27 Aug 2020

USACE launches new podcast series “Engineering With Nature”

A new podcast series tells the stories of how, over the last 10 years, a growing international community of practitioners, scientists, engineers, and researchers across many disciplines and organizations are working together to combine natural and engineering systems to solve problems and diversify infrastructure value by applying the principles and practices of Engineering With Nature®.

26 Aug 2020

ERDC, New York State research algal bloom mitigation in Chautauqua Lake

Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and scientists from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) are collaborating with industry partners to study harmful algal bloom (HAB) mitigation technology in Chautauqua Lake, New York, from Aug. 19 through Sept. 4.

12 Aug 2020

Smart Transportation Testbed pilot program underway in Colorado

The Smart Transportation Testbed, a yearlong pilot program to plan, develop, demonstrate and employ automated vehicle (AV) technologies, is currently underway at Fort Carson, Colorado. The project, managed by the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), is designed to determine how AV technology can help the military reduce transportation costs, improve public safety and enable faster delivery of services.

5 Aug 2020

ERDC supports NASA’s mission to Mars

In the 1960s during the Cold War, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) designed a device, commonly referred to as a Rodriguez well, or Rodwell, to harvest water under the ice in Greenland and Antarctica to sustain U.S. facilities by providing water for drinking, hygiene and other needs. Presently, NASA is working with CRREL to assess whether that same technology can provide water for human-inhabited research stations on Mars.

5 Aug 2020

ERDC overcomes challenges in harmful algal bloom removal research

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) continued its quest to tackle the challenging problem of harmful algal blooms (HABs) in our nation’s waterways with a removal demonstration in Florida in July 2020. The ERDC research team and collaborators from engineering firm AECOM and the University of Illinois planned and executed the research study on HAB removal at Lake Okeechobee.

2 Mar 2020

Want a glimpse of the future? Look no further than ITL’s new DIVE laboratory.

The newest facility at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) will make you feel like you’ve traveled forward in time. The Dynamic Immersive Virtual Environment (DIVE) laboratory allows researchers to test and develop solutions for the Department of Defense (DoD) using leading augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) gear. The rise of this technology has already changed the way we work and learn, and it will now be used to allow Army engineers, scientists, and stakeholders to immerse themselves in true scale, 3D environments.

26 Feb 2020

Multifunctional Assessment Reconnaissance Vessel allows for remote survey of marine structures

A team of researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, led by principal investigator Thad Pratt and including co-pi William Butler and research engineers Jonathan Marshall and David Nguyen, have developed and improved a prototype Multifunctional Assessment Reconnaissance Vessel that allows for remote survey of pile-supported marine structures. Operators can produce final data products within 12 hours of arriving on site, allowing structural engineers to deliver a repair plan within 24 hours. The U.S. Transportation Command and Office of the Secretary of Defense-funded project has resulted in the schedule of five units to be delivered to Army dive detachments as part of the Instrument Set, Reconnaissance and Surveying (ENFIRE) program.

9 Aug 2019

Engineering With Nature® initiative captures sustainability award for the Corps

WASHINGTON, DC (Aug.7, 2019)— When an agency that focuses primarily on developing large

22 Aug 2017

3-D printing a building

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (Aug. 21, 2017)--The Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign,

21 Apr 2017

Scientists participate in NASA’s SnowEx

U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering

18 Jun 2016

Construction Engineering Research Laboratory and Partners Awarded for Sustainability Efforts

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research

19 Jun 2015

Goodbye Hangar 4, hello Hangar 2

VICKSBURG, Miss. – The landscape of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)

1 May 2015

Work on new ERDC headquarters building project begins

VICKSBURG, Miss. - The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) will soon have a

3 Feb 2015

Some sentiments about sediment

When most people think of the Mississippi River, the wide, flowing water usually comes to mind. But

3 Feb 2015

Integrated science merges multiple river interests

“Inter- pref. 1. Between or among  2. Mutually: together” “Inter” is the overarching element for the

27 Jan 2015

GRL tests and demonstrates WaterDOG Geo-enabled physical water quality measurement collection and data toolkit

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)

4 Dec 2014

ERDC collaboration will assist humanitarian assistance planners

VICKSBURG, Miss. - Deciding the best use of available funds for humanitarian assistance (HA)

16 Sep 2014

ERDC’s Lightweight Modular Causeway System finds a new use

VICKSBURG, MISS. - The Lightweight Modular Causeway System (LMCS), a floating bridge that

10 Sep 2014

ERDC engineers testing two acoustic leak detection systems

VICKSBURG, Miss. - The sensor-transmitted sounds of leaking pipes are music to the ears of Research

22 Aug 2014

ERDC performs forensic investigations of infrastructure deterioration and failure

VICKSBURG, Miss. - Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)