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    Student researcher Elizabeth Rayfield (left), a sophomore at Mississippi State University, shows scouts and leaders how the endurance of juvenile paddlefish is measured.

    ERDC Fish Ecologists Teach Conservation to Local Cub Scouts

    To complete requirements for their World Conservation Award badges, the Cub Scouts of Den 1 - Pack 110 in Vicksburg, Miss., recently visited ERDC’s Fish Ecology Laboratory.
  • Dr. Tom Douglas

    CRREL’s Douglas Presents at Russian Conference

    Research Chemist Dr. Tom Douglas, with ERDC-CRREL’s Alaska Projects Office in Fairbanks, recently presented at the International Permafrost Association’s 10th International Conference on Permafrost (TICOP) in Russia.
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    CERL’s Nelson Awarded at AWMA Conference and Exhibition

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory’s Andrew Nelson recently received the First Place Doctoral Level Platform Paper Award at the 2012 Air and Waste Management Association’s (AWMA) Annual Conference and Exhibition, “Leading Environmental Frontiers,” in San Antonio, Texas.

  • CERL Researcher Presents at Wildlife Management Congress in South Africa

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory Researcher Dr. Harold Balbach recently presented the paper, “Developing an Organizational Relocation Policy” at the IV International Wildlife Management Congress, Durban, South Africa.
  • Amos Lee, a Champaign Unit 4 school teacher, loads a Tabula Digita math game as part of ERDC-CERL’s STEM program.

    ERDC’s Educational Outreach Programs Influence Thousands

    “We are raising a generation of ‘American Idols’ and ‘So You Think You Can Dancers,’ when what we really need is a generation of Gateses (Microsoft founder) and Zuckerbergs (Facebook founder),” said ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) Research Civil Engineer Shelley Tingle.