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#83: Guarding Alaska’s Longest Earthen Dam: ERDC integrates 182 sensors to replace hand measurements

November 3, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works, Podcast episodes 0:39:06 0 Comments

The Moose Creek Dam is a 7.5-mile-long earthen dam that protects Fairbanks and North Pole, Alaska, from flooding by regulating the Chena River. Observations during the summer of 2014 revealed more than 1,000 small sand boils, which had the potential to compromise the dam. This discovery emphasized the need to closely monitor groundwater levels around…

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Video: #83: Moose Creek Sensors

November 3, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works, video podcasts 0 Comments

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRjXNQK6V_w The Moose Creek Dam is a 7.5-mile-long earthen dam that protects Fairbanks and North Pole, Alaska, from flooding by regulating the Chena River. Observations during the summer of 2014 revealed more than 1,000 small sand boils, which had the potential to compromise the dam. This discovery emphasized the need to closely monitor groundwater levels…

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#83: Guarding Alaska’s Longest Earthen Dam: ERDC integrates 182 sensors to replace hand measurements

November 3, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works 0:39:06 0 Comments

The Moose Creek Dam is a 7.5-mile-long earthen dam that protects Fairbanks and North Pole, Alaska, from flooding by regulating the Chena River. Observations during the summer of 2014 revealed more than 1,000 small sand boils, which had the potential to compromise the dam. This discovery emphasized the need to closely monitor groundwater levels around…

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Resources: #83: Moose Creek Sensors

November 2, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works, Podcast resources 0 Comments

An ERDC team completed a five-year effort to install and integrate 182 sensors along the length of Alaska’s Moose Creek Dam, allowing engineers to continually and remotely monitor dam conditions. Listen to Episode 83 to learn more about the effort; its impact on reducing flooding around Fairbanks and North Pole, Alaska; and how the lessons…

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

August 11, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Basic Research, Civil Works, Installations and Operational Environments, Military Engineering, Podcast episodes 0:29:53 Comments Off on #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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#71: Spinning Big Science: How ERDC’s Centrifuge Helps Predict Infrastructure Failure

August 11, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Basic Research, Civil Works, Installations and Operational Environments, Military Engineering, Power of ERDC 0:29:53 0 Comments

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: #71: Centrifuge

August 11, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Basic Research, Civil Works, Installations and Operational Environments, Military Engineering, video podcasts Comments Off on 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…

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Resources: #71: Centrifuge

August 11, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Basic Research, Civil Works, Installations and Operational Environments, Military Engineering, Podcast resources Comments Off on 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…

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