9 Mar 2012

Corps public meeting to discuss mitigation for impacts to natural resources in Lake Pontchartrain Basin

NEW ORLEANS, LA – The US Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District, is hosting a public meeting

9 Mar 2012

New Orleans District will fund 45 Mississippi River and Tributaries projects

New Orleans, La. – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New Orleans District (MVN), recently received

9 Mar 2012

Army Corps to hold Take Pride in Blue Marsh Day

The U.S. Army Corps Engineers’ Philadelphia District will host its annual Take Pride in Blue Marsh Day on April 21 at the lake.

9 Mar 2012

ERDC-GSL’s Rushing to Serve on TRB Technical Committee

ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory’s (GSL) John Rushing, a research civil engineer, was recently invited to serve a three-year term on the TRB Committee on Pavement Preservation.

9 Mar 2012

ERDC-CHL U.S. Army R&D Model Development Chapter for Military Aspects of Hydrogeology Book

ERDC’s Coastal Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) staff contributed a chapter to the English Geological Society, Special Publication 2012, v.362; Military Aspects of Hydrogeology published in January.

9 Mar 2012

ERDC Hosts Kinetic Energy Turbine Workshop

ERDC's Dr. Richard Styles, chief, Navigation Branch, Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL), and Research Ecologist Dr. David Smith, Environmental Laboratory (EL), hosted a workshop on kinetic energy turbines (KET), Feb. 29–March 1, at CHL.

9 Mar 2012

TEC researcher co-authors Sensors and Transducers article

ERDC Topographic Engineering Center’s (TEC) Dr. Clint Smith, Fluorescence Spectroscopy Laboratory, recently co-authored an article regarding biosensors and technical expertise in the analysis of biosensor architectural support in Sensors and Transducers, volume 137, issue 2.

9 Mar 2012

ERDC Team Member to Help Train USACE Emergency Response Cadre

ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) Electrical Engineer Steve Sweeney was recently selected to serve an expanded role as a member of the Local Government Liaison (LGL) cadre, one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers emergency response teams in support of the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

9 Mar 2012

ERDC and NASA host Interagency Climate Change forum

ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s (CERL) William Goran, director, Center for the Advancement of Sustainability Innovations, and Staff Engineer Sam Higuchi, Environmental Management Division, Office of Strategic Infrastructure, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), recently co-chaired a session of the Interagency Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation forum at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

9 Mar 2012

Corps plants more STEM seeds

Ninety students participated in the full-day Viva program that included hands-on competitive and educational exercises like the Dream Invention, Rocket Science and the Catapult Launcher, designed to help them understand the connections between their math and science studies and rewarding STEM careers.