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  • October

    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.
  • ERDC's Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) releases version 8.0 of the Gridded Surface Subsurface Hydrologic Analysis (GSSHA) model. GSSHA is a watershed analysis and management tool with the ability to simulate the movement of water, sediment and associated constituents across watershed-scale areas.

    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.
  • FUNWAVE, a numerical wave model that simulates ocean surface wave propagation in shallow and intermediate water, was developed and updated by ERDC and can be used to model complex coastal processes, such as tsunami waves, coastal inundation, wave propagation and surf zone-scale optical properties.

    FUNWAVE Model is a Feasible Solution for Vessel Wake Issues

    FUNWAVE, a numerical wave model that simulates ocean surface wave propagation in shallow and intermediate water was developed and updated by ERDC and released in 1998. It can be used to model complex coastal processes, such as tsunami waves, coastal inundation, wave propagation and surf zone-scale optical properties.

  • June

    Demonstration of the Deployable Expedient Traffic Entry Regulator, or DETER, vehicle barrier technology at the Indianapolis 500. ERDC in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) used DETER to create a temporary road closure at the event during race day.

    Racing towards a safer nation at the Indianapolis 500

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in partnership with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) had the opportunity to test and demonstrate the Deployable Expedient Traffic Entry Regulator, or DETER, vehicle barrier technology at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) for the 108th running of the INDY 500, May 27, 2024.

  • May

    Joycelynn Brooks stands in the ERDC library in Vicksburg, MS.

    Bridging the gap: ERDC partners with Google Books

    VICKSBURG, Miss. – The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) library is the first in the Department of Defense (DoD) to take part in a partnership with Google Books – a digital database that contains the full text of books, magazines and other printed material, allowing the user easy accessibility to information on the topic of interest.

  • April

    Levees are a vital part of modern flood risk management. They are part of flood defense systems that may also include flood walls, pumping stations, gates closures, and other associated structures. These elements work together to reduce risk to human life and reduce economic damages from flood events.

    Analyzing levees to save lives

    The Levee Screening Tool (LST) 2 is a web-based application that quantifies risk estimates based on the likelihood of flood loading, expected performance of the levee under those loads and the potential consequences of a levee breach or overtopping.
  • 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 along with the Association of Maryland Pilots run virtual simulation tests on a bypass channel around the Francis Scott Key Bridge accident site using the Ship/Tow Simulator located at ERDC’s Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory in Vicksburg, Miss., April 12, 2024.

    ERDC’s Ship/Tow Simulator used to assist the Francis Scott Key Bridge Response

    Francis Scott Key Bridge Response Unified Command is utilizing simulation resources from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) to test shipping runs around the Key Bridge accident site.

  • March

    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.

  • January

    Engineers at ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory have developed techniques that better protect concrete construction in cold environments. The Additive Regulated Concrete for Thermally Extreme Conditions (ARCTEC) enables the use of commonly available concrete additives as alternative freeze-protection in frigid conditions.

    Techniques developed to advance concrete construction in frigid environments

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) researchers have developed Additive Regulated Concrete for Thermally Extreme Conditions – or ARCTEC – to enable the use of commonly available concrete additives as alternative freeze-protection in cold conditions. ARCTEC builds upon pioneering work performed at ERDC over the last several decades, with the goal of improving the user-friendliness, economy and utility of the technology.
  • The high-performance computing assets at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center gives researchers the capability to quickly scale mountains of data.

    Attacking challenges at high speed

    Computer scientists at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) merge high-performance computing (HPC) and data analytics, giving them the capability to process large amounts of data with unprecedented speed.
  • 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.