SERDP and ESTCP Announce FY 2011 New Start Project Selections

01/03/2011

More than 100 SERDP and ESTCP FY 2011 new start projects have been selected for funding. These projects responded to the following FY 2011 solicitations: SERDP Core and SERDP Exploratory Development (SEED); ESTCP DoD Call for Proposals, Non-DoD Federal Call for Proposals, and Broad Agency Announcement (BAA); and ESTCP Special Munitions Response BAA. Topics being addressed by these projects include energy conservation and efficiency, climate change impacts, marine mammal ecology, ecological forestry, ecosystem services, contaminated groundwater, contaminated sediments, risk assessment, munitions response, green manufacturing and maintenance, noise monitoring, and alternative fuel emissions.  

The tables below list the FY 2011 new start projects for SERDP (Environmental Restoration, Munitions Response, Resource Conservation and Climate Change, and Weapons Systems and Platforms) and ESTCP (Energy and Water, Environmental Restoration, Munitions Response, Resource Conservation and Climate Change, and Weapons Systems and Platforms). As fact sheets become available, links from project numbers are provided below. Information on these and other SERDP and ESTCP projects is also available under Program Areas
 

 

SERDP PROJECTS

Environmental Restoration

ERSON-11-01: Determination of the Environmental Impacts of Munitions Compounds in the Marine Environment
ER-2122 Tracking the Uptake, Translocation, Cycling, and Metabolism of Munitions Compounds in Coastal Marine Ecosystems using Stable Isotopic Tracer Dr. Craig Tobias University of Connecticut, Department of Marine Sciences
ER-2123 Photochemical Transformation of Munitions Constituents in Marine Waters Dr. Dianne Luning Prak U.S. Naval Academy
ER-2124 TNT Incorporation and Mineralization by Natural Microbial Assemblages at Frontal Boundaries between Water Masses and in Underlying Sediments in Coastal Ecosystems Dr. Michael Montgomery Naval Research Laboratory
ER-2125 Ecological Risk Assessment of Munitions Compounds on Coral and Coral Reef Health Dr. Cheryl Woodley NOAA National Ocean Service
ERSON-11-02: In Situ Remediation of Perfluoroalkyl Contaminated Groundwater 
ER-2126 Behavior of Perfluoroalkyl Chemicals in Contaminated Groundwater Dr. Christopher Higgins Colorado School of Mines, ESE Division
ER-2127 Remediation of Perfluoroalkyl Contaminated Aquifer using an In Situ Two-Layer Barrier: Laboratory Batch and Column Study Dr. Qingguo Huang University of Georgia, Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
ER-2128 Characterization of the Fate and Biotransformation of Fluorochemicals in AFFF-Contaminated Groundwater at Fire/Crash Testing Military Sites Dr. Jennifer Field Oregon State University, Environmental & Molecular Toxicology
ERSON-11-03: Improved Understanding of Impacts to Groundwater Quality Post-Remediation
ER-2129 Secondary Impacts of In Situ Remediation on Groundwater Quality and Post-Treatment Management Strategies Dr. Kurt Pennell Tufts University, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
ER-2130 Assessing the Potential Consequences of Subsurface Bioremediation: Fe-Oxide Bioreductive Processes and the Propensity for Contaminant-Colloid Co-Transport and Media Structural Breakdown Dr. Philip Jardine University of Tennessee, Biosystems Engineering and Soil Science Department
ER-2131 Numerical Modeling of Post-Remediation Impacts of Anaerobic Bioremediation on Groundwater Quality Dr. Robert Borden North Carolina State University, Department of Construction and Environmental Engineering
ER-2132 Impacts on Groundwater Quality Following the Application of ISCO: Understanding the Cause of and Designing Mitigation for Metals Mobilization Dr. Kevin Gardner University of New Hampshire, Civil Engineering
ERSEED-11-01: In Situ Remediation of Contaminated Aquatic Sediments 
ER-2134 A Permeable Active Amendment Concrete (PAAC) for Contaminant Remediation and Erosion Control Dr. Anna Knox Savannah River National Laboratory
ER-2135 Application of Biofilm-Covered Activated Carbon Particles as a Microbial Inoculum Delivery System for Enhanced Bioaugmentation of PCBs in Contaminated Sediment Dr. Birthe Kjellerup Goucher College, Biological Sciences
ER-2136 Activated Biochars with Iron for In-Situ Sequestration of Organics, Metals, and Carbon Dr. Upal Ghosh University of Maryland Baltimore County, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Munitions Response

