Story by Sgt. David Marquis | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 08.05.2020
In the 1960s during the Cold War, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Region Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) designed a device, commonly referred to as a Rodriguez well, or Rodwell, to harvest water under the ice in Greenland and Antarctica to sustain U.S. facilities by providing water for drinking, hygiene and other needs. Presently, NASA is......
Story by David Marquis | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 02.24.2020
Students and volunteers from the The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute and the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, visit CRREL after finishing the course, “Hot Times in the Cold Regions Lab,” February 24, 2020. The lab visit allowed the students to witness some of the inner workings of the facility, hear about the types......
