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

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

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

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

MTADS Data Analysis System Migration

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200328
ESTCP Feb 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

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

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

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

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

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

Optimal Sensor Management for Next-Generation EMI Systems

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

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

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

Standardized Analysis for UXO Demonstration Sites

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200413
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
ESTCP Sep 2008

The Magnetic UXO Recovery System (MURS)

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200732
Principal Investigator: Mr. Bill Lewis, Air Force Research Lab (AFRL)
ESTCP Oct 2008

UXO Navigation Technology

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1441
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jack Foley Ph.D., Sky Research, Inc.
SERDP Oct 2008

Innovative GIS and Information Technologies Supporting Wide Area Assessment of UXO Sites

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200537
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jack Foley Ph.D., Sky Research, Inc.
ESTCP Oct 2008