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  • September

    Taylor Cagle is working for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory’s Hydrologic Systems Branch at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.

    Cagle joins the ERDC’s Coastal, Hydraulics Laboratory

    Taylor Cagle has joined the Hydrologic Systems Branch in the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).

  • Brewer lauded with USACE Chief Counsel's Honorary Award

    An attorney at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) was recently recognized during the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chief Counsel’s Honorary Awards ceremony. Allison Brewer, who has been with the ERDC Office of Counsel for more than five years, was awarded the E. Manning Seltzer Award for Special Contributions, which is named for the Chief Legal Advisor to the Chief of Engineers and General Counsel of the USACE from 1956 until 1977. The award recognizes an attorney who has made one or more special contributions to the USACE legal service mission through the development of a legal theory, a legal management innovation or practice or outstanding performance in solving a legal or management problem.

  • August

    Dr. Irene MacAllister, a research chemist with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, receives the Czech Republic’s University of Defence Medal.

    MacAllister honored for vital research in Czech Republic

    Dr. Irene MacAllister, a research chemist with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), has been awarded the Czech Republic’s University of Defence Medal honoring her “for the immense contribution she has made to the research effort in protection against high-risk biological agents.” She received the award upon recent completion of her assignment with the U.S. Army Engineer and Scientist Exchange Program (ESEP) to the Czech Republic.

  • July

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center retirees Howard W. McGee Jr. (left) and Dr. Fred T. Tracy (right) were both inducted into the Waterways Experiment Station Gallery of Distinguished Employees on July 15, 2021.

    Two inducted into Waterways Experiment Station Gallery of Distinguished Employees

    Though Howard W. McGee Jr. and Dr. Fred T. Tracy had very different careers during their time at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), the two now have something major in common—they’re both 2021 inductees to the prestigious Waterways Experiment Station Gallery of Distinguished Employees. Surrounded by family, friends and coworkers gathered virtually and in-person, McGee and Tracy, both of Vicksburg, were inducted to the gallery at a ceremony on July 15, 2021, at the ERDC Information Technology Laboratory.
  • The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Director Dr. Joseph Corriveau is interviewed by ERDC’s Shelley Tingle during ERDC’s LinkedIn Live event in June.

    ERDC brings history, experience to the crucial fight against climate change

    In early June, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) released a report showing carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere had reached levels not seen in more than 4 million years. The report has brought more weight to the emphasis President Biden’s administration has placed on a “climate crisis that threatens our people and communities, public health and economy, and, starkly, our ability to live on the planet Earth.”

  • May

    Staff Sgt. Russell Gaskin, U.S. Army Prime Power School instructor, reviews an electrical panel during the Prime Power Capstone Training Exercise at the Contingency Basing Integration Training and Evaluation Center (CBITEC) in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., Aug. 11, 2020. Prime Power School students are tested at the CBITEC on the knowledge, skills and abilities they gained over the year-long course to become prime power specialists. CBITEC is a U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory facility that supports the operational energy continuum and safely trains the warfighter to tackle the nation’s power challenges.

    Institute for Systems Engineering Research takes on new task: talent management

    The Institute for Systems Engineering Research (ISER) team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is applying their expertise to an unexpected field: talent management. The need for a hard-to-find skillset to fill the role of prime power production specialist — which is a high-demand position involving electrical assessments, quality assurance and control and medium-voltage electrical power production and distribution ― has driven the Army to seek new methods to help fill and retain these vital roles.
  • As part of an U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)-University project, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Walla Walla District Biologist Damian Walter is netting flowering rush plants for a feeding study at the ERDC Environmental Laboratory’s greenhouse on the Vicksburg, Mississippi, installation. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Dr. Nathan Harms)

    Aquatic Botany journal features biologist Damian Walter’s ERDC-U project

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory Research Biologist Dr. Nathan Harms co-authored a journal article as one of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Walla Walla District Wildlife Biologist Damien Walter’s 2019 ERDC University mentors.

  • March

    ERDC researcher uses sound to sustainably deter invasive Asian carp in USGS project

    ERDC researcher uses sound to sustainably deter invasive Asian carp in USGS project

    When Dr. Christa Woodley, a research biologist with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), heard about the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) study to control invasive Asian carp through acoustics, she was excited by the possibilities.

  • August

    Terry Winschel, historian for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, uses a power washer to clean off a unique prototype military vehicle designed with “tri-star” wheels. Winschel is on a mission to preserve and restore historic prototypes tested by ERDC since the 1960s.

    Saving a history of innovation and ingenuity

    Hands-on historian works to share the story of Army Engineer R&D Standing in white coveralls, power

  • June

    Susan Taylor, Ph.D., research scientist at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, is serving as one of the guest editors for the June 2016 issue of Elements, An International Magazine of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology, featuring "Cosmic Dust."

    USACE scientist edits 'Elements' magazine

    Susan Taylor, Ph.D., research scientist at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering

  • April

    ERDC-CRREL Research Physical Scientist Jay Clausen was recently nominated as a member of the Mount Washington Observatory (MWO) Science Advisory Committee (SAC).

    CRREL scientist elected MWO Science Advisory Committee member

    HANOVER, N.H. - U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and

  • February

    Dr. Jerry Ballard

    Ballard named Computational Science and Engineering chief

    VICKSBURG, Miss. - Dr. Jerry Ballard has been selected to lead the Computational Science and

  • January

    Dr. Karl Indest

    Five promoted to DB-V level

    VICKSBURG, Miss. - U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Director Dr. Jeffery
  • Victoria Moore

    Moore named chief, Mobility Systems Branch

    VICKSBURG, Miss. - Victoria “Vickey” Moore was recently selected as chief of the Mobility Systems

  • December

    Speler Montgomery

    Montgomery named chief, Scientific Software Branch

    VICKSBURG, Miss - Dr. Reed Mosher, director of the Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) at the
  • Dr. Andrea Scott

    Scott named development program manager

    VICKSBURG, Miss. - Dr. Andrea Scott has been selected as the development program manager (DPM) at

  • November

    David Delaney

    CERL’s Delaney selected “Individual Expert” by the nominating committee for the Acoustical Society of America Committee on Standards

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s (CERL) David Delaney was recently elected to serve a one-year term as an individual expert (IE) with the National Standards Subcommittee on Animal Bioacoustics within the Acoustical Society of America.

  • September

    ERDC-GRL Senior Research Geographer Dr. Laura Jean Palmer-Moloney.

    Palmer-Moloney Sees deployment as a Benefit to ERDC

    In describing her deployment to Afghanistan, ERDC-Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) Senior Research Geographer Dr. Laura Jean Palmer-Moloney said, “It was the only way that I could work in the Helmand River watershed to extend the research being performed with the Civilian-Military Operations/Human-Environment Interaction (CMO-HEI).”

  • August

    Dr. Boddu

    CERL’s Boddu to Be Inducted into American Institute of Chemical Engineers Fellowship

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s Dr. Veera Boddu was recently elected by the board of directors, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE), as a Fellow of the Institute, the highest grade of membership.

  • July

    Dr. Linkov and Dr. Bridges

    ERDC’s Research Accomplishments Cited in Risk Analysis, an International Journal

    ERDC has contributed significantly to the field of risk analysis and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was one of the first agencies to embrace these tools.