Guest Speaker: Scientific Innovation Often Takes Unexpected Paths
The speaker was Naomi Halas, Ph.D., the Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and founding director of the Laboratory for Nanophotonics at Rice University. The title of her talk was the “The Future of Science.” Among her examples was the fact that antibiotics was discovered in 1928…
ECBC Scientists Serve as Mentors for Award Winning Graduates
Capstone projects are complex and are pursued in the mentor’s laboratory over the course of the entire school year. For example, Priscilla Lee did her project on validating a 3D human liver cell model for predictive toxicology. ECBC has been working on the development of 3D human cell models for…
Fully Covered
The new concept will improve the historically challenging interface where a warfighter’s protective mask and hood meet, in order to provide greater protection from exposure to chemical and biological warfare agents. The development of this concept supports NSRDC’s Integrated Protective Fabric System program, and is sponsored by the Defense Threat…
Historian Sees ECBC’s History as a Story of Innovation
Speaking before an overflowing audience that spilled out into an adjoining conference room at ECBC’s Berger Auditorium on May 24, he described the centers 100 year history as the continuous reliance on innovation to overcome challenges. For example, when American Soldiers arrived in France in 1917, the British were using…
ECBC Employees Support Local Science Fair
The “they” that the student referred to were STEM students from area high schools and local scientists who served as judges at the school’s 2nd annual science fair on May 3. Six of the scientists who volunteered as judges were employees of the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC). “This is…
ECBC Director Joseph Corriveau Says Farewell at Open House
May 4 was Corriveau’s final day at ECBC before leaving to become the director of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H. The laboratory’s mission is to provide support to the armed services and federal agencies conducting operations in arctic regions. In…
Runners take to APG-South Streets for ECBC Gas Mask Dash
The event was part of ECBC’s year-long 100th anniversary celebration. Wearing gas mask T-shirts, participants started at CAPA Field and ran or walked a course that meandered through the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground. Instead of firing a starting gun, ECBC Research and Technology Director Eric L. Moore, Ph.D.,…
Spring Expo Brings Technology Vendors to APG
Sponsored by the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) Corporate Information Office (CIO) and the Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical, the attendees spanned the APG community’s commands including the Research, Development and Engineering Command, the Chemical Materials Activity, the Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, and the Army Materiel…
AMC Commanding General Gets First-Hand Look at ECBC Capabilities and Needs
Accompanied by RDECOM Commanding General Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins and ECBC Director Joseph Corriveau, Ph.D., Perna toured the Filtration Science Laboratory and learned about ECBC’s collaboration with other federal security agencies, industry, and academia. He also received a threat security briefing from ECBC threat experts. The visit included a briefing…
ECBC Steps Up to Support DoD Engineering, Production Initiatives
Over the past two years, senior officials from the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense (JPEO-CBD) and Army Materiel Command (AMC) have sought ways to increase efficiencies and reduce costs within the nation’s chemical-biological defense enterprise. The organizations have called upon ECBC, the technical arm for the…