At A Glance CRREL Environmental Quality Award: Drs. Adrian Doran and Kyle Dunn of ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL) earned the national USACE Environmental Quality Award. Program Support Scope: Recognized for research conducted under the Wetlands Regulatory […]
At A Glance: Fluorescent Innovation The Problem: Photobleaching causes fluorescent dyes to fade quickly, limiting sensor life. The Solution: Covalent ferrocene conjugation acts as a molecular “circuit breaker.” Durability: The new dye lasts 11 times longer than standard dyes (693
Photostability Breakthrough: USACE Researchers Develop “Long-Lasting” Fluorescent Dye Read More »
Fiber-optic cable is the backbone of the Information Age, delivering crucial services such as high-speed internet, telephone and cable TV into millions of homes and businesses. But a team of scientists at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s
CRREL Team Pioneers Fiber-optic Technology to Measure Ice Thickness Read More »
As Airmen from the New York National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing scoured the Arctic Ocean’s Beaufort Sea looking for a place to land a LC-130 Hercules earlier this spring, they finally came to a conclusion: the sea ice just wasn’t thick
ERDC and the 109th Airlift Wing Team Up for Aviation First Read More »
The U.S. Army is taking a significant step forward in cold-weather operations with the initial rollout and testing of a groundbreaking new capability designed to optimize routes for vehicles traveling in challenging winter terrain. Developed by ERDC’s Cold Regions Research
Freezing temperatures. Snow piled high across a barren landscape. A winter sun that barely rises above the horizon. In other words, perfect conditions to test Arctic technology for use by special forces. The U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and Norwegian
CRREL Teams Up with Special Forces to Test Autonomous Technology in Norway Read More »
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has named Dr. Ivan Beckman director of the Engineer and Research Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL). As director, Dr. Beckman will provide strategic guidance and policy direction for the
For decades, engineers and disaster-response planners have evaluated levee vegetation health – a key indicator of a levee’s ability to withstand an overtopping event – by visually grading vegetation on a simple three-option scale: good, average or poor. Researchers from
ERDC Looks to Modernize Flood Models with Levee Vegetation Index Read More »
It’s completely dark. Negative 20 degrees Fahrenheit. 50 feet underground. U.S. Army Soldiers have discovered a clandestine lab where a hostile adversary was working with unknown, and possibly deadly, bacteria. Team members from the 82nd Chemical Reconnaissance Detachment are working
ERDC Permafrost Tunnel Hosts Biological Agent Exercise Read More »
The U.S. Army Engineering and Research Development Center’s (ERDC) Cold Regions Engineering and Research Laboratory (CRREL) recently hosted a defense resiliency program meeting in Hanover, New Hampshire, as part of a project designed to help the Army operate in the
ERDC Program Aims to Geospatially Map Complex, Rapidly Changing Cold Regions Terrain Read More »
