Coastal Engineering

#40: Engineering at the water’s edge: Advancing capabilities through modeling, autonomy and industry partnerships

January 6, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works, Military Engineering, Podcast episodes 0:27:06 Comments Off on #40: Engineering at the water’s edge: Advancing capabilities through modeling, autonomy and industry partnerships

Dr. Gaurav Savant, Senior Scientific Technical Manager at the ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, discusses how ERDC is transforming military and civil operations through advanced modeling, AI and autonomous systems. From ensuring safe wet gap crossings for Warfighters to revolutionizing water resource management, these innovations are reshaping the future of defense and engineering. Topics include…

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Video: #40: Engineering at the Water’s Edge

January 6, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works, Military Engineering, video podcasts Comments Off on Video: #40: Engineering at the Water’s Edge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rVW0vIHnqI Dr. Gaurav Savant, Senior Scientific Technical Manager at the ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, discusses how ERDC is transforming military and civil operations through advanced modeling, AI and autonomous systems. From ensuring safe wet gap crossings for Warfighters to revolutionizing water resource management, these innovations are reshaping the future of defense and engineering. Topics…

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Podcast Resources: #40: Engineering at Water’s Edge

January 6, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works, Military Engineering, Podcast resources Comments Off on Podcast Resources: #40: Engineering at Water’s Edge

Explore the key projects discussed in this episode, including ERDC’s advancements in computational fluid dynamics and its contributions to improving military logistics and coastal operations. MORE INFORMATION: Savant Selected as Fulbright Specialist  Autonomous Barge Kits Improve Logistical Capabilities for Joint Forces  Ship and Watercraft Simulation Facility Coverage Enhanced Training and Simulation for Wet Gap Crossings …

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#40: Engineering at the water’s edge: Advancing capabilities through modeling, autonomy and industry partnerships

January 6, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works, Military Engineering 0:27:06 0 Comments

Dr. Gaurav Savant, Senior Scientific Technical Manager at the ERD Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, discusses how ERDC is transforming military and civil operations through advanced modeling, AI and autonomous systems. From ensuring safe wet gap crossings for Warfighters to revolutionizing water resource management, these innovations are reshaping the future of defense and engineering. Topics include…

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#36: SandHound: Applying robotics to advance critical coastline survey capabilities

December 9, 2025 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works, Podcast episodes 0:31:47 Comments Off on #36: SandHound: Applying robotics to advance critical coastline survey capabilities

For several sweltering weeks along the North Carolina coastline, an ERDC teampushed a quadruped robot with a suite of advanced sensors to its limit to test its abilityto conduct critical beach landscape surveys. The research – known as the SandHound Project – is working to validate whether thequadruped can operate at all levels of the…

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#18: SandSnap

June 27, 2022 admin Civil Works, Podcast episodes 00:39:50 Comments Off on #18: SandSnap

Knowing the size of sand grains on the nation’s beaches is important to many coastal management efforts. However, getting that information is labor intensive, and no nationwide database of sand grain size currently exists. To fill this void, ERDC has launched SandSnap, a collaborative effort to engage citizen scientists in a project that will build…

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ERDC’s R&D

January 12, 2021 admin Civil Works, Engineered Resilient Systems, Geospatial Research and Engineering, Installations and Operational Environments, Military Engineering, Podcast resources Comments Off on ERDC’s R&D

The most complex challenges require multidisciplinary approaches and solutions, utilizing expertise across laboratories to address them. ERDC uses two enterprise approaches to manage and execute major programs: ERDC Research and Development Areas (RDAs) and ERDC Core Competencies. ERDC RDAs are used for enterprise program development and management. ERDC’s Core Competencies are those that Army and…

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