USACE INNOVATION SUMMIT
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Revolutionize

Infrastructure / Structures
  • Ultra-High Performance Concrete Panels for Navigation Lock Wall Repair  Dr. Stephanie Wood, USACE ERDC
  • Hands Free Mooring System for Inland Rivers  William Chapman, USACE
  • Research in the Advancement of Hands-Free Mooring Technology  James Miller, USACE ERDC
  • Interactive Corps of Engineers Bridge Inventory Systems (CEBIS) Analysis Using Power BI  Jennifer Butler, USACE
  • From Aircraft to Airfield: Computational Tools for Ensuring Structural Integrity and Durability  Dr. Caglar Oskay, Vanderbillt University
  • Innovative Construction Materials  Dr. Yusuf Mehta, Rowan University
Water Resources
  • USACE Civil Works Research, Development, and Technology  Dr. Julie Rosati, USACE
  • Impact of Freshwater Diversions on Vegetation Based on Remote Sensing Derived Vegetation Index  Dr. Wei Wu, University of Southern Mississippi
  • Harmful Algae Blooms Interception, Treatment, and Transportation System (HABITATS)  Marissa Campobasso, USACE ERDC
  • Integrated Multi-Metric and Multi-Scale Biological Assessments: Compelling Advances in Watershed Condition Indicators  Dr. Bruce Pruitt, USACE ERDC
  • Real-Time Monitoring of Beach Nourishment using Radar Remote Sensing Technology at Duluth-Superior Harbor  Rachel Malburg, USACE
  • ERDC Modeling and Simulation in Support of Littoral Operation  Dr. Keith Martin, USACE ERDC
Materials
  • Understanding Next Generation of Concrete Materials  Isaac Howard and Dr. Ashley Carey, Mississippi State University
  • The Impact of New Concrete Technologies for the Military Arena  Dr. Jon Belkowitz, Intelligent Concrete
  • Inductive Hot Mix Asphalt (iHMA) Full Scale Field Trials  Ben Cox, USACE ERDC
  • Unconventional Rapid Airfield Damage Repair  George Blaisdell, USACE ERDC
  • Developing Resilient Stabilized Soil Systems using Geochemistry  Dr. Pavan Akula, Texas A&M
  • Metal Manufacturing for Transportation Infrastructure  Zackery McClelland, USACE ERDC
Artificial Intelligence
  • Optimal All-Spectrum Interference Avoiding Networking: An All-FPGA Approach  Dimitris Pados, Florida Atlantic University
  • Revolutionizing USACE Through Advanced 3D Visualization  Gary Grunwald, USACE
  • AI-Informed Military Hydrology  Dr. Haley Dozier, USACE ERDC
  • Machine Learning for Autonomous Surveying  Dr. David Noever, PeopleTec
  • Smart Base AI for Traffic and Weather to Inform Master Planning Pilot at Fort Carson  Dr. Randy Buchanan, USACE ERDC
  • Edge Computing for Data Sharing  Dr. Robin Ghandi, University of Nebraska at Omaha
Sensors / UAS
  • Enhanced Semi-automatic Land Cover Model for Multispectral Satellite Imagery and Decision Support Tools  Francis O'Neal, USACE ERDC
  • Magnetic Nanoparticle-based Gyroscopic Sensor  Dr. Johnson Asumadu, West Michigan University
  • The Internet of Very Small Things: Microorganisms as Sensors and Signalers  Robert Jones, USACE ERDC
  • UAS as a Means to Detect Foreign Objects Debris  Dr. Jim Allen, USACE
  • Evaluation of Ways to Defeat Artificial Intelligence Based Algorithms for Unmanned Ground Vehicles  Dr. David Noever, PeopleTec
  • Pathfinder 3D: Visual Terrain Referencing and Navigation Through Horizon Synthesis  Melissa Pham and Christina Lin, USACE ERDC
Climate Change
  • Planning for Installation Flood Exposure in a Changing Climate  Joshua Melliger, USACE
  • Impact of Climate Change on Alaska  Dr. Tom Douglas, USACE ERDC
  • Geo-centric Environment for Analysis and Reasoning (GEAR)  Kathleen McLane, USACE
  • ERDC Live - Face the Storm
  • Engineering with Nature for Innovation  Dr. Todd Bridges, USACE ERDC
  • Coastal Hazard Systems  Dr. Meredith Carr, USACE ERDC

