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  • September

    EL’s Technology Research, Evaluation, and Advancement Testbed (TREAT) demonstration team, in collaboration with Responsible Energy and Tetra Tech, recently modified its TREAT Facility within a month’s time to support and validate a thermal-plasma treatment system called Free Radical Gasification, or FRG, for destroying legacy aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF) and PFAS contamination to establish the technical foundation for the upcoming Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) demonstration.

    ERDC modifies test facility to support full-scale PFAS destruction demonstration

    Experts at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) have made rapid, significant modifications to a one-of-a-kind facility intended to support a full-scale demonstration of state-of-the-art technology designed to destroy Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS).

  • August

    An impact hammer driving a 12" pine pile is shown during testing to collect hydroacoustic data.

    CRREL researchers honored with USACE Environmental Quality Award

    Two researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire, have been awarded a national environmental award from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
  • ERDC's Environmental Laboratory (EL) is assisting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Orleans District and Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) to reconnect Louisiana's Maurepas Swamp with the Mississippi River improving the swamp's ecosystem . (USACE photo by Nathan Beane)

    ERDC-EL researchers join USACE New Orleans District-led Maurepas Swamp Project

    A team of experts from ERDC-EL are supporting the New Orleans District in their River Reintroduction into Maurepas Swamp Project, an initiative that will divert freshwater from the Mississippi River back into the swamp through a 5.5-mile controlled-flow diversion and extend the swamp’s lifespan and habitat, providing benefit to approximately 45,000 acres within the swamp. The project aims to improve the cypress-tupelo swamp’s health by adding vital nutrients and flushing stagnant, low-oxygen water.

  • December

    Crews prep equipment to collect data during anchor penetration-depth field tests at Stapleton Anchorage in the New York Harbor.

    ERDC and USACE New York District partner on New York Harbor field testing

    Four U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) laboratories, along with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers New York District (NAN), recently joined forces to conduct a series of anchor penetration-depth field tests at Stapleton Anchorage in the New York Harbor.

  • March

    Members of the National Technical Committee for the Ordinary High Water Mark pose in New Orleans. Pictured are Steven Kichefski (USACE Wilmington District), Ken Fritz (EPA), Ellen Wohl (CSU Professor), Brian Topping (EPA), Gabrielle David, and Aaron Allen (USACE Los Angeles District).

    ERDC’s Environmental Lab publishes first-of-its-kind National Ordinary High Water Mark manual

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) recently published a groundbreaking technical guide geared toward identifying Ordinary High Water Marks (OHWM) across the nation.

  • January

    The patent introduces a method that could revolutionize waste treatment processes by effectively neutralizing reducible compounds found in industrial residues.

    Innovative Bioreactor Technology for Treating Industrial Residues

    The “Method for Treating Reducible Compound Residues Using Iron-Containing Bioreactor” provides a sustainable solution for managing industrial waste by utilizing iron’s unique properties in bioreactors. Filed in September 2017 and granted in September 2024, the patent was developed by two researchers from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
  • The nanogrid team: (Left to right) Branden Kurpenski, Production Manager, Sesame Solar; Gail Vaucher, Project Leader, Army Research Laboratory; Carol J. Bailey, SR Project Manager and Engineer, ERDC-CERL; Trish Cutler, Wildlife Biologist, WSMR Garrison Environmental Division; Nikmil Raj Nune, Engineering Manager, Sesame Solar and Benito F. Perez, Research Engineer, ERDC CERL

    ERDC celebrates Army’s first hydrogen-powered nanogrid

    In December 2024, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has unveiled a cutting-edge hydrogen-powered small microgrid (nanogrid) at the White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) in New Mexico.

  • 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.

  • April

    Hydrophytic vegetation, or wetland vegetation, are those communities of plants occurring in areas that are inundated or saturated long enough to influence the plants’ occurrence. Hydrophytic vegetation is one of three factors addressed using the Automated Wetland Determination Data Sheets during the collection and analysis of wetland delineations across the nation. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

    New USACE tools improve wetland delineation accuracy and efficiency

    Scientists with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory (ERDC-EL) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Detroit District’s Regulatory staff are streamlining wetland delineation by developing Automated Wetland Determination Data Sheets (ADS).