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    On left ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Director Dr. Robert Davis sits opposite Brig. Gen. Menanteau, Chilean Army, recently to sign an Information Exchange Agreement for extreme environments.

    CRREL and Chilean Army Sign Information Exchange Agreement

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory’s (CRREL) director and a representative of the Chilean Army recently signed an Information Exchange Agreement for extreme environments.
  • Bryan Baker, ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, (second from left) receives a Jefferson Cup from the Corps’ Chief of Engineering and Construction, James C. Dalton, Special Assistant for Dam and Levee Safety Eric Halpin (right) and Tammy Conforti, Levee Safety Program Manager (Photo by T. Ferguson, South Atlantic Division)

    ERDC Engineer Recognized at Levee Safety Meeting

    ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) Hydraulic Engineer Bryan Baker was recently recognized for his exemplary support of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Levee Safety Program and the engineering and construction community during the Corps’ Levee Safety Community of Practice meetings in Southbridge, Mass.

  • Research Team Receives Green Innovation Award

    The Department of Defense (DOD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) was recently recognized by the U.S. Army chief of engineers in the Awards of Excellence program for excellence in sustainability, design and construction.
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Commanding General Lt. Gen. Thomas Bostick presents the Sustainability Hero Award to Dr. Ilker Adiguzel, ERDC Construction Engineering Research Laboratory.

    CERL’s Adiguzel Named Corps’ Sustainable Hero

    ERDC Construction Engineering Research (CERL) Director Dr. Ilker Adiguzel recently received the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Sustainability Hero Award at the Strategic Leader’s Conference (SLC) in Little, Rock, Ark.
  • Post-crash view of the truck stopped by the improved Modular Protective System Perimeter Wall.

    GSL Is “Smashing” into Soldier Protection

    Car or truck bombs are one of the serious threats our Soldiers face at combat outposts. Suicide attackers can use their vehicles to ram and possibly breach perimeter protective systems to detonate their deadly explosive cargo.