise

    A three-day, multi-agency exercise took place at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in Fox, Alaska. The 82nd Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment, along with representatives from ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), U.S. Army Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM), U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), 11th Airborne Division Command Surgeon, 103d Weapons of Mass Destruction-Civil Support Team, and Naval Research Laboratory, conducted the exercise to test Soldiers' ability to quickly and accurately sequence bacteria in extreme cold and arctic conditions.

  • August

    The U.S. Army broke ground on a military barracks project at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington, on August 7, 2024. The new, one-of-a-kind facility will feature sustainable building materials and design techniques informed by research from ERDC.

    ERDC supports modernized Army barracks pilot project

    The U.S. Army broke ground on a military barracks project at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington, on August 7, 2024. The new, one-of-a-kind facility will feature sustainable building materials and design techniques informed by research from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).

  • July

    A look at Mare Island Naval Cemetery in Vallejo, California

    Preserving History: ERDC research aims to revive Nation's oldest West Coast Naval cemetery

    For many, cemeteries are a place of remembrance, honor and peace. On top of that, for a group of researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), cemeteries also hold a significant amount of respect and history.

  • April

    DETER is an active vehicle barrier that serves as an expedient access control solution to protect critical assets and soft targets from vehicular attack.

    Protecting Dam Facilities with innovative new technology

    As terrorists and extremist groups turn to less sophisticated methods to inflict harm, the use of vehicles in these types of attacks has shown the potential for catastrophic damages to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) projects. In response, USACE researchers developed the DETER (Deployable Expedient Traffic Entry Regulator) vehicle barrier for Soft Asset Protection at Dam Facilities.
  • Researchers from ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory hold paintings made by students from Fred Ipalook Elementary School in Utqiagvik, Alaska. The paintings were affixed to the solar panel array by the Joint Integrated Support for Operations in Polar Seas project team

    Multi-laboratory project explores ways to deliver manpower, supplies over complex Arctic shorelines

    Earlier this month, Integrated Support for Operations in Polar Seas (ISOPS) team members – comprised of interdisciplinary personnel from ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory – conducted fieldwork in Utqiagvik, Alaska, aimed at accelerating development of environmental support tools for Logistics-Over-The-Shore (LOTS) operations across Arctic coastal boundaries.

  • March

    Dr. Ivan Beckman (orange coat), acting director of ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), and performer team members of the Ice Control for cold Environments (ICE) program inspect ice samples inside a ERDC-CRREL cold box.

    DARPA ‘ICE’ program kicks off at ERDC-CRREL

    Making ice work “for” and not “against” the U.S. military is the mission behind Ice Control for cold Environments (ICE), a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program that recently kicked off at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire.
  • Volcon’s Gabriel Villareal and Jake Mizell and U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Contingency Basing Integration Training and Evaluation Center’s Craig White, Kevin Forshey and Mark Bertoni with the Volcon Stag Utility Terrain Vehicle.

    Volcon delivers ERDC’s first all-electric Stag Utility Terrain Vehicle

    Thanks to the latest delivery at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Contingency Basing Integration Training and Evaluation Center (CBITEC), the push to electrify the battlefield is one step closer.
  • Dr. Sergey Vecherin, a research physicist with ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineer Laboratory, is the principal investigator of the Infection Risk Assessment on Military Installations (IRAMI) project, which aims to quantify the spread of infections and evaluate their impact on military personnel. Vecherin heads a team of ERDC researchers who have launched a new project that seeks to revolutionize the way military bases prepare for and combat respiratory infections, with implications that could reach far beyond military installations and into public spaces across the globe.

    ERDC research aims to model, combat respiratory infections

    A cross-laboratory team of U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) researchers has launched a new project that seeks to revolutionize the way military bases prepare for and combat respiratory infections, with implications that could reach far beyond military installations and into public spaces across the globe.

  • February

    The Burgess-Capps Cabin, located on the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, was constructed in 1875. It is made of hewn log walls chinked with mortar, and inside there is a loft with an enclosed stairway, a stone fireplace and a chimney.

    ERDC team helps preserve history for Colorado’s Burgess-Capps Cabin

    With the help of an interdisciplinary team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), the U.S. Air Force Academy Cultural Resources Management Office has plans for future rehabilitation and preservation of the historic Burgess-Capps Cabin in Colorado, keeping it standing for years to come.
  • Lead Instructor Mike Crawford advises a group of program participants during a railroad training exercise.

    ERDC experts lead railroad repair training at Fort Johnson

    FORT JOHNSON, La.—Making railroads safer was the focus of a recent training led by experts from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL).

  • January

    Leveraging its expertise in construction methods, force protection and building technology, ERDC is studying how thermally modified structural timber can be used for military projects.

    Research project studies enhanced performance of thermally modified structural lumber

    A groundbreaking partnership between the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and the Composite Recycling Technology Center (CRTC) is paving the way for a new mass timber product that would be more readily available in the United States and could also meet military needs abroad.
  • Mass timber uses special processes and new technology to bind wood products together in layers, creating a strong and durable material that is also more sustainable than steel or concrete.

    ERDC leads advances in sustainable materials for military construction

    The Army has begun to focus more attention on one of its biggest emissions drivers: construction activities related to its vast inventory of buildings.
  • ERDC's Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory hosted a defense resiliency program meeting in Hanover, New Hampshire, as part of a project designed to help the Army operate in the complex terrain often found in cold regions.

    ERDC program aims to geospatially map complex, rapidly changing cold regions terrain

    The U.S. Army Engineer and Research Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) recently hosted a defense resiliency program meeting in Hanover, New Hampshire, as part of a project designed to help the Army operate in the complex terrain often found in cold regions.
  • The event introduced innovative methods and technologies to protect Soldiers during ground combat.

    ERDC supports integration of robotic and autonomous technologies

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) played a significant role in a recent event geared toward introducing innovative methods of protecting Soldiers during ground combat.

  • December

    Staff from a Department of Defense Manufacturing Innovation Institutes (MIIs) member company demonstrates technology during the Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology Program's (OSD ManTech) Point of Need Challenge held at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H., Dec. 4, 2023.

    ERDC hosts first-of-its-kind cold weather manufacturing challenge

    The Office of the Secretary of Defense Manufacturing Technology (ManTech) Program’s hosted the first-of-its-kind Point of Need Manufacturing Challenge, December 4-8, at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire.

  • November

    ERDC Robotics for Engineer Operations (REO) Team demonstrating their Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) at the 2023 Position, Navigation, Timing Assessment Experiment (PNTAX).3

    Unmanned Ground Vehicles successfully demonstrated at PNTAX ‘23

    The Robotics for Engineer Operations (REO) team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) successfully conducted demonstrations of their Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) without the use of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) at the Position, Navigation, Timing Assessment Experiment (PNTAX).

  • August

    ERDC’s research is accelerating ground vehicle research and development, increasing combat effectiveness, and ultimately saving lives.

    Ground Vehicle Interface opens high-performance computing doors for a new set of users

    An interface developed at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) is enabling members of the ground vehicle community to utilize high-performance computing (HPC) tools that were previously only available to scientists and engineers who had extensive knowledge of the underlying high-fidelity physics modeling and simulation codes.