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FDH Partners with Marshall University Experts on Nondestructive Technology and Structural Health Monitoring Contract for Corps of Engineers News provided by Share this article Share this article RALEIGH, N.C., March 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- FDH Infrastructure Services, LLC (FDH), has partnered with Marshall University on a multi-year contract with the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (the Corps). The contract scope centers on the use of nondestructi...

March 1, 2021 By David Murray The Kansas City Engineer District is taking multiple actions to repair and mitigate damage done to river structures on the Missouri River from high water over the last several years, including major flooding in 2019. Crews have been repairing damaged structures all winter, the district said,  but work directly on the river has slowed recently due to dangerous floating ice. Even though river repairs ha...

 E-Mail IMAGE: University of Delaware researchers and collaborators are exploring how climate change effects on soils will impact military operations, such as troop movement or the integrity of buildings and roads at... view more  Credit: University of Delaware/ Jeffrey C. Chase The United States military wants to understand the role that climate impacts, such as flooding, storm surge or sea level rise, will have on soils at its coastal military bases and facilities, which are critica...

Grantham man held on child pornography charges Ricardo Vera of Grantham, N.H. Staff Report Modified: 1/30/2021 9:48:55 PM NEWPORT, N.H. — A 36-year-old Grantham man is being held on preventive detention after he was charged with five counts of possession of child sexual abuse images, according to a news release from New Hampshire State Police on Friday. Members of the New Hampshire Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force searched Ricardo Vera’s home on Butternut Road on Thursday after r...

Therefore, monitoring is needed in a timely manner to allow for adaptive management of projects during dredging. How do scientists get to the bottom of it? The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Jacksonville District, in partnership with the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the U.S. Army’s Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) are working to monitor the water quality and oceanographic conditions of the ocean in near real-time. NOAA’s ecological forecasting...

Spotlight on Environmental Information Synthesizer for Expert Systems January 26, 2021, by Eldin Ganic Large-scale coastal dredging projects have the potential to add significant stress to coral reef, communities in surrounding areas, especially if impacts are undetected or fail to be detected in time. Therefore, extensive monitoring is needed at a timely scale, relevant to allow adaptive management of projects during dredging. How do scientists get to t...

UK CAER research engineer Tristana Duvallet weighs and tests concrete samples. Photo courtesy of UK CAER. LEXINGTON, Ky. (Jan. 22, 2021) — A new University of Kentucky Center for Applied Energy Research (CAER) project seeks to create new, high-performance cements and concretes that will aid United States military operations both domestically and abroad. Titled “High Performance Cementitious Materials to Advance Expedient Repairs and Structural Hardening Priorities,” this $2.5 million prog...

1 of 4 Volunteer Hanna Braaksma and biologist Dayna Schneider monitor a wild pig within a fence. Pigs are trapped via remote cell-phone powered trap cameras. University of Illinois employees help Army civilians monitor traps. Photo by Scott Summers, DPW Natural and Cultural Resources Photo by Gil Eckrich DPW Natural and Cultural Resources volunteer Photo by Gil Eckrich DPW Natural and Cultural Resources volunteer Photo by Scott Summers, DPW Natural and Cultural Resources

$9M to LSU to help Army ready for flooding The U.S. military has awarded Louisiana State University $9.3 million to help the military prepare to deal with climate-related problems such as flooding and rising seas, the university said in a news release. The money will be given out over the next four years and is part of a collaboration between LSU, the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center’s Environmental Laboratory and the University of Delaware, the university said. The military...

Date Time Researchers Find Nonnative Species in Oahu Play Greater Role in Seed Dispersal Networks Corey Tarwater (right), an assistant professor in the UW Department of Zoology and Physiology, and Becky Wilcox, a UW Ph.D. student at the time of the research from Napa, Calif., set up automated radio telemetry units to track birds in Oahu, Hawaii. Tarwater and members of her research team headed research on how nonnative species play a greater role in seed dispersal networks there than native spe...