Podcast Episodes
Back to Search#46: Building Capacity for Discovery: Craftsmen, technicians work behind the scenes to bring ERDC research to life
Episode 46
We are exploring a pair of unsung teams whose efforts magnify ERDC’s research capabilities. That includes three fabrication shops where master crafts…
6 months, 4 weeks ago
#45: Robot coyote prototype blends engineering with natural world expertise
Episode 45
Bird strikes are a persistent and costly threat to aviation safety. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, more than 13,000 strikes are re…
7 months ago
#44: Frontline Robotics: Enabling safer execution of one of the Army’s most dangerous tasks
Episode 44
Combat engineers perform some of the military’s most dangerous duties, from breaching obstacles and clearing minefields to constructing front-line de…
7 months, 1 week ago
#43: Strengthening the joint force with mechanics-based pavement innovation
Episode 43
When most people think about the military being ready for the fight, they picture aircraft and vehicles, not the pavements beneath them. We talk with…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
#42 Constructing AI’s Future
Episode 42
Artificial intelligence is no longer science fiction. Today, AI is powering critical processes across the Department of War and serving as a force mu…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
#41: Antarctic Expertise: ‘Explorer’ has helped shape, advance cold regions engineering
Episode 41
George Blaisdell’s career is one for the record books. His contributions to engineering in one of the world’s most inhospitable environments are lege…
8 months ago
#40: Engineering at the water's edge: Advancing capabilities through modeling, autonomy and industry partnerships
Episode 40
Dr. Gaurav Savant, Senior Scientific Technical Manager at the ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory, discusses how ERDC is transforming military and…
8 months, 1 week ago
#39: Global Forest Modeling Toolkit: Mission-critical intelligence about vegetation around the world
Episode 39
Forests cover nearly a third of the Earth’s land surface and present multiple challenges to military forces. Dense trees restrict mobility, limit sur…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
#38: H2Rescue: Providing Power, Water and World Records
Episode 38
Roughly the distance from New York to Miami – or 1,806 miles. That’s how far a vehicle, developed in part by ERDC, drove on one tank of hydrogen fuel…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
#37: A Fresh (water) Runway: ERDC’s ice and snow expertise enables historic LC-130 landing
Episode 37
When the New York Air National Guard’s 109th Airlift Wing needed to find a suitable location to land its massive LC-130 Hercules cargo plane during a…
8 months, 4 weeks ago