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  • June

    U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental Laboratory researchers Shea Hammond (front left) and Justin Wilkens (front right) on the back of a tugboat with the i3X0 EcoMapper, an autonomous underwater vehicle. A U.S. Coast Guard crew and support vessel provided support while the EcoMapper missions were underway. The EcoMapper was used to help respond to a Dredging Operations Technical Support (DOTS) request to monitor turbidity near a cutterhead dredge in the Bayou Rigaud Navigation Channel near Grand Isle, Louisiana.

    ERDC scientists assist USACE New Orleans District with turbidity assessment at Bayou Rigaud

    Scientists from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental Laboratory (ERDC-EL) recently assisted the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New Orleans District in measuring the turbidity near a dredging operation in the Bayou Rigaud Federal Navigation Channel.

  • December

    Dr. Burton Suedel, a research biologist with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory, is recognized by ASTM International for leading a diverse group of individuals from public companies, trade groups, government agencies and environmental consultancies to develop a guide for risk-based corrective action for contaminated sediment sites. The ASTM International’s Distinguished Service Award was bestowed upon Suedel Oct. 28, 2020.

    ERDC researcher impacts international contaminated sediment standards

    When Dr. Burton Suedel, a research biologist with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory (ERDC-EL), heard about the ASTM International project to develop a guide for risk-based corrective action for contaminated sediment sites, he saw it as an opportunity for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to inform international contaminated sediment standards and policy.