MMSON-11-01: Advanced Technologies for Detection, Discrimination, and Remediation of Military Munitions on Land
MR-2100 Tensor Invariant Processing for Munitions/Clutter Classification Dr. Thomas Bell SAIC
MR-2101 Location, Identification, and Enumeration of UXO in Complex Environments Using Time-Reversal Methods in Electromagnetics Dr. James Berryman Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
MMSON-11-02:  Improvements in the Detection and Remediation of Military Munitions Underwater 
MR-2102 Proof of Concept Study for Immobilization of Submerged Munitions Using Geobags Mr. Barry Bunch U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory
MR-2103 Structural Acoustic UXO Detection and Identification in Marine Environments Dr. Brian Houston Naval Research Laboratory
MR-2104 Real-Time Handheld Magnetometer Array Dr. Mark Prouty Geometrics, Inc.
MMSEED-11-01: Advanced Technologies for Detection, Discrimination, and Remediation of Military Munitions on Land and Underwater
MR-2105 Compact Low-Cost Ultra-Wideband EMI Sensors for Enhanced UXO Characterization Dr. Charles Oden Earth Science Systems, LLC
MR-2106 Kalman Filters for UXO Detection: Real-Time Feedback and Small Target Detection Dr. Tomasz Grzegorczyk Delpsi, LLC
MR-2107 Investigation of an EMI-Based Marine Classification System Dr. Dean Keiswetter SAIC
MR-2108 Underwater Electric Field Sensor for UXO Detection Dr. Yongming Zhang QUASAR Federal Systems, Inc.

Resource Conservation and Climate Change

SISON-11-01: Impacts of Climate Change on Alaskan Ecological Systems
RC-2109 Identifying Indicators of State Change and Forecasting Future Vulnerability in Alaskan Boreal Ecosystems Dr. Edward Schuur University of Florida, Department of Biology
RC-2110 Addressing the Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Army Alaska with Decision Support Tools Developed through Field Work and Modeling Dr. Thomas Douglas U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory
RC-2111 Improved Understanding of Permafrost Controls on Hydrology in Interior Alaska by Integration of Ground-Based Geophysical Permafrost Characterization and Numerical Modeling Dr. Michelle Walvoord U.S. Geological Survey
SISON-11-02: Behavioral Ecology of Cetaceans 
RC-2112 Deep Mapping Teuthivorous Whales and Their Prey Fields Dr. Kelly Benoit-Bird Oregon State University, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences
RC-2113 Behavioral Ecology of Cetaceans: The Relationship of Body Condition with Behavior and Reproductive Success Dr. Patrick Miller University of Saint Andrews, School of Biology
RC-2114 Behavioral Ecology of Deep-Diving Odontocetes in the Bahamas Ms. Diane Claridge Bahamas Marine Mammal Research Organisation
RC-2154 Odontocete Cetaceans: Quantifying Behavioral Ecology and Response to Predators Using a Multi-Species Approach Dr. Andrew Read Duke University Marine Laboratory
SISON-11-03: Ecological Forestry and Carbon Management
RC-2115 Developing Tools for Ecological Forestry and Carbon Management in Longleaf Pine Dr. Lisa Samuelson Auburn University, School of Forestry & Wildlife Sciences
RC-2116 Statistically Rigorous Carbon Stock Predictions of Forest Restoration in the Southern United States Dr. Duncan Wilson Oklahoma State University, Natural Resource Ecology & Management
RC-2117 Developing Novel Ecosystems that Enhance Carbon Storage, Native Biodiversity, and Human Mobility in Lowland Hawaiian Forests Dr. Rebecca Ostertag University of Hawaii at Hilo, Department of Biology
RC-2118 Modeling the Carbon Implications of Ecologically Based Forest Management Dr. Matthew Hurteau Northern Arizona University, School of Earth Sciences & Environmental Sustainability
SISON-11-04: Ecology and Management of Source-Sink Populations 
RC-2119 Endangered Butterflies as a Model System for Managing Source-Sink Dynamics on Department of Defense Lands Dr. Elizabeth Crone President and Fellows of Harvard University
RC-2120 Sources and Sinks: Elucidating Mechanisms, Documenting Patterns, and Forecasting Impacts Dr. Joshua Lawler University of Washington, College of Forest Resources
RC-2121 Using a Hierarchical Approach to Model Regional Source-Sink Dynamics for Neotropical-Nearctic Songbirds to Inform Management Practices on Department of Defense Installations Dr. Peter Marra Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center
RC-2155 Multi-Scale Approach to Understanding Source-Sink Dynamics of Amphibians Dr. Raymond Semlitsch  University of Missouri, Division of Biological Sciences

