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  • August

    The 2016 Women of Color Magazine Technology All-Star Award was recently awarded to Dr. Ghada S. Ellithy, a senior research civil engineer in the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory of the U.S. Engineer and Research Development Center. She is recognized for her more than 21 years of civil engineering experience with ERDC, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the private sector.

    GSL researcher wins 2016 Women of Color Technology All-Star Award

    Dr. Ghada S. Ellithy, a senior research civil engineer in the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory of the U.S. Engineer and Research Development Center has been awarded the prestigious 2016 Women of Color Magazine Technology All-Star Award. The award recognizes accomplished women of color with mid-level to advanced-level careers in the workforce. Award winners have demonstrated excellence in the workplace and in their communities.
  • ERDC Research Hydraulic Engineer Tim Welp checks the movement of "tickler chains" designed to move sea turtles out of the way of dredging activities. The chains form a curtain extending off the dredging drag arm approximately 25 feet ahead of the draghead.

    ERDC demonstrates new equipment, approach

    Developing efficient and effective protection systems for the seven species of sea turtles, which have existed since the time of the dinosaurs, continues as an ERDC research priority. With a streamlined shell design for swimming, these turtles differ from their land cousins, having no ability to retract heads and legs into their shells.
  • Terry Winschel, historian for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, uses a power washer to clean off a unique prototype military vehicle designed with “tri-star” wheels. Winschel is on a mission to preserve and restore historic prototypes tested by ERDC since the 1960s.

    Saving a history of innovation and ingenuity

    Hands-on historian works to share the story of Army Engineer R&D Standing in white coveralls, power
  • The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s Dredging Operations Technical Support (DOTS) Program is launching a new website dedicated to the practice of thin-layer placement of dredged material in a webinar August 31.

    Corps to launch new resource for dredging community

    Website on thin-layer placement to debut in Aug. 31 webinar The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer’s

  • July

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    USACE video highlights "Contingency Base Site Identification for the Tactical Environment" software

    As a stand-alone software application, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's "Contingency Base Site Identification for the Tactical Environment" provides military planners with the ability to remotely sense potential CB site locations through weighted algorithms based upon military planning factors.

  • June

    Susan Taylor, Ph.D., research scientist at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, is serving as one of the guest editors for the June 2016 issue of Elements, An International Magazine of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Petrology, featuring "Cosmic Dust."

    USACE scientist edits 'Elements' magazine

    Susan Taylor, Ph.D., research scientist at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering

  • April

    Airfield Damage Repair kits provide new capabilities for the Air Force. Included in the kits are ERDC-developed technologies like airfield matting and anchoring systems, as well as power generation for hydraulic, pneumatic and electric tools.

    Research to Reality: Airfield Damage Repair

    Representatives for the U.S. Air Force visited ERDC in Vicksburg last week to look at and provide

  • March

    The Pathways Program has three sections: Internship Program for current students; the Recent Graduates Program for people who have recently graduated from qualifying educational institutions or programs (2 years from the date the graduate completed an academic course of study); and the reinvigorated Presidential Management Fellows (PMF) Program for people who obtained an advanced degree (e.g., graduate or professional degree) within the preceding two years. These programs, collectively the Pathways Programs, are streamlined developmental programs tailored to promote employment opportunities for students and recent graduates in the Federal workforce.

    The Workforce Awakens -- Millennials find their “Pathway” to success

    There is a tremor in the workforce. With a swell of retirement-eligible baby boomers leading the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, a new band of heroes face a stiff challenge to quickly transform into future leaders of our nation’s premier public engineering agency. A collection of young professionals born from 1981-1996, millennials hold a cosmic cloud of information at their fingertips and are finding a new “Pathway” to success, designed to make them the most well-trained decision makers the Corps has ever seen.

  • May

    Pittsburgh district and ERDC staffs lift the USV off its trailer at the beginning of a day of surveying on Loyalhanna Lake in Western Pennsylvania.

    Unmanned survey boat helps engineers plan for bridge project

    PITTSBURGH - Technology developed to help Marines plan for amphibious operations is now assisting the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers with collecting hydrographic survey data in areas not easily accessed by a manned vessel.

  • April

    Photo collage of the engineered blocks to be used for operation and maintenance work on the Cleveland Harbor Green Breakwater Project, Cleveland, OH

    USACE Buffalo District: A proving ground for Engineering with Nature

    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District has been named as one of two ‘Proving

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USACE introduces new Regulatory Request System module
Sept. 22, 2025
Army Corps of Engineers begins implementing policy to increase America’s energy generation efficiency
Sept. 22, 2025
Army Corps of Engineers waives fees and invites volunteers to participate in National Public Lands Day, Sept. 27
Sept. 15, 2025
Army Corps of Engineers recognizes National Hydropower Day
Aug. 11, 2025
Army Corps of Engineers celebrates World Ranger Day July 31
July 22, 2025
Army Corps of Engineers seeks public comments on proposal to renew and revise nationwide permits
June 18, 2025
Graham assumes command of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Sept. 13, 2024
New Army Civil Works program announces 18 proposals are being invited to apply for federal financing for non-federal dam safety project
Sept. 13, 2024
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers commemorates 200th anniversary of the Civil Works program
April 30, 2024
Army Corps of Engineers publishes proposed rule on protection of historic properties
Feb. 12, 2024
Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Veterans Day
Nov. 2, 2023 UPDATED
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Sept. 20, 2023
Army Corps of Engineers waives fees and invites volunteers to participate in National Public Lands Day, Sept. 23
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March 9, 2023
Army Corps of Engineers waives day use fees at recreation areas in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Signs Partnership Agreement with the American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Nov. 17, 2022
New lifetime pass available for Military Veterans and Gold Star Families to access public lands
Nov. 10, 2022
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