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Video: #74: Underwater UXO testbed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rv7sD6VRZIg Across the country, coastal waters at Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) potentially contain unexploded ordnance. Finding, identifying, characterizing and, when necessary, safely clearing these munitions in shallow-water environments presents an immense challenge. Cutting-edge robotic systems equipped with advanced sensors, acoustics and precision mapping tools hold potential to locate these hazards. However, these technologies must…

#74: High-Tech Hide and Seek: Innovative testbed pushes underwater UXO detection technology to its limits

Across the country, coastal waters at Formerly Used Defense Sites (FUDS) potentially contain unexploded ordnance. Finding, identifying, characterizing and, when necessary, safely clearing these munitions in shallow-water environments presents an immense challenge. Cutting-edge robotic systems equipped with advanced sensors, acoustics and precision mapping tools hold potential to locate these hazards. However, these technologies must first…

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Video: #72: CLARITY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZxZ72tYh8I In the Department of War, logistics isn’t always fast and light. When it comes to Class IV materials — such as heavy construction, barriers and infrastructure — the supply chain is notoriously big, bulky and slow. Because of the complexity of moving this material, military planners historically have faced challenges in getting these logistics exactly…

#72: CLARITY: AI tool lightens the load of heavy military logistics

In the Department of War, logistics isn’t always fast and light. When it comes to Class IV materials — such as heavy construction, barriers and infrastructure — the supply chain is notoriously big, bulky and slow. Because of the complexity of moving this material, military planners historically have faced challenges in getting these logistics exactly right….

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Resources: #71: Centrifuge

ERDC’s Centrifuge Research Complex helps scientists and engineers model large-scale infrastructure problems in miniature while recreating real-world stress conditions. Listen to episode 71 to learn more about how the complex allows researchers to test failure mechanisms that would be too dangerous, expensive or impractical to recreate in the field. You can also watch a video…

Video: #71: Centrifuge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlkkD_SI7Ug Failure is something engineers work every day to prevent, but at ERDC, researchers can study failure before it happens in the real world. Dr. April Bowman, a research civil engineer with ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, joins the Power of ERDC podcast to explain how the Centrifuge Research Complex helps scientists and engineers model…

#71: Spinning Big Science: How ERDC’s Centrifuge Helps Predict Infrastructure Failure

Failure is something engineers work every day to prevent, but at ERDC, researchers can study failure before it happens in the real world. Dr. April Bowman, a research civil engineer with ERDC’s Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, joins the Power of ERDC podcast to explain how the Centrifuge Research Complex helps scientists and engineers model large-scale…

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Video: #70: STEM Outreach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykfZdMrYuS4 For more than two decades, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has powered a STEM engine that has inspired and transformed the lives of thousands of students and helped reshape the organization. Driven by a powerful partnership with the Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP), these initiatives cultivate a continuous talent pipeline…

#70: Building Tomorrow’s Engineering Workforce: STEM outreach has produced talent pipeline and reshaped ERDC’s future

August 4, 2026 Christopher Kieffer 0:32:54 Comments Off

For more than two decades, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has powered a STEM engine that has inspired and transformed the lives of thousands of students and helped reshape the organization. Driven by a powerful partnership with the Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP), these initiatives cultivate a continuous talent pipeline stretching…

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#68: Navigating the Dangerous & Chaotic: Surf observation science supports military’s critical amphibious operations

July 21, 2026 Christopher Kieffer 0:29:22 Comments Off

Sitting on the beach and watching the waves is something many of us envision as a dream vacation. But for a group of Marines and Sailors, observing and counting those waves — while estimating the speed and direction of the currents — is a critical mission. It is a manual, time-consuming process that carries inherent…

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Video: #74: Underwater UXO testbed

#74: High-Tech Hide and Seek: Innovative testbed pushes underwater UXO detection technology to its limits

Video: #72: CLARITY

#72: CLARITY: AI tool lightens the load of heavy military logistics

Resources: #71: Centrifuge

Video: #71: Centrifuge

#71: Spinning Big Science: How ERDC’s Centrifuge Helps Predict Infrastructure Failure

Video: #70: STEM Outreach

#70: Building Tomorrow’s Engineering Workforce: STEM outreach has produced talent pipeline and reshaped ERDC’s future

#68: Navigating the Dangerous & Chaotic: Surf observation science supports military’s critical amphibious operations

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