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  • July

    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.
  • In Figure 2a (left), Dr. Mike Reynolds, ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory applies optical materials to a test lane for evaluation. In Figure 2b (right) is a LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) scan showing disturbed optical materials from an excavation.

    CRREL and TEC Hold Exploiting Sensing for Patterns Work

    ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) and Topographic Engineering Center (TEC) recently held the first of a series of coordinated experiments under the Exploiting Sensing for Patterns (ESP) work unit within the Geospatial Research and Engineering focus area.
  • Explosion is set off, part of the recent Deployable Force Protection demonstration at Fort Polk, La.

    Survivability Demo – Attendees Walk in Soldiers’ Shoes

    It is early evening, nearing the end of a long and exhausting day. The relentless sun has yet to show signs of cooling and everyone is hoping for a few hours of relaxation – and then the first explosion sounds.
  • Dr. Mlakar

    GSL’s Mlakar Participates in Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology Meeting

    ERDC Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory’s Dr. Paul Mlakar recently participated in the annual meeting of the Engineering Accreditation Commission’s Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) held recently in Arlington, Va.