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  • 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.

  • ERDC staff brings engineering skills to students

    Six current and former ERDC-Vicksburg employees hosted an engineering workshop for the fourth and fifth grade Gifted and Talented Educational Services (GATES) class at Bovina Elementary School March 20. Damarys Acevedo-Acevedo, Dr. Susan Bailey, Jose´ Mattei-Sosa, and Bobby McComas all from EL, Dr. Jackie Pettway from CHL and former employee Bobby Carpenter participated in the outreach project, sponsored by the American Society of Civil Engineers Vicksburg Branch.

  • Division chief uses national team membership to write national policy, help district

    It’s not every day a district employee gets to be involved with creating national policy. Michael Bart, the district’s chief of engineering and construction, was given that opportunity starting in September 2007, when he was asked to serve as the team lead of the Corps’ new Levee Safety Policy and Procedures Team. He had just finished a seven-month assignment at the Corps’ Hurricane Protection Office in New Orleans as the deputy for execution support and had been assisting with the Corps’ Dam Safety Program for a couple of years when he agreed to serve in this role.

  • Joint Civilian Service Commendation awarded in Iraq to Middle East District Program Manager

    U.S. Army Corps of Engineers team member Douglas Harold Plachy was recently presented the Joint Civilian Service Commendation Medal from Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen Jr., chief, Office of Security Cooperation-Iraq during a ceremony in Baghdad, April 24.