Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory (GSL) research focuses on airfields and pavements, mobility, impact and explosion effects, concrete and materials, structural engineering and mechanics, geotechnical engineering and geosciences, and survivability engineering. Through a unique combination of laboratory experimentation, material characterization, full-scale field testing and high-performance computational analysis, GSL focuses on technology development in the following areas: • Civil works/infrastructure • Force projection/maneuver support • Force protection/weapons effects • Operational support/technology transfer (U.S. Army video by Joseph McClammy)

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center's Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory evaluates materials for camouflet repairs at the Silver Flag exercise site on Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.

Gerardo I. Velazquez, a research civil engineer in the Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory of the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, has been awarded the 2016 Great Minds in STEM Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Awards Corp.’s Professional Achievement Award in Civil Engineering.