Episodes

#75: Before and After September 11: ERDC research protected lives on 9/11 and in the ensuing conflicts

Twenty-five years after September 11, ERDC’s research in force protection, blast effects and critical infrastructure remains an important part...

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#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,...

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#73: Building Stronger Levees: Biostabilization research is creating more resilient flood control network

Levees and other earthen embankments must withstand erosion, overtopping, extreme weather and changing soil moisture. ERDC researchers are investigating...

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#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 —...

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#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...

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

For more than two decades, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has powered a STEM engine...

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#69: Sizing Up Sand: National project to chart grain size will improve beach management

Have you ever wondered about the size of individual grains of sand at your favorite beach? Coastal engineers and...

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

Sitting on the beach and watching the waves is something many of us envision as a dream vacation. But...

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