Munitions Response

SERDP and ESTCP’s Munitions Response program area supports the development and demonstration of innovative technologies that can characterize, remediate, and scientifically manage sites affected by military munitions.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Next Generation Data Collection System for Mobile Detection and Discrimination of Unexploded Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1571
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Billings, Black Tusk Geophysics Inc.
SERDP Sep 2008

Non-Traditional Physics-Based Inverse Approaches for Determining Location of Buried Objects

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1592
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fridon Shubitidze, Dartmouth College
SERDP Sep 2008

Characterization of Freshwater Electromagnetic Subbottom Sediment Properties and Target Responses for Detection of UXO with Ground-Penetrating Radar

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1440
Principal Investigator: Dr. Steven Arcone, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Sep 2008

Development and Evaluation of an Airborne Superconducting Quantum Interference Device-Based Magnetic Gradiometer Tensor System for Detection, Characterization, and Mapping of Unexploded Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1316
Principal Investigator: Mr. T. Jeffrey Gamey, Battelle
SERDP Aug 2008

Optimal Sensor Management for Next-Generation EMI Systems

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1591
Principal Investigator: Lawrence Carin, Duke University
SERDP Jun 2008

On-Time Three-Dimensional Time-Domain EMI and Tensor Magnetic Gradiometry for UXO Detection and Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1328
Principal Investigator: Mr. David Wright, U.S. Geological Survey
SERDP Jun 2008

Magnetic Sensors with a Picotesla Magnetic Field Sensitivity at Room Temperature

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1569
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sy-Hwang Liou, University of Nebraska
SERDP Jun 2008

Predicting the Mobility and Burial of Underwater UXO Using the Modified VORTEX Model

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200417
Principal Investigator: Ms. Barbara Sugiyama, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center
ESTCP May 2008

Processing for Clutter Evasion in UXO Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1590
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin O'Neill, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Apr 2008

Multifractal Characterization of Geologic Noise for Improved UXO Detection and Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1508
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jonathan Nyquist, Temple University
SERDP Apr 2008

Single Ferromagnetic Nanocontact-Based Devices as Magnetic Field Sensors

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1593
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stanko Brankovic, Universiyt of Houston
SERDP Mar 2008

Transportable Manned and Robotic Digital Geophysical Mapping Tow Vehicle

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200608
Principal Investigator: Mr. Scott Millhouse, USACE Huntsville
ESTCP Feb 2008

MTADS Data Analysis System Migration

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200328
ESTCP Feb 2008

Intelligent Data Fusion for Wide-Area Assessment of UXO Contamination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1510
Principal Investigator: Dr. Susan Rose-Pehrsson, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
SERDP Jan 2008

Modeling for Sensor Evaluation in Underwater UXO Test Beds

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1329
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raymond Lim, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
SERDP Jan 2008

Statistical Methods for UXO Pattern Recognition

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1531
Principal Investigator: Mr. Mitchell Small, Carnegie Mellon University
SERDP Dec 2007

Neutron Spectrometry for Identification of Filler Material in Recovered UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1386
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mary Bliss, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
SERDP Dec 2007

Helicopter Magnetometer Platform Based on Compact Induction Sensors

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1594
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yongming Zhang, QUASAR Federal Systems
SERDP Dec 2007

Machine Learning Approach for Target Selection and Threat Classification of Wide Area Survey Data

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1570
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim McDonald, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Dec 2007

Active Tensor Magnetic Gradiometer System

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1514
Principal Investigator: Mr. David Smith, US Geological Survey
SERDP Nov 2007