Engineer Research and Development Center

Coordinates: 32°17′59″N 90°51′51″W / 32.2995921°N 90.8642709°W / 32.2995921; -90.8642709
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Engineer Research and Development Center
File:ERDC-USACE-logo.tif
EstablishedOctober 1999 (October 1999)
Research typeResearch in support of the Army Corps of Engineers mission
DirectorDavid W. Pittman[1]
Address3909 Halls Ferry Road
LocationVicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.A.
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39180-6199
Websiteerdc.usace.army.mil

The Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) is a US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) research and laboratory organization.

The main facility is located in Vicksburg, Mississippi, on the site of an antecedent organization, the Waterways Experiment Station. It also has facilities in Hanover, New Hampshire, Champaign, Illinois, and Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

History

In October 1999, the Corps of Engineers established a system of laboratories, called the Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC).[2] The ERDC was a consolidation of seven, pre-existing laboratories: the Coastal and Hydraulics, Environmental, Geotechnical and Structures, and Information Technology Laboratories in Vicksburg, Mississippi; the Construction Engineering Research Laboratory in Champaign, Illinois; the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, New Hampshire; and the Topographic Engineering Center in Fort Belvoir, Virginia.[3]

ERDC won the Army Research Laboratory of the Year award five times in its first eight years.[4]

The Topographic Engineering Center became the Army Geospatial Center (AGC) and started reporting directly to the Corps of Engineers as of 2009. As of 2014, ERDC still maintained a Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL) collocated in Alexandria with AGC.[3]

List of laboratories

References

  1. ↑ Petersen, Mike (March 22, 2017). "Pittman selected to helm Corps of Engineers R&D" (Press release). Vicksburg, Mississippi: Engineer Research and Development Center. http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Media/News-Stories/Article/1126914/pittman-selected-to-helm-corps-of-engineers-rd/. Retrieved 2017-05-19. 
  2. ↑ ERDC Public Affairs Office, ERDC History, http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/pls/erdcpub/www_org_info.show_page?f_id=39773&f_parent=54984, retrieved 2011-01-09 
  3. ↑ Jump up to: 3.0 3.1 Public Affairs Office. "U.S. Army Geospatial Research Laboratory (GRL), Alexandria, Va.". ERDC. http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/GeospatialResearchLaboratory.aspx. 
  4. ↑ ERDC Public Affairs Office (September 30, 2009), ERDC Named 2009 Army Research Laboratory of the Year -- 3rd Consecutive Year, http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/pls/erdcpub/www_org_info.show_page?f_id=6448042, retrieved 2011-01-09 
  5. ↑ Engineer Research and Development Center. "U.S. Army Topographic Engineering Center (TEC), Alexandria, Va.". U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://www.erdc.usace.army.mil/Locations/TopographicEngineeringCenter.aspx. 

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