Weapons Systems and Platforms

WPSON-11-01: Development of Alternatives to Copper-Beryllium and Aluminum-Beryllium Alloys for Military Applications
WP-2137 Nanostructured Copper Alloys as an Alternative to Copper-Beryllium Dr. Johnathan McCrea Integran Technologies Inc.
WP-2138 Alternative Copper-Beryllium Alloys Development Dr. Eric Fodran Northrop Grumman Corp.
WP-2139 Demonstration of Ultrahigh-Strength Nanocrystalline Copper Alloys for Military Applications Dr. Kristopher Darling U.S. Army Research Laboratory
WPSON-11-02: Environmentally Benign, Insensitive, Castable, High-Performance, Minimum-Smoke Rocket Propellant 
WP-2140 Evaluation of Metal-Bound Porphyrins and Porphyrazins as Lead Salt Replacements for Ballistic Modifiers in Minimum Signature XLDB Propellants Dr. Ronald Clawson ATK Tactical Propulsion and Controls
WP-2141 Novel Energetic Polyphosphazene Polymer Binder System for Environmentally Benign Rocket Propellants Mr. Joseph Clubb Naval Air Warfare Center - Weapons Division
WP-2142 Novel Lead-Free Ballistic Modifiers for Improved, IM-Compliant Minimum Signature Propellants Dr. Andrew Nelson Naval Air Warfare Center - Weapons Division
WP-2143 Eliminating Lead, RDX, and AP in a Castable EMMS-Configured Propellant While Maintaining Performance Dr. Bradley Sleadd Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division
WPSON-11-03: Understanding the Corrosion Protection Requirements for Adhesive Bond Primers 
WP-2144 Understanding Corrosion Protection Requirements for Adhesive Bond Primers Ms. Diane Kleinschmidt Naval Air Warfare Center - Aircraft Division
WPSON-11-04: Combustion Science to Predict Emissions from Military Platforms Burning Alternative Fuels
WP-2145 The Science of Emissions from Alternative Fuels Dr. Mel Roquemore Air Force Research Laboratory
WP-2151 Development of Demonstrably Predictive Models for Emissions from Alternative Fuels Based Aircraft Engines Dr. Venkatramanan Raman The University of Texas at Austin, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
WPSON-11-05: Environmentally Benign Removal Process for Low Observable Weapons Systems 
WP-2146 High Speed, Substrate Safe Low Observable Coating Laser Stripping Mr. Alan Fletcher Air Force Research Laboratory
WPSEED-11-01: Replacement of Hexachloroethane in Handheld Obscurants
WP-2148 Development of Low-Toxicity Obscurant Material Mr. Rutger Webb TNO Defence, Security and Safety
WP-2149 Replacement of HC in Handheld Obscurants Mr. Nathan Seidner ATK Space Systems
WP-2150 Surface Modified TiO2 Obscurants for Increased Safety and Performance Dr. Steven Oldenburg nanoComposix, Inc.

  

