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  • December

    Hydraulic Engineer Ryan Hoben is demonstrating the navigation of a scale model tow into the Emsworth 1:100 scale navigation model.

    Modular Bathymetry Systems and Methods: A Revolutionary Approach to Underwater Mapping

    The recently patented Modular Bathymetry Systems and Methods, developed by researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), offers a groundbreaking solution for underwater terrain mapping.
  • Dr. Anthony Fragoso, a research physicist at ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab (CRREL), has been named a 2025 Laboratory-University Collaboration Initiative (LUCI) fellow by the Department of Defense. The LUCI fellowship will pair Fragoso, whose research focuses on developing AI and autonomy for extreme environments, with Prof. Richard Murray, a control theorist and the Thomas E. and Doris Everhart Professor of Control and Dynamical Systems and Bioengineering at the California Institute of Technology.

    ERDC-CRREL’s Fragoso named LUCI fellow

    The Department of Defense has named Dr. Anthony Fragoso, a research physicist at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), a 2025 Laboratory-University Collaboration Initiative (LUCI) fellow.
  • SUBMAT Program Manager Timothy Rushing (far left) poses with team members (L-R) Megan Buffington, Alicia Bounds, Ben Rutherford, Allison Hudson, Terry-Ann Stanton, and Stan Boc. Not pictured are Melissa Keen and Zach Tyler. (U.S. Army Corp of Engineers photo by Megan Buffington.)

    ERDC R&D honored at USACE Innovation Awards

    Groundbreaking research and technologies earned the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) multiple accolades at the 2024 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Innovation of the Year Awards.
  • The Hon. Rachel Jacobson, assistant secretary of the Army, Installations, Energy and Environment, and Maj. Gen. David Doyle, commanding general, 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson, cut the ceremonial ribbon celebrating a new energy-efficient, large flow battery system pilot program Nov. 20, 2024, on Fort Carson. The ceremony marks construction completion of a customer-sited, large redox flow battery which has been dubbed “GridStar Flow” by its Lockheed Martin designers. The ribbon-cutting included Patrick Appleman, center right, director of the U.S. Army Installation Management Command-Readiness; 4th Infantry Division and Fort Carson Command Sgt. Maj. Alex Kupratty, far right; Fort Carson Garrison Commander Col. Erik Oksenvaag, second from left; Garrison Command Sgt. Maj. Jason Mortensen, left; Dr. Andrew Nelson, middle left, director, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Steven Botwinik, vice president, Advanced Program Execution and Transition, Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control.

    ERDC Celebrates Milestone with GridStar® Flow Battery Installation at Fort Carson

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Operational Energy (OE) team is celebrating the construction and installation of the GridStar® Flow system, a redox flow battery solution designed for long-duration, large-capacity energy storage applications. The flow system is installed at Fort Carson, Colorado, and ERDC has led the technical evaluation and project management since 2022.

  • November

    Cave entrance on Baker Island overlooking mountains and ocean

    ERDC researchers discovering hidden caves in Alaska

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research Development Center's (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) is leading a study alongside the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to document cave biodiversity in the TNF and explore how these unique subterranean communities are connected using molecular genetic tools.
  • Soil Similarity search based on Vicksburg, MS and it’s results, each image showing different similarity filtering

    ERDC Engineers Enhance Data Classification with Regional Locality-Sensitive Hashing Patent

    The “Classification Engineering Using Regional Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH) Searches” represents a significant leap in data classification and retrieval techniques, with applications across a variety of research fields. This method leverages the power of LSH, a popular technique in high-dimensional data processing, to accelerate the search and classification of large databases.
  • H2Rescue driving through finish line, setting record for longest distance by a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle heavy-duty truck without refueling

    ERDC’s H2Rescue truck drives into GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ Books

    In a partnership with Accelera™ by Cummins, a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS™ title has been set for the longest distance traveled by a hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) heavy-duty truck without refueling. This prototype truck, designed for emergency response missions, is part of a collaborative project between the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office and Vehicle Technologies Office, the U.S. Army Ground Vehicle Systems (GVSC) Center, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Accelera™ by Cummins.
  • Storm damaged after Hurricanes Marco and Laura in 2020. A multidisciplinary ERDC team is working to modernize widely used flood models such as StormSim and Hydrologic Engineering Center software by developing a vegetation index that more comprehensively quantifies vegetation stability on coastal levees. The index will incorporate an array of ecological measurements, such as root/shoot ratios, evapotranspiration rates, soil moisture, vegetation shear, root strength, and vegetation age, size and type. Photo courtesy of Dr. Navid Jafari and Dr. Jasmine Bekkaye, Natural Hazards Engineering Research Institute.

