10 Aug 2023

ERDC Security trains with Clinton Police Department

In May, ERDC security forces met with two representatives from CPD to receive training on innovative and safe restraining procedures. The program, called Police Subject Control, is a series of techniques that allow security forces to take control of a scenario and facilitate de-escalation with as little force as possible.

21 Jul 2023

Students learn new concepts during ERDC’s GEMS summer camps

A new era of young scientists and engineers recently wrapped up summer camps geared toward preparing them for future careers in STEM.

14 Jul 2023

Research shows minerals can help mitigate PFAS in groundwater

Emerging chemicals of environmental concern in water represent a major challenge for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in terms of exposure risks to humans and the environment. The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is working to understand detection, fate and transport, and remediation of a group of these chemicals, generally known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

14 Jul 2023

Wrackcycling: Using nature to build stronger dune systems

Most beachgoers don’t think anything of the brown line of seaweed and other organic material that marks beach tide lines. This natural material that washes onto the beach – called wrack – includes algae, sea grasses and some invertebrates such as sponges and soft corals. Despite its unassumingness, wrack may be essential to helping dunes in protecting coastal shorelines from damaging weather such as hurricanes and tropical storms.

14 Jul 2023

Digital buoys could expand inland navigation communications network

With more than 12,000 buoys already playing a critical role in our nation’s inland navigation system, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is researching a way to use patented technology to make those buoys even more valuable.

14 Jul 2023

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.

12 Jul 2023

STEM educators become students again through ERDC’s annual RESET program

Eleven STEM instructors from across the country are adding new tools to their skill sets during an annual summer research program for teachers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).

12 Jul 2023

New ERDC patent expands protective buildings

As an inventor at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL), research civil engineer Justin Roberts has received seven patents, five of which are additions and improvements of the Hardened Alternative Trailer System (HATS) and Methods of Producing Same.

7 Jul 2023

ERDC announces 2023 Women of Color STEM Award winners

Five U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) employees were recently named 2023 Women of Color STEM award winners for their exceptional accomplishments in science, technology, engineering and mathematics at a national level.

22 Jun 2023

ERDC Alumni Association presents scholarships to eight high-school graduates

Members of the ERDC Alumni Association gathered with current ERDC employees, students and their families to present scholarships awarded by the alumni association this year to local high-school graduates.