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  • July

    U.S. Navy Sailors with range control patrol Browns Island and the surrounding waters on Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 14, 2026.

    ERDC researchers granted patent for novel underwater UXO blast shield invention

    Military weapons, ammunition, equipment, and materials, collectively known as munitions of war, lie at the bottom of rivers, lakes, and oceans across the country. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers works to safely locate and remove the munitions, preventing aquatic and human environmental hazards. Two U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) engineers recently developed a patented technology that could significantly improve how those underwater munitions are detected and recovered.

  • May

    Soldiers walking in the woods.

    ERDC, U.S. Forest Service make historic agreement to accelerate forest capabilities

    Thanks to a historic agreement between the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and the U.S. Forest Service, a foundational dataset has been created to bolster the nation’s forests.

  • April

    A graphic of two researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.

    ERDC study reveals pathway to breakdown “forever chemicals”

    A study on breaking down PFAS molecules conducted by two researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) was recently published in a leading, peer-reviewed scientific journal.

  • February

    Representatives from ERDC’s Environmental Lab traveled to USAG Bavaria-Garmisch in Germany to conduct water assessments focusing on improving water quality and resilience.

    ERDC researchers conduct water assessment at USAG Bavaria-Garmisch in Germany

    Ensuring safe, reliable drinking water is critical to protecting Soldier health and maintaining mission readiness at U.S. military facilities worldwide. To support that objective, three researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) recently traveled to a U.S. military base in Germany to evaluate water quality, resilience and treatment needs.

  • August

    An underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV) is deployed during testing at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

    Rover technology helps USACE keep tabs on aging infrastructure, dredging operations

    To help U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) districts perform aquatic infrastructure inspections in a safe, cost-effective manner and with higher quality, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is testing the use of a commercially available underwater remotely operated vehicle (ROV).

  • June

    Chad Young, a planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sacramento District, has been selected for the 2025 session of ERDC-U.

    Sacramento Districts Chad Young Selected for ERDC University

    Chad Young, a planner with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sacramento District, has been selected as one of five USACE participants for the 2025 session of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U).
  • Four researchers in two laboratories at ERDC were recently awarded the 2024 Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholar & Mentor of the Year Awards. The recipients are scholar Dr. Andrew Groeneveld and mentor Dr. Michael “Wes” Trim, both with the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL), and scholar Dr. Andrew Jin and mentor Dr. Igor Linkov, both with the Environmental Laboratory (EL).

    Four ERDC researchers earn DoD SMART awards

    Four researchers in two laboratories at ERDC were recently awarded the 2024 Department of Defense (DoD) Science, Mathematics, and Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholar & Mentor of the Year Awards. The recipients are scholar Dr. Andrew Groeneveld and mentor Dr. Michael “Wes” Trim, both with the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL), and scholar Dr. Andrew Jin and mentor Dr. Igor Linkov, both with the Environmental Laboratory (EL).

  • May

    Ashley Gonzalez (USACE Jacksonville) and Megan Hamersky (Kansas Biological Survey) prepare to deploy a mooring buoy for an ERDC monitoring initiative.

    ERDC enhances HAB detections through interactive, real-time dashboard

    A team from the the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is making strides to combat harmful algal blooms (HABs) through its innovative Depth Resolved Algal Bloom Mapping (DRABM) initiative. By creating an interactive, real-time dashboard that visualizes subsurface water quality data, ERDC is transforming how HABs are detected and managed, helping to protect public health, support local economies and enhance flood risk management operations.

  • March

    Members of the National Technical Committee for the Ordinary High Water Mark pose in New Orleans. Pictured are Steven Kichefski (USACE Wilmington District), Ken Fritz (EPA), Ellen Wohl (CSU Professor), Brian Topping (EPA), Gabrielle David, and Aaron Allen (USACE Los Angeles District).

    ERDC’s Environmental Lab publishes first-of-its-kind National Ordinary High Water Mark manual

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) recently published a groundbreaking technical guide geared toward identifying Ordinary High Water Marks (OHWM) across the nation.

  • October

    An eastern small-footed bat (Myotis leibii) at USMA West Point, New York.

    International Bat Week: ERDC goes to bat to protect winged allies

    According to the Department of Defense (DOD) Natural Resources Program, more than 300 military installations will be potentially affected by at least one bat species listing under the Endangered Species Act in the next five years. Researchers from ERDC's Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) and Environmental Laboratory (EL) are at the forefront of innovative projects aimed at understanding and preserving bat populations on DoD installations.

