9 Apr 2012

Corps’ St. Paul District commander in Valley City, N.D., April 9

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Col. Michael Price, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers St. Paul District commander, will be in Valley City, N.D., the afternoon of Tuesday, April 10.

9 Apr 2012

USACE and IWR ICIWaRM Recognized During Announcement of the U.S. Water Partnership at U.S. State Department World Water Day Event

Washington, DC - April 9, 2012. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and IWR’s International Center for

9 Apr 2012

Engineers hold annual conference

SEOUL, Republic of Korea — The 2012 Peninsula Engineer Conference (PEC), hosted by the Society of

6 Apr 2012

Marina del Rey dredging benefits boater safety and port redevelopment

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began a $13 million dredging project April 5 that will remove up to one million cubic yards of accumulated sand from the entrance channel to Marina del Rey Harbor, improving navigational safety and providing material for use at several other locations.

6 Apr 2012

Pope earns ASBPA Corps of Engineers' Award

Joan Pope, assistant director for Civil Works in the Research and Development Directorate at Headquarters, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (HQUSACE) was recently named the recipient of the American Shore and Beach Preservation Association (ASBPA) Corps of Engineers' Award for her work on behalf of America's coast.

6 Apr 2012

ERDC successfully demos autonomous unmanned technology

A recent demonstration in support of the Safe Operations of Unmanned Systems for Reconnaissance in Complex Environments (SOURCE) Army Technology Objective (ATO) proved successful for ERDC researchers and their simulation environment for autonomous unmanned ground vehicles.

6 Apr 2012

Bird population modeling protects Plovers, sustains military mission

"Snowbirds" is a nickname that popularly describes northerners who enjoy the warmth of winters in Florida. The same holds true for a diversity of birds that migrate to Florida and places further south. These real snowbirds, such as Snowy and Piping Plovers, are benefitting from ERDC team members' environmental recommendations for coastal military installations.

6 Apr 2012

Interagency workshop on contaminated sediments

The ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) recently hosted an interagency workshop on contaminated sediments that brought together more than 30 scientists and engineers from the Navy, Environmental Protection Agency, and ERDC's EL and Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL).

6 Apr 2012

GSL's live fire evaluations of structures for department of state

ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory's (GSL) Survivability Engineering Branch recently performed full-scale evaluations of a Modular Guard Tower System (MGTS) and a Hardened Alternative Trailer System (HATS) at Eglin and Tyndall Air Force Bases, respectively.

6 Apr 2012

EL briefs Miss. River Commission

ERDC Environmental Laboratory (EL) staff recently briefed the Mississippi River Commissioners on environmental studies being conducted in the lower Mississippi River.