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  • February

    CRANE’s X-65 demonstrator aircraft will be built by Aurora Flight Sciences.

    ITL finds success in DARPA partnership

    Partnerships are a cornerstone of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s mission to deliver cutting-edge science and engineering solutions for the nation. One such partnership between ERDC’s Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is delivering the high-performance computing power and expertise to accelerate the next generation of aerospace technology.
  • 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.
  • ERDC’s Construction Engineering Research Lab (CERL) and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) teams that were involved in the successful EPA signing event.

    ERDC and UTEP sign Educational Partnership Agreement

    The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) have entered into a new Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) designed to strengthen education, research and workforce development across critical Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines.

  • January

    Leaders stand in front of Barfoot

    ERDC dedicates new supercomputer in honor of Medal of Honor recipient

    VICKSBURG, Miss.— The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is home to some of the world’s most powerful high-performance computing systems, which recently have been named to honor Mississippi-native Medal of Honor recipients. Three of the previous supercomputing system namesakes include Lance Cpl. Roy Wheat, Capt. Ed Freeman and Col. Kyle Carpenter. The newest trail-blazing system is named “Barfoot” in recognition of the late Col. Van T. Barfoot, who was an American hero on and off of the battlefield.
  • Several SMART Scholars recently visited ERDC. Pictured in the front row (R to L) is SMART Army Component Liaison Laurie Perez, Natalie Harris, Claire Justis, Marin Sherwin, directorate of Human Capital Speler Montgomery, Thomas Dowe, Hunter Williams, and Hope George. Back row (R to L): Garrett Breithaupt, Tristan Calaway, Ander McDade, William Dowe, and Chance Williams

    ERDC’s SMART Scholarship Program provides opportunities for aspiring STEM professionals

    The Department of War (DoW) SMART Scholarship Program is designed to help science, technology, engineering and mathematics students jumpstart their careers—building the next generation of STEM experts in civilian service. From the SMART Scholarship Program have emerged some of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) most accomplished leaders.
  • CRREL’s Dr. Theodore Letcher demonstrates the Mud Threat Score software tool.

    New software helps military planners predict mud season

    A new software tool called the “Mud Threat Score” now provides military planners with real-time frozen ground and thaw predictions at 30-meter resolution, anytime, anywhere in the world. Developed by ERDC laboratories and their Hanover, New Hampshire-based industry partner Creare, the new tool combines existing weather forecasting data residing within the geospatial decision support tool GeoWATCH with newly developed frozen and thawing soil algorithm to highlight locations that are experiencing or will experience muddy conditions due to the spring thaw.