Readiness

Advancing Building Information Modeling for Projects (BIM)
  • Headquarters Perspective for BIM  Jason Fairchild, USACE
  • BIM Collaboration Software: Trimble Quadri  Trevor Clark, Trimble
  • AI Powered Point-Cloud Segmentation and Object Classification on Legacy Facility Data  Indu Shukla, USACE ERDC
  • Implementing Model-based Design Review  Brandon Meinert, USACE
  • Enterprise Building Information Modeling (BIM) Object Library  Andrew Ross, USACE ERDC
  • Environmental Condition Digital Twinning with STEEM and Shadow  Jonathon Boone, USACE ERDC
Military Installations and Infrastructure
  • Military Installations and Infrastructure R&D  Dr. Andrew Nelson, USACE ERDC
  • Operations in the Contested Zones  Vernie Reichling, USACE
  • Superior Chemistry and Innovation: High Performance Asphalt Pavement Preservation  Gail Porritt, Asphalt Systems, Inc.
  • An Approach to Gamifying Acquisitions for Assessing Impact on Military Strategy of Nation States  Dr. Alicia Ruvinsky, USACE ERDC
  • Enterprise GIS Portal for Defense Security Cooperation Agency  Jacqueline Hunke, USACE
  • Air Filtration and Hydrocarbon Gas Absorption  Ivan Beckman, USACE ERDC
Water Resources
  • 4D Ocean Cube Network  Jason McKenna, University of Southern Mississippi
  • Managing Overdredging: Using Technology to Enhance Efficiency and Profitability  Johnathan White, Trimble
  • Storm-Sim-PROS, A Response-Based Stochastic Simulation for Coastal Structure Hazard Assessment  Abigail Stehno, USACE ERDC
  • Quantifying Pre and Post-Fire Debris Flow Risk Using HEC-RAS 6.0 BETA  Jose Paredez, USACE
  • Risk Assessment of Gate System on Dams  Willie Brown, USACE ERDC
  • Mississippi River Geomorphology and Potamology Program  Dr. James Lewis, USACE
Machine Learning
  • MSU Automonous Vehicle Simulator  Dr. Daniel Carruth, Mississippi State University
  • Army Ground Vehicle Diagnostics  Brandon Hansen, USACE ERDC
  • Automated Exploitation of Satellite Sensors  Dr. Wes Regian, PeopleTec
  • Rapid Generation AI/ML Ready Synthetic Sensor Imagery  Reena Patel, USACE ERDC
  • Public Health Informatics  Heather Speight, USACE
  • Drone-based Remote Sensing and Crawler Supported Nondestructive Evaluation Technologies  Dr. Genda Chen, Missouri University of Science and Technology

People

  • Workplace of the Future and Workforce Readiness  Karen Pane, USACE
  • Talent Acquisition  Dawn Clappsy, USACE
  • USACE HR IT Innovation  Jeremy Dorsey, USACE
  • Reinventing Leadership Development  Tamara Deekens, USACE
  • Driving Innovation Across the Human Capital Lifecycle  Denise Sughrue, Toffler Associates
  • Best Practices and Lessons Learned of Virtual Engagements  Teresa Li, USACE ERDC
Innovation Awards
  • Innovation Award Recipient Presentations  Dr. David Pittman, USACE
  • Robotic Assessment of Closure Gates for Safe Entry  Recipient: DamBot Team, ERDC ITL
  • Leading from the Future: Business Intelligence  Recipient: Resource Management Business Practices Division, USACE, HNC
  • BIM Design at Soo New Lock Chamber Mega Project  Recipient: Louisville District/Nashville District/Pittsburgh District: The New Lock and the Soo-New Lock Chamber BIM Modeling Team, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division
  • uCOP BIM-GIS Integrated Platform  Recipient: uCOP BIM-GIS Integrated Platform Team, USACE, North Atlantic Division
  • USACE Innovator(s) of the Year  Recipient: Ruben A. Campo, USACE, SWD, Total Record of Acquisition Capacity and James D. Calnon, USACE, NWD, Hydroelectric Design Center

