Introduction

1775-1945

1946-1983

1984-Present

 Click on the thumbnails above to see brief video overviews of the long legacy of American engineering research and innovation

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center was established October 1, 1999 when seven research laboratories were consolidated into one organization.

ERDC’s laboratories are located in four geographic sites around the country that function as integrated teams of engineers and scientists to address a broad range of science and technology issues -- from operating in Arctic temperatures to vehicle mobility in desert sands; to protecting wetlands to protecting U.S. troops around the globe; to pinpointing the exact location of an artillery round to predicting the extended habitat range of an endangered species.