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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

    Seung Jin Oh, ERDC-CERL research biologist, briefs the team at Sogang University’s Institute of Biological Interfaces.

    ERDC, Sogang University partner to advance dual-sensing artificial cell research

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has entered into a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea, to advance research into artificial cells capable of sensing multiple environmental stimuli.
  • The research focuses on using two European moth species as biological control agents. The moths bore into the grass stems, weakening them. Pictured here is stem that was cut open to reveal residues that were left behind by the moth.

    ERDC invasive grass management research published in “Biological Control”

    ERDC Environmental Laboratory research on managing phragmites australis, an invasive wetland grass, was published in the international journal “Biological Control,” a peer-reviewed scientific journal that focuses on using living natural enemies and agents to manage and mitigate pests, plant diseases and weeds.
  • Participants at the Ship-to-Shore test event at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland.

    CRREL team tests ship-to-shore methods and technologies in Greenland

    A team of researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) in Hanover, New Hampshire, recently conducted a Ship-to-Shore test event at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland.
  • Dr. Jerry Paris, a researcher with ERDC's Geotechnical and Structures Lab, has been selected to receive the Wason Medal for Materials Research for his contributions to the advancement of cement-based materials.

    ERDC’s Dr. Jerry Paris earns Wason Medal for Materials Research

    Dr. Jerry Paris, a researcher with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), has been selected to receive the Wason Medal for Materials Research, recognizing his contributions to the advancement of cement-based materials.
  • 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).
  • A pilot from the Port of Nome in Alaska navigates a vessel through a docking simulation during a recent experiment with the U.S. Army Watercraft and Ship Simulator.

    Simulation now a fixture to optimize USACE navigation projects

    For years, the U.S. Army Watercraft and Ship Simulator — located at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi — has served as an important resource for district engineers. Whether planning new inland waterways, designing deep-draft coastal channels, or enhancing existing structures, districts could leverage the simulator and its team.
  • 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.

  • July

    Gaining critical experience, summer interns with ERDC's Environmental Laboratory present their findings during a recent poster session. The program immerses interns in cutting-edge research for both military and civil works missions. (USACE photo by Khary Ratliff)

    ERDC summer interns dive into research, community

    This summer, nearly 150 high-school, undergraduate and graduate students are working in Vicksburg, Mississippi, as interns at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).
  • Dr. David Moore, senior scientist for environmental sciences, discusses the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory competencies, highlighting high-impact pilot projects directly supporting Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS), Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and EPA Support (Superfund/Brownfields). The presentation was part of a workshop focusing on accelerating mission delivery, maximizing installation resilience and strengthening long-term operational readiness across the three critical portfolios.

    Collaboration key to accelerating mission delivery across USACE environmental portfolios

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is helping transform how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) approaches environmental cleanup. By delivering advanced science, technology, and engineering solutions, ERDC is actively working to accelerate remediation, reduce risk, and return contaminated sites to productive use.
  • Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center deploy a mobile trailer equip with U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Lock Operations Management Application (LOMA) capabilities to help strengthen gaps in broadcast coverage and allow critical messages to be transmitted to vessel traffic in Hickman, Kentucky.

    ERDC researchers use mobile trailers to expand critical messaging along inland waterways

    Low water, shoaling or missing buoys can cause hazardous conditions along our nation’s waterways, putting ships and crews at risk. Even the smallest disruptions in navigation can have catastrophic consequences for supply chains and the movement of essential goods across the country, impacting the economy. To help mitigate these hazards and strengthen gaps in broadcast coverage, researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are using deployable mobile trailers to ensure that critical messages can be transmitted to vessel traffic.
  • Picture of some 3D printer Oyster Reefs

    ERDC, USACE Mobile District deploy innovative 3D-printed oyster reefs in Mobile Bay

    Maintaining the nation’s waterways requires removal of millions of cubic yards of sediment to keep navigation channels safe and reliable. A team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is advancing a different way of thinking about material: rather than treating dredged sediment solely as something to manage, how it can it be used as an engineering resource to strengthen coastal systems? ERDC’s Environmental Laboratory, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District and regional partners are evaluating whether dredged sediment can be transformed into 3D-printed structures that provide oyster habitat, improve shoreline resilience and expand beneficial use opportunities.
  • U.S. Navy Sailors with range control patrol Browns Island and the surrounding waters on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 14, 2026.

    ERDC researchers granted patent for novel underwater UXO blast shield invention

    Military weapons, ammunition, equipment, and materials, collectively known as munitions of war, lie at the bottom of rivers, lakes, and oceans across the country. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works to safely locate and remove the munitions, preventing aquatic and human environmental hazards. Two U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) engineers recently developed a patented technology that could significantly improve how those underwater munitions are detected and recovered.
  • A group of SMART scholars tour the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss.

    SMART Scholarship Program fuels next generation of STEM talent at ERDC

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has selected 28 new awardees across various academic levels for the Department of War’s (DOW) Science, Mathematics and Research for Transformation Scholarship Program, known as SMART.
  • Practicum instructor Brian Clark (right), research mechanical engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineer Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL), observes students’ interactions with the equipment in the ERDC-CERL Central Utility Plant.

    Building the expertise behind installation readiness: Inside ERDC’s EBCx training

    Keeping Army buildings operating at their best helps strengthen installation readiness and resilience, and improvements don’t always require major renovations. Sometimes, they require a trained eye to identify hidden inefficiencies and optimize the systems already in place. Through a recent hands-on training at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), facility managers from across the Department of War and other federal agencies learned just that.

  • June

    Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory and Dartmouth College are using drones and electromagnetic induction to find and identify unexploded ordnance. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

    CRREL working to keep ‘people out of harm’s way’ by using drones to find and identify unexploded ordnance

    A team of researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and Dartmouth College is pioneering a new way to keep humans out of harm’s way by using drones to find and identify unexploded ordnance.

  • May

    View of the railway system at NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

    From Apollo to Artemis: ERDC’s enduring role in space exploration

    It has been more than 50 years since Neil Armstrong famously declared, “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind,” as he became the first man to step onto the surface of the Moon. Since then, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has helped enable the next generation of space exploration.
  • Severl energy panels setup for a military exercise

    ERDC, LEMA Power the Fight During FLEX 2026

    As unmanned surface vessels carved through the waters off Key West, Florida, and autonomous aerial systems scanned the horizon for illicit trafficking targets, a quieter but equally critical mission was unfolding behind the scenes at U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command/U.S. Fourth Fleet’s Fleet Experimentation (FLEX) 2026 exercise. Inside a network of command trailers operating advanced unmanned systems, researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) and industry partner LEMA were proving that the future of expeditionary operations depends not only on autonomous platforms and artificial intelligence, but also on resilient, unmanned energy systems capable of providing uninterrupted power in austere environments.
  • A graphic rendering of the Thermochemical Energy Storage charging and discharging sequences.

    ERDC, Cache Energy advance long-duration energy storage for Army installations

    Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) are advancing a next-generation energy storage capability designed to strengthen installation resilience during extended power disruptions.
  • Soldiers walking in the woods.

    ERDC, U.S. Forest Service make historic agreement to accelerate forest capabilities

    Thanks to a historic agreement between the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and the U.S. Forest Service, a foundational dataset has been created to bolster the nation’s forests.