Partnerships

Industry
  • Working with USACE - Small Business  Elizabeth Mudd, USACE
  • Building Forward Approach in Partnership with USACE  Nick Dill, Robins and Morton
  • Model Content and Analysis Tool (MCAT) through Collaboration between USACE and FEMA  Mathew Mampara, Dewberry
  • Atkore Driving Growth through Innovation  Carmen Samara, Atkore
  • Public Private Partnerships (P3) and USACE  Aaron Snyder, USACE
  • Innovating to Support USACE for Facility Maintenance (SMS-Builder)  Michael Ramos, Raymond Engineering - Georgia Inc.
Academia
  • Preparing Workforce for Innovation  Dr. Stan Woodson, USACE ERDC
  • Educational Partnerships with USACE, ERDC  Florence Sanchez, Vanderbilt University
  • Case Study with Industry, Academia, and Agency  Dr. Theresa Ebeler, St. Louis University
  • Synthetic Collaboration Environment for Immersive Research  Parker Jones and Adam Jordan, Mississippi State University
  • Partnership Model Between USACE, ERDC and USM School of Polymer Science and Engineering  Jeffrey Wiggins, University of Southern Mississippi
  • Site Specific Liquefaction - Partnership with the University of New Hampshire, and Advanced Geotechnical Solutions-West Wade Lein, USACE ERDC
Non-FAR / International / KM-T2
  • OTAs at ERDC  Alicia Bounds, USACE ERDC
  • Other Transaction Authority  Clarence Turner, 3E Turner and Associates
  • The ERDCWERX Value Proposition  Paul Sumrall and Janice Karcher, ERDCWERX
  • Interagency and International Support  Michael Schultz, USACE
  • International Research and Partnerships  Dr. Catie Stephens, USACE ERDC
  • Innovate with the Power of ERDC  David Cooper and Alissa Armstrong, USACE

USACE Only

Available to USACE only via KM Portal
Opening and Concurrent Sessions: Revolutionize, Readiness, People, Partnerships

  • Military Programs  Dr. Christine Altendorf, USACE
  • Anaerobic Co-Digestion to Increase Energy Security on Military Installations  Andrew Pfluger, US Military Academy
  • Robotic Engineer Operations (REO)  Ahmet Soylemezoglu, USACE ERDC
  • Soldier Vulnerabilities to Toxic Industrial Chemicals While in MOPP Gear  Dr. Philip Gidley, USACE ERDC
  • Blast and Weapons Effects Capabilities  Bill Heard, USACE ERDC
  • ERDC's Cyber City  Dr. Candice Mitchell, USACE ERDC
  • Records Management in Innovation  Kathryn Nevins, USACE
  • G6/CIO Data Systems, Management, Cyber Security  Dovarius Peoples, USACE
  • Data Visualization of COVID-19 Cases  Michael Clement, USACE ERDC
  • Total Record of Acquisition Capacity (TRAC) for Contracts  Ruben Campos, USACE
  • Taming the Vast Sea of Numbers on Lake Ontario  Janna Hummel, USACE
  • New Process for Rights of Entry Procurement Using Smartsheet  Kelsey Ciarrocca, USACE
  • USACE Learning Center  Tamara Deekins, USACE
  • Developmental Assignments  Dr. Andrea Scott, USACE ERDC
  • Developmental Opportunity - ERDC University  Antisa Webb, USACE ERDC
  • USACE Emergency Management  Stephen Hill, USACE
  • Knowledge Management Portal  Mark Hainey, USACE
  • Innovation and Safety  Mark Atkins, USACE
  • USACE Acquisition Initiatives  John Jacobson, USACE
  • DLA's Role in Supporting Existing and New Government Contractors  Sherry Savage, The Defense Logistics Agency
  • Strengthen Ties Between US and Indo-Pacific Regions  Evan Ting, USACE
  • DoD Technology Transfer Program  John Dement, OSD (R&E) Labs & Personnel Office
  • Edge Computing for Data Sharing  KiMar German, Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation
  • TETRA  Barry Datlof, US Army Medical Research and Development Command


​USACE Innovation Summit 2021
INNOVATION TO IMPACT: LEADING FROM THE FUTURE     #USACEInnovationSummit
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VIRTUAL EVENT  |  OCTOBER 25-29, 2021


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