Laboratory Information:
USACE - ERDC - Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory
ATTN: CEERD-ZA-T
3909 Halls Ferry Road
Vicksburg, MS 39180-6199
Website: http://chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/
Technology Transfer Website: http://chl.erdc.usace.army.mil/CHL.aspx?p=s&a=Articles!583
Agency/Department: Dept. of Defense - Army
Region: Southeast
FLC Laboratory Representative:
Mr. Phillip Stewart
Phone: 601-634-4113
Fax: 601-634-4180
Email: phillip.stewart@erdc.usace.army.mil
Background/History of the Laboratory:
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Coastal & Hydraulics
Laboratory (CHL) performs
ocean, estuarine, riverine, and watershed regional scale systems analyses research support work for
the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers and the DoD Task Force in support of the Ocean Commission. A CHL multi-
disciplinary team of scientists, engineers and support personnel work in internationally known, unique
facilities. This highly educated team has established experimental and computational expertise for solving
water resource problems worldwide. CHL research and development addresses water resource challenges
in
groundwater, watersheds, rivers, reservoirs, lakes, estuaries, harbors, coastal inlets and wetlands.
Physical
facilities of approximately 1.7 million square feet are the basic infrastructure for producing cutting-edge
products for successful coastal and inland water resources management. Research projects range from
design guidance to three-dimensional numerical models. Focus is placed on inland and coastal navigation,
military logistics over the shore, dredging, flood control, storm and erosion protection, waterway restoration,
fish
passage, hydro-environmental modeling, water/land management, and other water and sediment-related
issues facing the nation. CHL work, although primarily in support of the Corp's divisions and districts,
also
interfaces with other federal, state and local agencies, academia, conservation groups, and the general
public,
as appropriate.
Technology Transfer Mechanisms:
- Broad Agency Announcement (BAA)
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
- Education Partnership Agreements
- Intergovernmental Cooperative Agreements
- Patent Licensing Agreements
- Technical Assistance Agreement
- Testing Service Agreements
- Foreign Military Sales (FMS)
- Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) Agreement
- Reimbursable Assistance
- Section 234 Assistance
Technology Areas of Expertise:
- Data collection
- Navigation technology
- Erosion Control
- Estuaries
- Fish Passage
- Flood Control
- Groundwater
- Harbors
- Hydraulic Structures
- Inlets
- Rivers
- Soils/Sediments
- Warfighter Support
- Watersheds
- Waves
- Coastal Structures
- Coastlines
- Dredging
- Wetlands
