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  • September

    Dr.Cornwell and Dr. Welch

    ERDC’s Advanced Materials Initiative Produces 2nd Generation Super Fiber Design

    ERDC Information Technology Laboratory (ITL) Researchers Drs. Charles Cornwell and Charles “Bob” Welch’s work on carbon nanotube bundles was recently featured in the July 25th issue of the Molecular Simulations journal.
  • Perimeter and environs point cloud and image model at Contingency Base Integration Technology Evaluation Center Forward Operating Base, Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.

    TEC Tests Mast-Mounted LiDAR for Deployable Force Protection at MSCoE/CBITEC Forward Operating Base

    A series of experiments were conducted in collaboration with the Maneuver Support Center of Excellence (MSCoE formerly MANSCEN) and the Contingency Base Integration Technology Evaluation Center (CBITEC) to test the capabilities of mast mounted LiDAR for Persistent Intelligence, Reconnaissance and Surveillance (P-ISR).
  • Doug Punt poses with the Cool Robot

    ESB’s Punt Upgrades CRREL’s Cool Robot

    ERDC-Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Electronics Engineer Doug Punt poses with the Cool Robot, one of two robots that have spent time in Greenland and the Antarctic detecting crevasses and conducting remote sampling and research.
  • ERDC-GRL Senior Research Geographer Dr. Laura Jean Palmer-Moloney.

    Palmer-Moloney Sees deployment as a Benefit to ERDC

    In describing her deployment to Afghanistan, ERDC-Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) Senior Research Geographer Dr. Laura Jean Palmer-Moloney said, “It was the only way that I could work in the Helmand River watershed to extend the research being performed with the Civilian-Military Operations/Human-Environment Interaction (CMO-HEI).”
  • John Deere Designer II Scott Macco checks a test vehicle recently while conducting icing tests at ERDC-CRREL. During this phase of the testing, the room was at minus 15 degrees Fahrenheit. To the left in the photograph, a snow gun blows snow at the vehicle and as the room warms, ice will form.

    CRREL Blows Snow for Deere

    The well-known and long-time farm tractor manufacturer John Deere is looking at making some changes to one of its product lines and is performing research at ERDC-CRREL.