Video by Justin Campfield | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 11.15.2024
Research scientists at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) have successfully demonstrated a novel method of 3-D printing with ice reinforced with natural fibers. Led by teams from two ERDC labs – the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s (CRREL) advance materials and the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s (CERL) additive construction......
Video by Jeff Chao and Christopher Kieffer | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 10.01.2020
Icing threatens the safety and success of military and civilian operations around the globe, as the rapid accumulation of ice can hinder mobility, damage infrastructure and impede communications. Existing treatments are either both costly and labor intensive or limited in their scope because little is known about the underlying scientific principles that make passive coatings effective.......
Video by Jeff Chao, Marisa Gaona and Christopher Kieffer | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 04.20.2020
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is proud to have a long history of discovering, developing and delivering new ways to protect our environment. Today, ERDC continues to produce world-class research to support the Corps of Engineers’ Environmental Operating Principles. That includes methods to remove blue-green algae from large bodies of water and break down its......
Video by Dakota Pope | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 12.16.2019
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Flood and Coastal System Research and Development Program develops an amphibious robotic platform for dam inspections....
Video by Jeff Chao | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 09.30.2019
Engineers and scientists at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are working to ensure the military has the energy and water it needs in the event of a disaster. Dr. David Pittman, Director of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), sat down with Giselle Rodriguez, the chief of the energy branch at the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory......
Video by Christopher Rosario | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 08.28.2019
CHAMPAIN, IL. (Aug. 28, 2019) - Installation systems, buildings and structures, training and lands, the Warfighter, emergency response infrastructure and more are all part of the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory's present day missions. CERL's original mission was tightly focused on vertical construction. Presently, at a time of rapid transition within the Department of Defense......
Video by Madison Wallace | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 06.27.2019
The Joint Construction Management System (JCMS) explores its future functionality to be released in JCMS 5.0 (currently available as prototype software to operational units). The new functionality combines site selection and master planning solutions from the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (CERL) with existing JCMS (v4.1) software to address planning, design and construction of......
Video by Marisa Gaona | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center | 05.23.2019
As the Army looks towards the future, leaders are increasingly focused on the state of installation infrastructure, and the critical role it plays in sustaining Soldier readiness, force protection, and force projection. Installations will need be smarter, more resilient, and able to harness the power of technology to streamline operations, combat threats and support the Warfighter.......