  • September

    Bio photo of Detroit District’s Aaron W. Damrill

    Detroit District’s Aaron W. Damrill selected for ERDC University

    Aaron Damrill, a Supervisory Biologist with the USACE Detroit District, has been chosen as a participant for the 2024 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U).
  • Bio photo of Walla Walla District’s Dr. Christopher Peery

    Walla Walla District’s Dr. Christopher Peery selected for ERDC University

    Dr. Christopher Peery, a Senior Fish Biologist with the USACE Walla Walla District, has been chosen as a participant for the 2024 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U).
  • Bio photo of Portland District’s Richard M. Piaskowski

    Portland District’s Richard M. Piaskowski selected for ERDC University

    Richard Piaskowski, a Fish Biologist with the USACE Portland District has been chosen as a participant for the 2024 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U).

  • August

    Dr. Todd S. Bridges, former senior research scientist for environmental science in ERDC's Environmental Laboratory, was recently inducted into the Waterways Experiment Station (WES) Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees.

    Dr. Todd S. Bridges inducted to WES Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees

    Dr. Todd S. Bridges, former senior research scientist for environmental science at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Environmental Laboratory, was recently inducted into the WES Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees.

  • May

    ERDC researchers David Ruppel with a Big Black Rocksnail and Ashley Ruppel with a Butterfly mussel

    Freshwater snail population believed extinct, rediscovered

    Researchers with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are working with the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science to examine the habitat association, distribution levels and substrate preference of the Big Black Rocksnail.

  • March

    Dr. Sergey Vecherin, a research physicist with ERDC's Cold Regions Research and Engineer Laboratory, is the principal investigator of the Infection Risk Assessment on Military Installations (IRAMI) project, which aims to quantify the spread of infections and evaluate their impact on military personnel. Vecherin heads a team of ERDC researchers who have launched a new project that seeks to revolutionize the way military bases prepare for and combat respiratory infections, with implications that could reach far beyond military installations and into public spaces across the globe.

    ERDC research aims to model, combat respiratory infections

    A cross-laboratory team of U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) researchers has launched a new project that seeks to revolutionize the way military bases prepare for and combat respiratory infections, with implications that could reach far beyond military installations and into public spaces across the globe.

  • February

    Matt Balazik, research ecologist with ERDC-EL’s Wetlands and Coastal Ecology Branch, and his team collect an adult Atlantic sturgeon for tagging in an effort to track their reproductive habits in relation to dredge operations.

    ERDC researchers assess time-of-year restrictions for James River dredging

    Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory (EL) are conducting field studies along the lower James River in Virginia to assess the environmental impacts of dredging and if they continue to justify the existing time-of-year restrictions (TOYR) for dredging in the area.

  • October

    Dr. Afrachanna Butler, a research physical scientist with ERDC's Environmental Laboratory (EL), and Kortland Almore, an EL intern from Alcorn State University, water switchgrass in one of EL’s greenhouses in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Both ERDC-EL and ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory are experimenting on the phytostabilization potential and biomonitoring of heavy metals, specifically selenium and arsenic that come from contaminated soil and groundwater at coal combustion residual (CCRs) storage sites.

    ERDC researchers experiment on remediation of Coal Combustion Residuals

    Researchers with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are experimenting on the phytostabilization potential and biomonitoring of heavy metals, specifically selenium and arsenic that come from contaminated soil and groundwater at coal combustion residuals (CCRs) storage sites.

  • July

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Buffalo District recently hosted personnel from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Environmental Laboratory and Information Technology Laboratory to field test two dredging evaluation decision and data documentation tools designed to speed decision making for environmental compliance determinations with state and federal agencies. The work was funded by the Dredging Operations Environmental Research (DOER) Program. Pictured from left: Victoria Harms (USACE Buffalo District), Karen Keil (ERDC Environmental Laboratory), Dave Romano (USACE Buffalo District), Andrew Lenox (USACE Buffalo District), Trent May (ERDC Information Technology Laboratory), LTC Eli Adams (USACE Buffalo District Commander), Al Kennedy (ERDC Environmental Laboratory), Mike Habberfield (USACE Buffalo District), Jay Miller (USACE Buffalo District), and Erich Pirschel (USACE Buffalo District).

    ERDC labs lead modernization of dredging evaluation guidance, tools for environmental compliance decisions

    The project delivery team for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Dredging Operations and Environmental Research, or DOER, Project 19-11 recently published technical guidance and tools for modernizing the conduct of dredging evaluations for open water disposal compliance.

  • June

    a prototype underwater acoustic deterrent system (uADS) at Lock No. 19 in Keokuk, Iowa

    ERDC Researchers Co-lead Multiagency Team to Service Prototype Underwater Acoustic Deterrent System

    Researchers from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), along with scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and other partners, are currently working on a project to test the effectiveness of underwater sound technology on invasive carps — Bighead Carp, Silver Carp, Black Carp and Grass Carp — and the response of various native species of interest throughout the Mississippi River and Great Lakes basins, as well as additional native watersheds.