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  • Corps reopens Canaveral Lock

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District has reopened Canaveral Lock after a gate malfunction resulted in the temporary closure of the facility.

  • Phase 2 of Miami-Dade County beach renourishment project to begin

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, announced today that it will begin Phase 2 work of the Miami-Dade County Shore Protection project in Miami Beach May 7.

  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers opens Veterans Curation Program Laboratory

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers formally reopened its Washington, D.C.-area Veterans Curation Program laboratory at its new location in Alexandria, Va., May 1, 2012.

  • Alcorn State Partnership Reaffirmed

    Dr. Jeffery P. Holland, director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), met with Dr. M. Christopher Brown II, president of Alcorn State University (ASU) April 17 to reaffirm the “Partnership in Education” relationship that has existed between the institutions since 2006.

  • EL scientist briefs Passaic River cleanup and restoration groups

    ERDC Environmental Laboratory's (EL) Dr. Todd Bridges, the Army's senior research scientist for Environmental Science and the director, Center for Contaminated Sediments, was invited by the Passaic River's Cooperating Parties Group (CPG) to present an in-depth briefing on "Opportunities for Innovation in Contaminated Sediment Remediation" to more than 100 members of the CPG and the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 2 staff.

  • Team members encourage young scientists and engineers at fairs

    ERDC Vicksburg volunteer judges reviewed and scored more than 1,300 science experiments during January and February at local elementary school science fairs.

  • Cold-weather, low-emission vinyl coating tested at Alaska training range

    A new type of vinyl coating system that can be applied in sub-freezing temperatures also complies with emission standards for volatile organic compounds (VOC). ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) demonstrated the coating on a bridge at Yukon Training Range, Alaska, and is continuing to monitor its performance.

  • CERL's Bandy receives Army honors

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) Installations Division Chief Dr. John Bandy has received the Superior Civilian Service Award from the Department of the Army.

  • Team members assist Mississippi Valley Division flood preparedness—"Operation Watershed-Recovery"

    Flood control planners will soon be privy to detailed information on the Mississippi Valley region's flooding potential and current priority repairs. Named "Operation Watershed-Recovery," this valuable compilation showcases the tremendous efforts of the Corps' Mississippi Valley Division (MVD) experts, with ERDC team members as major contributors.

  • Denmark draws DECON expertise from ERDC engineer

    The Corps' present-day go-to engineer for electrokinetics (EK) recalls glancing at the photo of the Mississippi River model found in his McComb, Miss. history textbook in 1972 and thinking that WES would be a cool place to work.