ESTCP PROJECTS

Energy and Water

EW-201133 Architectural Daylighting System Dr. J. Thomas Simpson 3M Company
EW-201134 Grid-Parity Solar Power for Department of Defense Installations Dr. Brian Sager Nanosolar, Inc.
EW-201135 Coupling Geothermal Heat Pumps with Underground Seasonal Thermal Energy Storage Mr. Charles Hammock, Jr. Andrews, Hammock & Powell, Inc.
EW-201136 Air Source Cold Climate Heat Pump Mr. William Hutzel Purdue University, Department of Mechanical Engineering Technology
EW-201137 LDDX: A High-Efficiency Air Conditioner for DoD Buildings Dr. Andrew Lowenstein AIL Research, Inc.
EW-201138 Innovative Phase Change Approach for Significant Energy Savings Dr. Aly Shaaban Applied Research Associates, Inc.
EW-201139 High-Performance, Energy-Efficient Cool Metal Roof Assemblies Utilizing Building Integrated Renewable Solar Energy Technologies for New and Retrofit Building Construction Mr. Robert Scichili Metal Construction Association
EW-201140 Microgrid Enabled Distributed Energy Solutions for DoD Installations Mr. Jason Heims Lockheed Martin Corporation
EW-201141 Dynamic Exterior Lighting for Energy and Cost Savings in DoD Installations Dr. Satyen Mukherjee Philips Research North America
EW-201142 Energy Performance Monitoring and Optimization System for DoD Campus Mr. Trevor Bailey United Technologies Research Center
EW-201143 Demonstration of Skyline Solar, Inc.'s High Gain Solar Technology for Renewable, Distributed Energy Generation Dr. Marc Finot Skyline Solar
EW-201144 Demonstration and Testing of ClimaStat® for Improved DX Air-Conditioning Efficiency Dr. Michael West Advantek Consulting, Inc.
EW-201145 Solar CHP—Combined Heat and Power Using the Infinia Concentrated Solar Power System Mr. Jason Modrell Infinia Corporation
EW-201146 Concentrating Photo-Voltaic System for DoD Rooftop Installations Mr. Ian Wood Electricore, Inc.
EW-201147 Advanced Microgrid Energy Management Coupled with Integrated Volt/VAR Control for Improved Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, and Power Quality at DoD Installations Dr. Michael Krok GE Global Research Center
EW-201148 Solar Air Heating Metal Roofing for Re-Roofing, New Construction, and Retrofit Mr. John Archibald American Solar, Inc.
EW-201149 Energy Efficient Phase Change Materials Insulation Dr. Larry Stephenson U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
EW-201150 Systems Approach to Improved Facility Energy Performance Mr. James Miller U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
EW-201151 Exhaust Hood and Makeup Air Optimization Mr. David Underwood U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
EW-201152 Converting Constant Volume, Multizone Air Handling Systems to Energy-Efficient Variable Air Volume Multizone Systems Mr. David Schwenk U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
EW-201153 Full-Scale Evaluation of an Energy Foundation for Buildings Dr. Karen Henry U.S. Air Force Academy
EW-201154 Field Validation of Microencapsulated Phase Change Material Slurry as Heat Transfer Fluid Mr. Sean Morefield U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
EW-201155 Integrated Water Planning through Building Level Cascade of Water Use Ms. Elisabeth Jenicek U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory

Environmental Restoration

ER-201118 Demonstration of a Fractured Rock Geophysical Toolbox for Characterization and Monitoring of DNAPL Biodegradation in Fractured Rock Aquifers Dr. Lee Slater Rutgers University, Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
ER-201119 Use of On-Site GC/MS Analysis to Distinguish between Vapor Intrusion and Indoor Sources of VOCs Dr. Thomas McHugh GSI Environmental Inc.
ER-201120 Development of an Expanded, High-Reliability Cost and Performance Database for In Situ Remediation Technologies Mr. Travis McGuire GSI Environmental Inc.
ER-201121 Direct-Push Optical Screening Tool for High-Resolution, Real-Time Mapping of Chlorinated Solvent DNAPL Architecture Mr. Murray Einarson AMEC Geomatrix, Inc.
ER-201122 Cost-Effective, Ultra-Sensitive Groundwater Monitoring for Site Remediation and Management Dr. Rolf Halden The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University
ER-201123 Generation of Biodegradation-Sorption Barriers for Munitions Constituents Dr. Robert Borden North Carolina State University, Department of Construction and Environmental Engineering
ER-201124 In Situ Biogeochemical Transformation of Chlorinated Solvents Dr. Patrick Evans CDM Federal Programs Corp.
ER-201125 Use of Mass-Flux Measurement and Vapor-Phase Tomography to Quantify Vadose-Zone Source Strength and Distribution Dr. Mark Brusseau University of Arizona, Department of Soil, Water and Environmental Science
ER-201126 Decision Support System for Matrix Diffusion Modeling Dr. Charles Newell GSI Environmental Inc.
ER-201127 Quantifying Life-Cycle Environmental Footprints of Soil and Groundwater Remedies Ms. Karla Harre Naval Facilities Engineering Command – Engineering Service Center
ER-201128 Microelectrode Observatory for In Situ Monitoring of Metals Concentration and Mobility in Contaminated Sediments Dr. Nancy Ruiz Naval Facilities Engineering Command – Engineering Service Center
ER-201129 Development and Validation of a Quantitative Framework and Management Expectation Tool for the Selection of Bioremediation Approaches at Chlorinated Solvent Sites Ms. Carmen Lebron Naval Facilities Engineering Command – Engineering Service Center
ER-201130 Demonstration and Commercialization of the Sediment Ecosystem Assessment Protocol (SEAP) Mr. Gunther Rosen SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
ER-201131 Demonstration of In Situ Treatment with Reactive Amendments for Contaminated Sediments in Active DoD Harbors Dr. Bart Chadwick SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
ER-201168 Demonstration of Regenerable, Large-Scale Ion Exchange System Using WBA Resin in Rialto, CA Mr. Jeffrey Rine Applied Research Associates, Inc.
ER-201169 Full-Scale Fixed-Bed Biological Perchlorate Destruction Demonstration Dr. Jess Brown Carollo Engineers

