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  • June

    WALKER LAKE, Nev. — Smoke visible during demilitarization in place of munitions exposed by receeding waters of Walker Lake.

    Environmental clean-up at Walker Lake, Nevada

    Hawthorne Army Depot, the Army Corps of Engineers Sacramento District, the Army Environmental Command and contractors have partnered together to perform a partial cleanup operation at the south end of Walker Lake.

  • Afghan power company linemen receive training, new equipment during debut training session

    Twelve Afghan electric company technicians will be better able to maintain power lines throughout southern Afghanistan after learning to safely operate electric utility trucks donated by the United States during a training course on Kandahar Airfield.

  • Spotlight on Sarah Xie-DeSoto (June 2012)

    Leaving the fast-paced world of international business behind to start a new life with her groom, Structural Engineer Sarah Xie-DeSoto packed her bags in 1998 and made the 7,000-mile journey from Sichuan, China, to Texas to embark on an adventure that would incorporate structure in her life in a way she hadn’t imagined.
  • Dr. Peggy Wright heads up the Human Capital Office.

    Wright Selected for Boss Lift Program

    ERDC Human Capital Office Assistant Director Dr. Peggy Wright has been selected to participate in the 2012 Employer in Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) Boss Lift.
  • An image from an advanced computer simulation of flow efficiency in a turbine tank engine; performed on the High Performance Computing Modernization Program’s supercomputers. Large-scale computer simulations like this one performed by Department of Defense (DOD) scientists and engineers help the DOD rapidly transition new technologies from idea to deployable product.

    DOD’s Supercomputing Program Relocates to Miss.

    ERDC has been named the lead organization for the Department of Defense (DOD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP), following Congressional approval in December 2011.