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#27: RAIL: Making it easier to transport armored vehicles to austere locations

October 30, 2023 Christopher Kieffer Military Engineering 0:36:19 0 Comments

Despite modern transportation advancements, rail remains a superior method for moving heavy military equipment over vast inland distances. However, transporting tanks by train requires railyard facilities with specialized equipment capable of moving the armored vehicles onto and off of the rail cars. In response, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) developed the…

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#27: RAIL: Making it easier to transport armored vehicles to austere locations

October 30, 2023 Christopher Kieffer Military Engineering, Podcast episodes, Uncategorized 0:36:19 Comments Off on #27: RAIL: Making it easier to transport armored vehicles to austere locations

Despite modern transportation advancements, rail remains a superior method for moving heavy military equipment over vast inland distances. However, transporting tanks by train requires railyard facilities with specialized equipment capable of moving the armored vehicles onto and off of the rail cars. In response, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) developed the…

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#26: Sand Boil Filter: A more efficient tool to combat internal levee erosion

August 2, 2023 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works 0:29:53 0 Comments

When river levels rise, so does the threat of sand boils, which occur when water bubbles out of the ground near the base of a levee, surrounded by a mound of displaced soil. Caused by increased pressure, sand boils are a visible sign of erosion within a levee. And unless they are treated immediately, these…

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#26: Sand Boil Filter: A more efficient tool to combat internal levee erosion

August 2, 2023 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works, Podcast episodes 0:29:53 Comments Off on #26: Sand Boil Filter: A more efficient tool to combat internal levee erosion

When river levels rise, so does the threat of sand boils, which occur when water bubbles out of the ground near the base of a levee, surrounded by a mound of displaced soil. Caused by increased pressure, sand boils are a visible sign of erosion within a levee. And unless they are treated immediately, these…

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#25: CorpsCam: Enabling more proactive coastal management through real-time monitoring and data

June 30, 2023 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works 0:43:33 0 Comments

Monitoring large and constantly changing coastlines can be expensive, time consuming and dangerous. Traditional surveying methods are also limited because they only provide a single snapshot in time and don’t capture the full picture. As a result, coastal managers don’t always have the information they need to understand dynamic coastal conditions and plan projects that…

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#25: CorpsCam: Enabling more proactive coastal management through real-time monitoring and data

June 30, 2023 Christopher Kieffer Civil Works, Podcast episodes 0:43:33 Comments Off on #25: CorpsCam: Enabling more proactive coastal management through real-time monitoring and data

Monitoring large and constantly changing coastlines can be expensive, time consuming and dangerous. Traditional surveying methods are also limited because they only provide a single snapshot in time and don’t capture the full picture. As a result, coastal managers don’t always have the information they need to understand dynamic coastal conditions and plan projects that…

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#24: Providing Supercomputing Resources to Enable DOD Problem Solving

June 2, 2023 Christopher Kieffer Engineered Resilient Systems 00:25:24 0 Comments

We talk with Dr. Ben Parsons, chief technology officer with the High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP), about how the program enables the Department of Defense (DOD) to solve its most critical mission challenges. Managed by ERDC, the HPCMP delivers world-class high-performance computing and expertise to DOD engineers and scientists. Its five DOD Supercomputing Resource…

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#24: Providing Supercomputing Resources to Enable DOD Problem Solving

June 2, 2023 Christopher Kieffer Engineered Resilient Systems, Podcast episodes, Uncategorized 00:25:24 Comments Off on #24: Providing Supercomputing Resources to Enable DOD Problem Solving

We talk with Dr. Ben Parsons, chief technology officer with the High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP), about how the program enables the Department of Defense (DOD) to solve its most critical mission challenges. Managed by ERDC, the HPCMP delivers world-class high-performance computing and expertise to DOD engineers and scientists. Its five DOD Supercomputing Resource…

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#23: Arctic Mobility

April 26, 2023 Christopher Kieffer Military Engineering 00:45:10 0 Comments

We talk with Dr. Orian Welling and Mr. Michael Parker from ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory about how ERDC’s cold weather mobility expertise will directly help the U.S. military better protect and defend the Arctic. As the Arctic grows in strategic importance to the United States, the region also presents unique challenges to…

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#23: Arctic Mobility

April 26, 2023 Christopher Kieffer Military Engineering, Podcast episodes 00:45:10 Comments Off on #23: Arctic Mobility

We talk with Dr. Orian Welling and Mr. Michael Parker from ERDC’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory about how ERDC’s cold weather mobility expertise will directly help the U.S. military better protect and defend the Arctic. As the Arctic grows in strategic importance to the United States, the region also presents unique challenges to…

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