It is with great pride and pleasure that SERDP and ESTCP announce the 2016 Projects of the Year. This year’s awards recognize scientific advances and technological solutions to some of DoD’s most significant environmental challenges—

  • quantifying the pathways and rates of RDX and TNT processing in coastal ecotypes
  • preventing off-site contaminant migration while allowing typical range activities to occur uninterrupted
  • treating contaminated sediments in active DoD harbor settings
  • detecting and classifying unexploded ordnance in the underwater environment
  • understanding the impacts of military operations on marine mammals and threatened, endangered and at-risk species of birds
  • developing environmentally friendly and sustainable composite materials
  • validating and implementing non-chromate primers for weapons systems.
  • improving energy security and reducing energy consumption 

These projects will be featured in the slideshow on the home page of the SERDP and ESTCP website through early February. Please visit the SERDP and ESTCP blog to read more about each of these award-winning projects! 

SERDP Projects of the Year 

Environmental RestorationTracking the Uptake, Translocation, Cycling, and Metabolism of Munitions Compounds in Coastal Marine Ecosystems Using Stable Isotopic TracerDr. Craig R. Tobias, University of Connecticut 

Munitions ResponseMulti-pass and Non-concentric Target Circular Synthetic Aperture SonarDr. Jermaine L. Kennedy, Naval Surface Warfare Center - Panama City Division and Dr. Timothy M. Marston, APL-UW

Resource Conservation and ResiliencyDeep Mapping of Teuthivorous Whales and Their Prey FieldsDr. Kelly J. Benoit-Bird, Oregon State University   

Weapons Systems and PlatformsCyanate Ester Composite Resins Derived from Renewable Polyphenol SourcesDr. Benjamin Harvey, Naval Air Warfare Center - Weapons Division   

ESTCP Projects of the Year 

Energy and WaterImproving Energy Security and Resilience of DoD InstallationsMr. Ryan Faries, Raytheon

Environmental RestorationPassive Biobarrier for Treating Co-Mingled Perchlorate and RDX in Groundwater at an Active RangeDr. Paul B. Hatzinger, CB&I Federal Services

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Demonstration of In Situ Treatment with Reactive Amendments for Contaminated Sediments in Active DoD HarborsDr. Bart Chadwick, SPAWAR Systems Center 

Resource Conservation and ResiliencyDemonstration and Implementation of Autonomous Aerial Acoustic Recording Systems to Inventory DoD Installation Impact Areas for Threatened, Endangered, and Species at Risk Bird PopulationsDr. David A. Buehler, University of Tennessee and Dr. Richard A. Fischer, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

Weapons Systems and PlatformsComprehensive Evaluation and Transition of Non-Chromated Paint PrimersJulia Russell and Brenna Skelley, NAVAIR - NAS PAX