Story by Carol Coleman | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 06.16.2025
Each year, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) deploys hundreds of trained personnel and resources across the United States and its territories to aid in disaster relief efforts. In the aftermath of hurricanes, fires, floods or infrastructure crises, USACE emergency operations is responsible for coordinating and executing several missions in post-disaster environments. As part of this......
Story by Carol Coleman | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 06.06.2025
A new publication from the USACE-ERDC Engineering With Nature® (EWN) program offers practical guidance for integrating native vegetation into infrastructure projects to add resilience, and achieve added engineering function along with economic, ecological, and social benefits....
Story by Carol Coleman | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 05.15.2025
Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) have constructed a tilt table to allow for the accurate and effortless change in slope on larger scale models....
Story by Carol Coleman | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 03.27.2025
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) held a groundbreaking ceremony for a new Watercraft and Ship Simulation Facility located next to its Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) in Vicksburg, Mississippi....
Story by Carol Coleman | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 11.25.2024
A multi-agency team of researchers and specialists from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Vicksburg District, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and industry collaborator WaterStep have partnered to design and test a new approach to clean and maintain relief wells from biofilm buildup. The new technology is called the......
Story by Carol Coleman | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 11.08.2024
As recovery efforts continue in western North Carolina, researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are aiding emergency responders by providing debris pile modeling and estimations....
Story by Carol Coleman | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 09.19.2024
As the effects of climate change threaten coastal communities through extreme natural events such as hurricanes, coastal storms, tsunamis and landslides, and contribute to longer-term risks of coastal erosion and sea level rise, coastal research professionals continue to work together to identify priorities and leverage resources....
Story by Carol Coleman | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 11.09.2023
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s (ERDC) collaborative effort with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Army Geospatial Center (AGC) on a Digital Buoy System has been selected as a 2023 R&D 100 Finalist in the IT/Electrical category....
