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

Handheld UXO Sensor Improvements to Facilitate UXO/Clutter Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1381
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
SERDP Nov 2007

Compact, Low-Noise Magnetic Sensor with Fluxgate (DC) and Induction (AC) Modes of Operation

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1444
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yongming Zhang, QUASAR Federal Systems
SERDP Jun 2009

Moving Belt Metal Detector

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1448
Principal Investigator: Ms. Deborah Mendat, Johns Hopkins University
SERDP Mar 2006

Frequency Domain Electromagnetic Sensor Array Development

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1450
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
SERDP Sep 2007

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

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

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

Detection and Discrimination of Small Munitions Using Giant Magnetoresistive Sensors

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1639
Principal Investigator: Dr. Janet Simms, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Sep 2010

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

Development of Autonomous UAV Helicopter-Magnetometer System for Wide Area Assessment

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1509
Principal Investigator: Mr. Roelof Versteeg, Idaho National Lab
SERDP Apr 2010

High Sensitivity Magnetoresistive Sensors for DC and EMI Magnetic Field Mapping

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1716
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sy-Hwang Liou, University of Nebraska
SERDP May 2012

GEM-3D Sensor Development (SEED Project)

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1353
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin O'Neill, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Jan 2004

Multisensor Data Fusion for Detection of Unexploded Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1052
Principal Investigator: Dr. Ernesto Cespedes, US Army WES/EE-S
SERDP Oct 1998

Kalman Filters for UXO Detection: Real-Time Feedback and Small Target Detection

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2106
Principal Investigator: Dr. Tomasz Grzegorczyk, Delpsi, LLC
SERDP May 2012

Improving Detection and Discrimination of UXO in Magnetic Environments

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1414
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yaoguo Li, Colorado School of Mines
SERDP May 2010

A Complex Approach to UXO Discrimination: Combining Advanced EMI Forward and Statistical Signal Processing

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1572
Principal Investigator: Dr. Fridon Shubitidze, Dartmouth College/Sky Research Inc.
SERDP Jan 2012

Simultaneous Inversion of UXO Parameters and Background Response

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1573
Principal Investigator: Dr. Leonard Pasion, Black Tusk Geophysics, Inc.
SERDP Mar 2012

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

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

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