Munitions Response

MR-201101 Advanced EMI Models for Live-Site UXO Discrimination Dr. Fridon Shubitidze Sky Research, Inc.
MR-201102 Semi-Automated Ferrous Material Scouring System Mr. Christopher Fromme National Robotics Engineering Center, Carnegie Mellon
MR-201103 Munitions Detection using Unmanned Underwater Vehicles Equipped with Advanced Sensors Mr. Robert Leasko Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
MR-201104 Evaluation of Discrimination Technologies and Classification Results Mr. Greg Van Parsons
MR-201105 High-Power Vehicle-Towed TEM for Small Ordnance Detection Mr. Thomas Jeffrey Gamey Battelle Memorial Institute
MR-201156 Demonstration and Validation of Statistical Analysis Techniques for TOI Discrimination using Advanced EMI Sensor Systems Mr. Levi Kennedy      Signal Innovations Group
MR-201157 Demonstration of MetalMapper Static Data Acquisition and Data Analysis at Pole Mountain Target and Maneuver Area Mr. Greg Van    Parsons
MR-201158 Man-Portable Vector EMI Sensor for UXO Contamination Assessment at Munitions Sites Dr. Nicolas Lhomme  Sky Research, Inc.
MR-201159 Dipole Models for UXO Discrimination at Live Sites Dr. Leonard Pasion  Sky Research, Inc.
MR-201160 Data Collection with Vehicular-Based Systems Dr. Stephen Billings  Sky Research, Inc.
MR-201161 Demonstration of Advanced Geophysics and Classification Technologies on Munitions Response Sites Ms. Victoria Kantsios    URS Corporation
MR-201162 Continued MetalMapper Demonstrations Dr. Mark Prouty  Geometrics, Inc.
MR-201163 Demonstration of Advanced Electromagnetic Induction Classification Technologies - Man-Portable Time-Domain Electromagnetic and MetalMapper Mr. Tamir Klaff  CH2M Hill
MR-201164 Demonstration of Physics-Inspired Classification Methodologies for Munitions Response Dr. Dean Keiswetter  SAIC
MR-201165 Advanced EMI Data Collection Systems' Demonstration Dr. Barry Spargo  Naval Research Laboratory
MR-201166 Handheld BUD Demonstration Dr. Erika Gasperikova  Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 
MR-201167 Live Site DoD Engagement Mr. Andrew Schwartz U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville

Resource Conservation and Climate Change

RC-201112 Demonstration and Implementation of Autonomous Aerial Acoustic Recording Systems to Inventory DoD Installation Impact Areas for Threatened, Endangered, and Species at Risk Bird Populations Dr. Richard Fischer U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Environmental Laboratory
RC-201113 Enlisting Ecosystem Services: Quantification and Valuation of Ecosystem Services to Inform Base Management Dr. Gretchen Daily Stanford University, Department of Biological Sciences
RC-201114 Regulating Services as Measures of Ecological Resilience on DoD Lands Dr. Paul Angermeier U.S. Geological Survey, Virginia Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit, Virginia Tech
RC-201115 Implementation of a Multi-Objective Decision Support Tool for Ecosystem Services at Department of Defense Installations Mr. Pieter Booth Exponent
RC-201116 Development of an Installation Sustainability Measurement Tool: Sustainable Communities Mr. Christopher Kruzel Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment

Weapons Systems and Platforms

WP-201106 Beryllium Replacement Using Coated Powder Metal Matrix Materials Ms. Amanda Gentry F-35 Lightning II Program Office
WP-201107 Demonstration/Validation of Zinc-Nickel as Replacement for Cadmium/Cyanide Plating Process for Air Force Landing Gears Mr. David Frederick Ogden Air Logistics Center 
WP-201108 Environmentally Benign Repair of Composites Using High Temperature Cyanate Ester Nanocomposites Ms. Kristine Obusek Naval Air Systems Command 
WP-201109 Demonstration of DBX-1 as an Alternative to RD-1333 Lead Azide Mr. Travis Thom Naval Surface Warfare Center, Indian Head Division
WP-201110 Elimination of Perchlorate Oxidizers from Incendiary Projectile Compositions Mr. Gary Chen U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
WP-201111 Chromium Elimination and Cannon Life Extension Mr. Frank Campo U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center
WP-201117 Improved Military Noise Monitoring System Mr. Edward Nykaza U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Construction Engineering Research Laboratory
WP-201132 Comprehensive Evaluation and Transition of Non-Chromated Paint Primers Mr. Craig Matzdorf  Naval Air Systems Command

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