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  • August

    Garrett Hall, senior mechanical engineer for Portland District's Dalles Dam, has been selected for ERDC University. The goal of his six-month project is to gain knowledge from ERDC’s processes and capabilities in the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory for Dalles Dam improvements.

    Portland District's Garrett Hall selected for ERDC University

    Researchers from 10 U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2023 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Garrett Hall, senior mechanical engineer with the Portland District’s Dalles Lock and Dam, has been chosen as a participant for this developmental program.
  • Kyle Bayliff, a chemist with the Sacramento District, was selected as a participant for the ERDC University Class of 2023. His six-month project with ERDC's Environmental Laboratory will focus on the interaction of ionic liquids and quantum spin liquids.

    Sacramento District's Kyle Bayliff selected for ERDC University

    Researchers from 10 U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2023 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Kyle Bayliff, a chemist with the Sacramento District, has been chosen to participate in the detail program.
  • Michael Deegan Ph.D., social scientist with the USACE Institute for Water Resources in Alexandria, Virginia, was selected as a participant for the ERDC University Class of 2023. His six-month project with ERDC's Environmental Laboratory will focus on researching watershed resilience in low-capacity communities.

    IWR’s Michael Deegan selected for ERDC University

    Researchers from 10 U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2023 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Michael Deegan Ph.D., social scientist with the USACE Institute for Water Resources in Alexandria, Virginia, has been chosen to participate in the detail program.

  • June

    Luke Navarro, natural resource specialist with the Nashville District, has been selected as a participant for ERDC University. During his six-month research project at the ERDC’s Environmental Laboratory, he will work with scientific tools to automate analysis of geospatial data. During his orientation tour of four ERDC laboratories, Navarro, far right, visited the Aquatic and Wetlands Ecosystem R&D Center, where he will be based for his ERDC University project.

    Nashville District’s Luke Navarro selected for ERDC University

    Researchers from 10 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Districts have been selected for the 2023 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Luke Navarro, a realty specialist with the Nashville District, has been chosen as a participant for this detail program, now in its eighth year.
  • Zahraa Al Khafaji, project engineer with the Chicago District, was selected as a participant for the ERDC University Class of 2023. Her six-month project at ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory in Vicksburg, Miss., focuses on processes to become a concrete specialist for this USACE critical area, which provides the primary construction material for civil works and military structures.

    Chicago District’s Zahraa Al Khafaji selected for ERDC University

    Researchers from 10 U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2023 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Project Engineer Zahraa Al Khafaji of the Chicago District has been chosen as a participant for this detail program, now in its eighth year.

  • April

    During his orientation tour of four U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center laboratories, Portland District’s Dr. Kyle Tidwell, left, visited the Environmental Laboratory’s (EL) Cognitive Ecology Ecohydraulics Research Facility for a briefing by the lab’s Avery Schemmel, research engineer, right, on Computational Modeling for Fish Tracking. Tidwell’s ERDC-U project of researching how civil work programs can support endangered salmon recovery in the Columbia River is based at this EL facility.

    Portland District’s Kyle Tidwell selected for ERDC University

    Researchers from 10 U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2023 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Dr. Kyle Tidwell, fish biologist with the Portland District has been chosen as a participant for detail program, now in its eighth year.
  • Twelve participants from across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were chosen for ERDC University, a six-month detail at the Engineer Research and Development Center. ERDC University orientation was held February 28-March 1 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. Participants included, front row from left, Director Rhonda Taylor, ERDC Office of Research and Technology Transfer (ORTT); Nakita Smith, Pittsburgh District reality specialist; Michael Deegan, USACE Institute for Water Resources social scientist; Zahraa Al Khafaji, Chicago District project engineer; ERDC Deputy Director Dr. Beth Fleming; Joe Hernandez, Sacramento District economist; and Canda Lorson, New Orleans District hydrologist. Leaders and participants in back row, from left, included Director Gary Anderton, Human Capital Office; Kyle Bayliff, Sacramento District chemist; Garrett Hall, Dalles Dam, Oregon mechanical engineer; Jose Paredez, Los Angeles District civil engineer; Kyle Tidwell, Portland District fish biologist; Luke Navarro, Nashville District natural resources specialist; and ERDC University Program Manager Antisa Webb, ORTT Technology, Knowledge and Outreach Division. (Not pictured, Michael Mansfield, Kansas City District hydrologist; Ian Markovich, Jacksonville District biologist.)

    ERDC University welcomes 12 district team members to the Class of 2023

    Twelve participants from across the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers were chosen for ERDC University, a six-month detail at the Engineer Research and Development Center.

  • September

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District’s Brandon Meinert receives his diploma for completing the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's ERDC University, Sept. 15, 2022.