    ERDC looks to modernize flood models with levee vegetation index

    A multidisciplinary ERDC team is working to modernize widely used flood models such as StormSim and Hydrologic Engineering Center software by developing a vegetation index that more comprehensively quantifies vegetation stability on coastal levees. The index will incorporate an array of ecological measurements, such as root/shoot ratios, evapotranspiration rates, soil moisture, vegetation shear, root strength, and vegetation age, size and type.
  • Taylor Rycroft, a research environmental engineer, was named the 2024 USACE Researcher of the Year for his work with the Wellbot and Cyanobacterial Suppression through Ultraviolet-C Neutralization (CyanoSTUN) technologies.

    ERDC’s Taylor Rycroft named USACE Researcher of the Year

    A researcher with the U. S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) is receiving recognition for his role in protecting the environment. Taylor Rycroft, a research environmental engineer, was named the 2024 USACE Researcher of the Year for his work with the Wellbot and Cyanobacterial Suppression Through Ultraviolet-C Neutralization (CyanoSTUN) technologies.

  • October

    Researchers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are working on a set of tools to assist coastal planners in forecasting the evolution of coastlines and coastal dunes to help inform decision making and basic planning efforts.

    Probabilistic models aid the long-term assessment of coastal dune stability

    Researchers at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) are working on a set of tools to assist coastal planners in forecasting the evolution of coastlines and coastal dunes to help inform decision making and basic planning efforts.
  • ERDC’s innovative window features a hardened compression frame that can be simply installed in a rough opening

    ERDC Partners with US Department of State to develop innovative window solutions

    Inventors from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi, developed a groundbreaking innovation in window systems that are resistant to blasts, ballistics and forced entry threats.
  • 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.
  • The Au Sable Lighthouse in Michigan's Upper Peninsula

    ERDC partners with UW-Madison and NPS to advance historic preservation

    A team of experts from ERDC's Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the National Park Service is using advanced fiber optic technology and 3D scanning to improve historic preservation and structural monitoring.
  • Research Civil Engineer Andrew Jin with ERDC’s Environmental Laboratory is a Department of Defense Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) SEED Grant awardee. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

    ERDC researchers awarded SMART SEED Grant

    Two researchers with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) were recently awarded SMART SEED Grants. Andrew Jin, an Environmental Laboratory Research Civil Engineer, and Paul Meed, a Research Mechanical Engineer with ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory were the ERDC recipients this year.

  • Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis model version 8.0 released

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) recently announced the release of version 8.0 of the Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA) model.

  • September

    Jose Mattei-Sosa, a chemical engineer in the Environmental Laboratory, slides a quartz tube containing titanium dioxide/PLA static mixers (known as 3D Printed Photocatalytic Oxidation Devices), into a testing rig at the Environmental Laboratory, July 17.

    Environmental Lab combats HABs with UV light and 3D-printed structures

    Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory are testing a new, ultraviolet light-based treatment technology to treat Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) without introducing chemicals that may have undesirable secondary effects.
  • Neuromorphic Computing

    ITL ventures into neuromorphic computing

    In recent years, edge computing has revolutionized the technology landscape for users situated in remote areas or away from primary devices. By bringing computation and data storage closer to the location where it is needed, response times, reliability and performance are greatly improved, latency and bandwidth costs are reduced and privacy and security are enhanced. The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Edge Computing Lab has long been on the cutting-edge of this field and is now exploring something new: neuromorphic computing.

  • August

    Robert Moser

    ERDC selects new Information Technology Laboratory director

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has selected Dr. Robert Moser as the new director of the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL). As director, Moser will lead a team of approximately 700 federal and contractor personnel who work in the areas of information technology, high-performance computing, data analytics, software engineering, scientific visualization and more. Additionally, he will oversee the Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program.

  • July

    ERDC is exploring how 3D printers can transform dredged sediment into a building block for ecosystem restoration.

    From waste to resource

    A new project from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is helping meet ambitious goals for beneficially using the material it dredges by exploring how 3D printers can transform the dredged sediment into a building block for ecosystem restoration.
  • Wellbot is an autonomous device that blends the power of UVC-emitting lamps with powerful brushes to address the fouling and corrosion that limits a well’s capacity.

    Wellbot offers innovative solution to cleaning, maintaining relief wells

    Wellbot is an autonomous device that blends the power of UVC-emitting lamps with powerful brushes to address the fouling and corrosion that limits a well’s capacity. It provides districts with a cost-effective alternative without the potential risk from using chemicals, or the need for significant equipment and manpower to deploy.