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  • 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.

  • February

    The Burgess-Capps Cabin, located on the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, was constructed in 1875. It is made of hewn log walls chinked with mortar, and inside there is a loft with an enclosed stairway, a stone fireplace and a chimney.

    ERDC team helps preserve history for Colorado’s Burgess-Capps Cabin

    With the help of an interdisciplinary team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), the U.S. Air Force Academy Cultural Resources Management Office has plans for future rehabilitation and preservation of the historic Burgess-Capps Cabin in Colorado, keeping it standing for years to come.
  • Samuel Stidwell, a research architect at ERDC’s Construction Engineering Research Lab

    ERDC researcher to be honored at Black Engineer of the Year Awards

    Samuel Stidwell, a research architect at the U.S. Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), was recognized as one of the Science Spectrum Trailblazers at the 2024 Black Engineer of the Year (BEYA) STEM DTX Conference.
  • Photo of the Mountain View Officers' Club (MVOC) at Fort Huachuca in the 1940's

    ERDC researchers revive history of World War II Black art exhibit in Arizona

    With the help of the Cultural Resources team at the U.S. Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), the historic legacy of Black World War II era artists at Fort Huachuca, Arizona is being uncovered again.

  • January

    Joseph Wittrock was awarded the Research Assistant of the Year at CERL’s Luncheon and Award Ceremony in Champaign, Illinois on Dec. 7, 2023.

    ERDC’s Wittrock named CERL Research Assistant of the Year

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) named Joseph Wittrock the lab’s 2023 Research Assistant of the Year.
  • Left to Right: Pete Devlin, Dept. of Energy; Nick Josefik, USACE ERDC CERL; Ronald Langhelm, DHS S&T; Dr. Dimitri Kusnezov, Under Secretary of DHS Science and Technology Directorate (S&T); Zachary Kittrie, FEMA; Prateek Vaish, Accelera by Cummins; Chris Steinhilber, Support Contractor - DHS S&T; Kathryn Grazionale, Support Contractor - DHS S&T.

    ERDC’s Josefik honored for advancing emergency response

    Nicholas Josefik, an industrial engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research Development Center (ERDC), was recently recognized at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) Under Secretary’s Awards Ceremony for leading a team in the development of a one-of-a-kind emergency response vehicle.

  • November

    ERDC Robotics for Engineer Operations (REO) Team demonstrating their Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) at the 2023 Position, Navigation, Timing Assessment Experiment (PNTAX).3

    Unmanned Ground Vehicles successfully demonstrated at PNTAX ‘23

    The Robotics for Engineer Operations (REO) team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) successfully conducted demonstrations of their Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGV) without the use of the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) at the Position, Navigation, Timing Assessment Experiment (PNTAX).

  • September

    Dr. Martin Page listens to a demonstration of harmful algal bloom technology by industry partner AECOM.

    ERDC R&D underpins harmful algal bloom removal technology at Ohio demonstration

    VICKSBURG, Miss.– U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) researchers attended a demonstration of freshwater harmful algae removal technology at William H. Harsha Lake in Batavia, Ohio, September 15. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources H2Ohio Program hosted the event, with industry partners Woolpert, an architecture, engineering, geospatial and strategic consulting firm, and AECOM, an infrastructure and engineering company presenting the technology. The Harmful Algal Bloom Interception, Treatment, and Transformation System (HABITATS) underpins the harmful algal bloom (HAB) removal unit demonstrated at the lake, which is located just outside of Cincinnati.

  • August

    Lt. Col. Rico Vargas, then a 23-year-old artillery officer, takes part in a patrol during one of his two deployments to Iraq. During Vargas’ first deployment to Iraq in 2006, he was injured when the Stryker he was riding in struck a buried improvised explosive device.

    Forged Under Fire: Near-death experience galvanizes leadership principles for ERDC’s Vargas

    During Lt. Col. Rico Vargas’ first deployment to Iraq in 2006, he was injured when the Stryker he was riding in struck a buried improvised explosive device.

  • July

    A graphic with information about the Facility Investment Analytics (FIA24).

    CERL Team develops new decision support tool

    A U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Construction Engineer Research Laboratory (CERL) team has been working to develop a tool called Facility Investment Analytics, or FIA. FIA is a decision support tool for the Installation Program Evaluation Group Program Objective Memorandum planning that generates prioritized Facility Investment Plan data based on critical infrastructure requirements from Army senior leaders and risk prioritization analysis.