    USACE Kansas City District’s Meinert continues ERDC University Project

    Brandon Meinert, an advanced modeling manager with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Kansas City District, was recognized Sept. 15 as a graduate of U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) six-month detail program, known as ERDC University (ERDC-U).
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers San Francisco District coastal engineer Spencer Harper, right, and his mentor, Dr. Gaurav Savant, a research hydraulic engineer with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), discuss wave generated bed shear stress in the San Francisco Bay while working on Harper’s project as a participant in the ERDC’s detail program, ERDC University.

    San Francisco District’s Harper continues ERDC University project

    Spencer Harper, a coastal engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) San Francisco District, reached the halfway mark in his research project with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) six-month detail program known as ERDC University, or ERDC-U.

  • August

    Dr. Paul Schroeder (right), Jesseca Alexander and Dr. Carlos Ruiz (left)

    Kansas City District’s Alexander continues ERDC University Project

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District’s Jesseca Alexander is half-way through her major research project with the U.S Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) six-month detail program known as ERDC University, or ERDC-U.
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    USACE St. Louis District’s Glover continues ERDC University Project

    Matthew Glover, a geophysicist with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) St. Louis District, has completed the half-way mark of his research project with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) six-month detail program, known as ERDC University (ERDC-U).

  • July

    Dr. Jennifer Miller, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chicago District supervisory environmental engineer, visited a sediment placement site used by the district for placing navigational dredging material for shoreline stabilization and other eco-restoration sites nearby.

    Chicago District’s Miller continues ERDC University project

    Dr. Jennifer Miller, a supervisory environmental engineer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Chicago District, reached the half-way mark in her research project with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) six-month detail program known as ERDC University, or ERDC-U.

  • March

    Dr. Beth Fleming, deputy director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) gives an overview of core competencies and research priorities at the orientation for ERDC University, which was held on the Waterways Experiment Station in Vicksburg, Mississippi, March 1-2.

    2022 ERDC University participants introduced to world-class research

    Tours of four world-class laboratories mingled with expert briefings highlighted the orientation session for ERDC University, an outreach program of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). This year, selectees came from five U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) districts, who visited ERDC’s campus in Vicksburg, Mississippi, March 1-2.
  • Researchers from five U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2022 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Senior Biologist Sara Thames with the New Orleans District was chosen as a participant for this detail program, which is now in its seventh year.

    New Orleans District’s Sara Thames selected for ERDC University

    Researchers from five U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2022 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Senior Biologist Sara Thames with the New Orleans District was chosen as a participant for this detail program, which is now in its seventh year.
  • Researchers from five U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2022 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Environmental Engineer Jesseca Alexander of the Northwest Division’s Kansas City District was chosen as a participant for this detail program, which is now in its seventh year.

    Kansas City District’s Jesseca Alexander selected for ERDC University

    Researchers from five U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2022 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Environmental Engineer Jesseca Alexander of the Northwest Division’s Kansas City District was chosen as a participant for this detail program, which is now in its seventh year.
  • Brandon Meinert of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Kansas City District was selected for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) University, a detail program in its seventh year that offers partnerships between USACE Division and District participants and relevant ERDC laboratory mentors for six-month research projects.

    Kansas City District’s Brandon Meinert selected for ERDC University

    Researchers from five U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2022 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Building Information Modeling (BIM) Manager Brandon Meinert with the Kansas City District was chosen as a participant for this detail program, which is now in its seventh year.
  • Researchers from five U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2022 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Supervisory Environmental Engineer Jennifer Miller, Ph.D., of the Chicago District was chosen as a participant for this detail program, which is now in its seventh year.

    Chicago District’s Jennifer Miller selected for ERDC University

    Researchers from five U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) Districts have been selected for the 2022 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Supervisory Environmental Engineer Jennifer Miller, Ph.D., of the Chicago District was chosen as a participant for this detail program, which is now in its seventh year.
  • Researchers from five U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2022 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Coastal Engineer Spencer Harper with the South Pacific Division’s San Francisco District was chosen as a participant for this detail program, which is now in its seventh year.

    San Francisco District’s Spencer Harper selected for ERDC University

    Researchers from five U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Districts have been selected for the 2022 session of the Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Coastal Engineer Spencer Harper with the South Pacific Division’s San Francisco District was chosen as a participant for this detail program, which is now in its seventh year.
  • Eric Lam, an environmental engineer from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District, has been selected to participate in the 2021 session of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center University. This year’s participants were introduced to the organizations’ senior leaders during virtual presentations March 11, 2021.

    ERDC University 2021 selectees announced

    Engineers from four U.S. Army Corps of Engineer (USACE) districts have been selected for the 2021 session of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center University (ERDC-U). Now in its sixth year, ERDC-U pairs USACE division and district participants with relevant laboratory mentors for six-month research projects.

  • August

    Fort Worth District’s Lujan selected for ERDC University

    VICKSBURG, Miss.-Already a subject matter expert and trainer for the BUILDER Sustainment Management