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

September 1, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Military Engineering, Podcast episodes 0:38:47 0 Comments

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: #74: Underwater UXO testbed

September 1, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Military Engineering, video podcasts 0 Comments

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…

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

September 1, 2026 Christopher Kieffer Military Engineering 0:38:47 0 Comments

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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#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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#13: Permafrost Basic Research

January 31, 2022 admin Basic Research 00:40:20 0 Comments

Permafrost, or ground that has been frozen for at least two years, covers roughly a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere. And it is teeming with microbes, including many with unique characteristics that have allowed them to adapt to extremely low temperatures and survive for decades. As climate change threatens to thaw permafrost and revive these…

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#13: Permafrost Basic Research

January 31, 2022 admin Basic Research, Podcast episodes 00:40:20 Comments Off on #13: Permafrost Basic Research

Permafrost, or ground that has been frozen for at least two years, covers roughly a quarter of the Northern Hemisphere. And it is teeming with microbes, including many with unique characteristics that have allowed them to adapt to extremely low temperatures and survive for decades. As climate change threatens to thaw permafrost and revive these…

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