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    Valentino Floyd, an Enterprise Industrial Control System operator at the Shore Operations Center at the Washington Navy Yard, uses a SmartGrid system to monitor energy usage in area buildings. Operators and analysts at the center maintain command and control of energy usage at the base through a secure network, allowing for more efficient power usage to enable mission readiness and lower operating costs. (U.S. Navy photo by Shawn Miller/Released)

    USACE researching tools to combat cyber-energy threats

    Given the growing number of domestic cyber attacks and disruptions, determining how to combat these attacks has increased in importance and urgency.
  • Kasea Price, research technician at The University of Southern Mississippi, deploys an acoustic telemetry receiver to monitor for fish movements around open bottom habitats near Bay of St. Louis. (Photo credit: Alfonso Cohuo, The University of Southern Mississippi)

    ERDC, The University of Southern Mississippi work to re-establish Gulf reefs

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), the University of Kentucky and the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) continue work on a three-year collaboration to create oyster reef habitat in the northern Gulf of Mexico for experimental purposes.
  • Wildrice flowers and seeds at one of the research lakes where researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center Environmental Lab are working to help improve wildrice productivity. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

    USACE researchers collaborate with Native American tribes to improve wildrice productivity

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) researchers are working with the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians and other Native American tribes to help improve wildrice (Zizania palustris) productivity.

  • ERDC Under the Lights holiday display returning for a fifth year in Vicksburg

    Plans are underway for the fifth annual ERDC Under the Lights drive-thru holiday celebration at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Mississippi. The event, which is open to the public, will be from 5:30 until 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 16, 17 and 18. Visitors will enter through Gate 3, just south of the Main Gate at 3909 Halls Ferry Road
  • Terry Stanton (center) receives the Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal for his hard work and service to the Army from Col. Teresa Schlosser (left), commander, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, and Bartley P. Durst (right), director, ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

    Stanton awarded Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal

    Terry Stanton began his career at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) more than 29 years ago, and in September, his hard work and service to the Army were recognized with one of the highest honors bestowed to employees–the Bronze Order of the de Fleury Medal.
  • Lesley Miller (left), the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory Mobility Systems Branch chief, presents Kathy Friar with the Department of the Army Civilian Service Commendation Medal for her 50 years of service to the organization. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

    ERDC employee recognized for 50 years of service

    Employee retention is a challenge facing businesses and government agencies across the country. Millennials and Generation Z are constant job hoppers who don’t expect to stay at one position for very long.