  • April

    Dr. Andrew Nelson, director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), gives Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, an overview of CERL's research projects.

    Construction Engineering Research Laboratory welcomes USACE commanding general for meeting and facility tour

    Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) recently welcomed Lt. Gen. Scott Spellmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General and 55th Chief of Engineers, for a meeting at CERL’s facilities in Champaign, Ill.

  • March

    Construction Engineering Research Laboratory welcomes Defense Coalition of Campaign for meeting, facility tour

    Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Construction Engineering Laboratory (CERL) recently welcomed the Defense Coalition of Champaign County (DC3) for a meeting at CERL’s facilities in Champaign, Ill.

  • November

    Water Recover Patent awarded to Construction Engineering Research Laboratory team

    Creating an energy-efficient invention to recover clean water for Soldiers in austere environments proved worthy of US Patent 11,029,044, “High Volume Air Stream Water Recovery System,” awarded in June to the research team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction and Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) in Champaign, Illinois.

  • Pavement repair assessment pioneer continues to help ensure smoother roads and runways

    Pavement management personnel can now employ an index to rank repair priorities for both roads and runways, using a uniform system patented by an inspiring inventor from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).

  • March

    A U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) prototype site characterization vehicle demonstrates its amphibious capabilities during testing at the ERDC Levee Breach Model in Vicksburg, Mississippi, Oct. 7, 2020. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

    ERDC researchers combine robotics, imagery technology to solve problems

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s Robotics for Engineer Operations (REO) team is combining efforts with the Information Technology Laboratory’s Robotic Assessment of Dams (DamBot) team to tackle challenges posed by both combat engineer operations abroad and infrastructure at home.

  • February

    Brandy Diggs-McGee, a research mechanical engineer at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory, was honored with the Most Promising Engineer in Government Award at the 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Conference.

    ERDC researchers earn six Black Engineer of the Year Awards

    Six researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) were chosen to receive top honors at the 2021 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA), an event held virtually Feb. 13.
  • Collaborators of U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), including Dr. Jinelle Sperry, wildlife biologist at the CERL’s Threatened and Endangered Species Program, install towers for automated radio-telemetry of fruit-eating birds in Oahu, Hawaii, July 24, 2015. This research demonstrates the importance of certain non-native species as dispersers of native, endangered plants on Hawaii military installations. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

    Threatened, Endangered Species team creates win-win situations for military

    The role of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), Threatened and Endangered Species (TES) program is to identify and understand areas of targeted endangered species management and conservation. Why is this important? The presence of TES on military lands can result in military training restrictions, but effective management and conservation has the potential to substantially deconflict military training and endangered species mandates. In many cases, this presents a win-win scenario where endangered species thrive on installations while military operations maintain flexibility. 

  • January

    Students from the U.S. Army Prime Power School repair a spliced electrical cable during one of many electrical outage scenarios incorporated in 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.

    Contingency Basing Integration Training, Evaluation Center tests U.S. Army Prime Power School students

    The Contingency Basing Integration Training and Evaluation Center (CBITEC), in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, provides U.S. Army Prime Power School students with testing facilities throughout their year-long training program. While the students encounter a variety of course challenges, the hands-on training provided and facilitated by the CBITEC is considered the most demanding. CBITEC is a U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) facility that supports the operational energy continuum and safely trains the warfighter to tackle the nation’s power challenges.

  • December

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), acting director, Kirankumar Topudurti (left), hands Dr. Rebekah Wilson (right), United States Army Corps of Engineers’s (USACE) Paint Technology Technical Center of Expertise leader, the USACE Researcher of the Year Award at the CERL campus, Champaign, Ill., Nov. 12, 2020. Wilson was recognized for her expertise and achievements in the research and development of advanced coatings.

    ERDC researcher awarded top honor from USACE

    Dr. Rebekah Wilson, a chemist with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL), says she found direction during her high school years when physical science and chemistry became her passions. The subjects made sense to her, and she easily found logical answers to seemingly difficult problems using math to predict reactions and create products.

  • November

    Inventors from two laboratories at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center received a 2020 patent for their Electro-active Vitreous Enamel Coated Dowel Bar, which stabilizes concrete segments and reduces repair costs.

    ERDC multi-disciplinary, multi-laboratory team earns cost-saving coated dowel bar patent

    Combining multi-disciplinary talents from two laboratories at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), a three-person team earned a U.S. patent in July 2020 for the inventive Electro-active Vitreous Enamel Coated Dowel Bar, which stabilizes concrete segments and reduces repair costs.