Army Leader Honored with Consortium’s Laboratory Director of the Year Award
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — Dr. Eric Moore, director of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) until October 2022, has been chosen for the 2022 Laboratory Director of the Year award by the Federal Laboratory Consortium (FLC) for his work in advancing technology transfer….
CBC Employees Win Major General Harold J. Greene Awards
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD –Two employees of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) earned top honors in the Army’s 2022 Major General Harold J. “Harry” Greene Competition for acquisition writing. The Major General Harold J. Greene Award is an Army writing competition focused on…
Long-Term Intern Turned CBC Engineer
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) hosts students from various colleges for summer internships every year. This year, the Center had the opportunity to extend full-time employment to a long-term intern, Simeon Sykes. Each year, Eugene L. Vickers, Sr.,…
DEVCOM CBC Leader Leaves Army Better Than He Found It
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — Dr. Paul Tanenbaum retired on Dec. 15 as the Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center’s (DEVCOM CBC) Director of Operational Applications. A ceremony marked Tanenbaum’s 41 years of government service, seven of which he spent with the Center. Tanenbaum led a workforce of approximately…
DEVCOM Chemical Biological Center Places Third in Machine Learning Challenge
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — “None of us is as smart as all of us,” is an old saying in business management, and it held true for a team of six U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) researchers, all with different technical backgrounds, when they…
Center Takes Steps to Promote Inclusion, Wellness
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) identifies its employees as the organization’s number one priority and embraces a people-centric culture. To uphold this standard, Eugene L. Vickers, Sr. was appointed diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) officer for DEVCOM CBC….
Army Laboratory Aces OPCW Proficiency Test
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD – The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) recently achieved an A grade on two proficiency tests administered by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The OPCW is a multinational organization which was established to implement the Chemical…
DEVCOM CBC Sees Leadership Changes
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — On October 14, 2022, Dr. Eric Moore, former director of the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC), was promoted to become DEVCOM’s deputy to the commanding general. For the past 30 years, Moore has been an influential figure in the…
Army Scientists Produce Critical Chemical Through Biomanufacturing
Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD — Scientists from the U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center (DEVCOM CBC) are partnering with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to continue research on one of the first projects in the Biomanufacturing Modernization Initiative, the biomanufacturing of melanin. Melanin is a substance that…