15 Jan 2019

Engineering With Nature® Book Launch

Media AdvisoryThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will host the Engineering With Nature®: an Atlas Book Launch. The EWN Atlas is a collection of 56 projects illustrating a diverse portfolio of contexts, motivations and successful outcomes. The projects are presented and considered from an Engineering With Nature perspective to reveal the usefulness of

31 Oct 2018

U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center signs Partnership Intermediary Agreement

VICKSBURG, Miss. - The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) entered a new Partnership Intermediary Agreement with DEFENSEWERX, a non-profit 501c3 organization, to establish an innovation hub called ERDCWERX in Vicksburg, Mississippi. ERDCWERX is a force multiplier that leverages technology outreach, creates new collaboration channels, and accelerates product transition to the global market that directly benefits our military and the commercial sector. ERDCWERX will also increase small business participation and effectively facilitate novel innovation, collaboration and workforce development principals and tools.

5 Jul 2018

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Identifies Long-Term Disaster Recovery Projects and Additional Short-Term Repairs to be Accomplished with 2018 Supplemental Funding

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) announced today additional work that it plans to accomplish with the funding provided for disaster recovery in Public Law 115-123, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018, signed into law February 9, 2018.

11 Jun 2018

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Releases Work Plan for Fiscal 2018 Civil Works Appropriations

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) delivered to Congress its Fiscal Year 2018 (FY 2018) work plan for the Army Civil Works program on Thursday, June 7.

5 Jun 2018

USACE Opens Updated National Levee Database

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) today opened the updated National Levee Database (NLD) for public access. The NLD is a living, dynamic information source that provides visualization and search capability on the location and condition of levee systems nationwide.

2 Sep 2016

Media Advisory: CRREL’s Heavy Vehicle Simulator departs Sept. 6 for Rowan University

HANOVER, New Hampshire (Sept. 2, 2016) - The 51-ton, 75-foot, Heavy Vehicle Simulator (HVS Mark IV) at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory is slated to depart the laboratory installation at 72 Lyme Road, Hanover New Hampshire Tuesday Sept. 6, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. (ET)

29 Aug 2016

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University graduate Terrance Westerfield promoted

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia. – Terrance Westerfield of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Geospatial Research Laboratory was recently promoted to DB-V, the laboratory demonstration project equivalent to the federal governments General Schedule 15 level. It is estimated that less than one-third of those who apply for this position are

22 Mar 2016

James C. Ray named Structural Engineering Institute Fellow

James C. Ray, research structural engineer in the Geosciences and Structures Division Research Group of the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center has been named a Fellow of the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Established in 1996, the SEI advances

22 Mar 2016

Catherine Thomas Earns Most Promising Scientist Award

Dr. Catherine Thomas of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi has been selected as the 2016 Minority in Research Science Emerald Honoree Most Promising Scientist Award at the 30th Annual Black Engineer of the Year Awards in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.“It’s definitely an honor to be selected, but to me the

3 Jul 2013

ERDC Staff Bring Engineering Skills to Students

Researchers with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) in Vicksburg, Miss., assisted with the Society of American Military Engineer (SAME) Army Engineering and Construction Camp in Vicksburg, June 16-22.Sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District, the event hosted 38 area students meeting the