Engineer Research and Development Center News

Officials Highlight Impact Of ‘Engineering With Nature’ Initiative

April 22, 2024

Shelley Tingle with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) hosted an episode of ERDC Live April 3 that highlighted the advancements and impact of the Corps of… Read More

Two Years After Guidewall Sank, Delays Mount At Wilson Lock

October 20, 2023

Tows are waiting an average of 13 to 15 hours to begin locking through Wilson Lock on the Tennessee River, more than two years after remnants of a hurricane sank… Read More

Models Assist With Lock Design For Upper Ohio Project

Researchers at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are using a 1:100 scale navigation approach model to test designs for a new auxiliary lock structure for the Montgomery Lock on the Ohio River. The model will help evaluate guard wall lengths in relation to navigation conditions as well as how safely a vessel can navigate into the lock on both sides. (Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers)

Models Assist With Lock Design For Upper Ohio Project

August 5, 2022

By Carol C. Coleman, public affairs specialist U.S. Army Engineer Research And Development Center The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is making progress modeling new auxiliary locks to… Read More

Engineer Research And Development Center In Vicksburg Gets New Leader

July 27, 2022

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) welcomed a new leader, as Col. Teresa Schlosser, ERDC’s first female commander, relinquished command to Lt. Col Christian Patterson, its first… Read More

Keep Brandon Road Costs In Check WJ Editorial

Keep Brandon Road Costs In Check

June 17, 2022

The current Water Resources Development Act is in conference, where differences between the House and Senate versions are being worked out. One important question concerns the proposed Brandon Road Lock… Read More

Lock Maintenance Workshop Celebrates 40 Years Of Collaboration Lock Maintenance Workshop participants toured the Corps’ Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Ill., during the 2020 workshop, the last to be held in-person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division)

Lock Maintenance Workshop participants toured the Corps’ Engineer Research and Development Center’s Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Ill., during the 2020 workshop, the last to be held in-person because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Great Lakes and Ohio River Engineer Division)

Lock Maintenance Workshop Celebrates 40 Years Of Collaboration

April 1, 2022

Now in its 40th year, the Lock Maintenance Workshop has grown from a gathering of a dozen people to more than 150, including international participants. The workshop, hosted annually by… Read More

Carp Deterrent System Installed At Lock 19 Personnel from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center and U.S. Geological Survey watch as a 350-ton crane lowers the 105-foot-long underwater Acoustic Deterrent System into the lock approach of Lock 19 near Keokuk, Iowa, February 3. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

Personnel from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center and U.S. Geological Survey watch as a 350-ton crane lowers the 105-foot-long underwater Acoustic Deterrent System into the lock approach of Lock 19 near Keokuk, Iowa, February 3. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo)

Carp Deterrent System Installed At Lock 19

April 2, 2021

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) and partners installed a temporary, experimental underwater Acoustic Deterrent System, or uADS, at Mississippi River Lock… Read More

Study Of Acoustic Asian Carp Deterrent Begins At Upper Mississippi River Lock 19

January 18, 2021

Scientists, engineers and contractors were scheduled to begin installing a temporary, experimental underwater Acoustic Deterrent System, or uADS, at Mississippi River Lock and Dam 19 between Keokuk, Iowa, and Hamilton, Ill., on… Read More

ERDC Researcher Recognized For Leadership Impacting Contaminated Sediment Standards

December 28, 2020

Burton Suedel, a research biologist at the Environmental Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), has been recognized by ASTM International for his leadership on a… Read More

Massman Recognized For Columbia Lock Repairs Larger-than-expected voids meant Massman had to bring in an additional floating crane and use tremie concrete and pressure grouting. (Photo courtesy of Massman Construction)

Larger-than-expected voids meant Massman had to bring in an additional floating crane and use tremie concrete and pressure grouting. (Photo courtesy of Massman Construction)

Massman Recognized For Columbia Lock Repairs

June 19, 2020

In July 2018, the Vicksburg Engineer District announced an emergency closure at Columbia Lock on the Ouachita River in the northeast corner of Louisiana. District personnel investigating seepage and sand… Read More