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 One-Pass Detection and Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200908
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Billings, Black Tusk Geophysics Inc.
ESTCP Dec 2011

Underwater Electric Field Sensor for UXO Detection

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2108
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yongming Zhang, QUASAR Federal Systems
SERDP Dec 2011

Electromagnetic Induction Modeling for UXO Detection and Discrimination Underwater

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1632
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fridon Shubitidze, Dartmouth College
SERDP Dec 2011

Robust Statistics and Regularization for Feature Extraction and UXO Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1629
Principal Investigator: Mr. Jonathan S. Miller, Sky Research, Inc.
SERDP Jul 2011

Inertial/GPS Integrated Geolocation System for Detection and Recovery of Buried Munitions

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1565
Principal Investigator: Dr. Christopher Jekeli, Ohio State University
SERDP Jul 2011

Demonstration of an Ultrasonic Method for Three-Dimensional Visualization of Shallow Buried Underwater Objects

Project Information
Project ID: MR-201006
Principal Investigator: Mr. Mike Putnam, SPAWAR Systems Center SSC PACIFIC
ESTCP Jul 2011

An Electromagnetic System with Dynamic Multi-Axis Transmitter and Tensor Gradiometer Receiver

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1534
Principal Investigator: Mr. David George, G&G Sciences Inc.
SERDP Jun 2011

A Low Frequency Electromagnetic Sensor for Underwater Geolocation

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1719
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fridon Shubitidze, Dartmouth College
SERDP May 2011

Advanced Signal Processing for Detailed Site Characterization and Target Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1669
Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter Weichman, BAE Systems
SERDP Apr 2011

Advanced UXO Detection and Discrimination Using Magnetic Data Based on Extended Euler Deconvolution and Shape Identification Through Multipole Moments

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1638
Principal Investigator: Dr. Richard Krahenbuhl, Colorado School of Mines
SERDP Apr 2011

Development of a Micro-Fabricated Total-Field Magnetometer

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1512
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Prouty, Geometrics
SERDP Mar 2011

MetalMapper: A Multi-Sensor TEM System for UXO Detection and Classification

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200603
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Prouty, Geometrics
ESTCP Mar 2011

Cost-Aware Design of a Discrimination Strategy for Unexploded Ordnance Cleanup

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1715
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jeremiah Remus, Clarkson University
SERDP Feb 2011

Belief Theoretic Multi-Sensory Data Fusion for Underwater UXO Identification

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1660
Principal Investigator: Dr. Shahriar Negahdaripour, University of Miami
SERDP Feb 2011

Wide-Area Detection and Identification of Underwater UXO Using Structural Acoustic Sensors

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1513
Principal Investigator: Dr. Brian Houston, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
SERDP Feb 2011

Underwater Simultaneous Electromagnetic Induction and Magnetometer System

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200733
Principal Investigator: Ms. Kelly Enriquez, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (USAESCH)
ESTCP Feb 2011

Timed Neutron Technique for UXO Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1635
Principal Investigator: Dr. Daniel Holslin, SAIC
SERDP Dec 2010

EMI Array for Cued UXO Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200601
Principal Investigator: Dr. Barry Spargo, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
ESTCP Nov 2010

Improved Processing, Analysis, and Use of Historical Photography

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200812
Principal Investigator: Mr. Larry Tinney, TerraSpectra Geomatics
ESTCP Oct 2010

Handheld UXO Discriminator

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1667
Principal Investigator: Dr. Erika Gasperikova, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
SERDP Oct 2010