Land

Detection and classification of buried or sub-surface UXO is a significant technical challenge for remediation of UXO on land.  SERDP and ESTCP investments focus on developing rigorous, effective, and transparent methods to overcome this challenge.

Completed Projects List
Project Title Completed

Practical Discrimination Strategies for Application to Live Sites

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200504
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Billings, Black Tusk Geophysics Inc.
ESTCP Jun 2010

Use of Commercial Off-The-Shelf Vehicles for Towed Array Magnetometry

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200605
Principal Investigator: Mr. Robert Siegel, SAIC
ESTCP Jun 2010

Target Picking Methods for Magnetic Data

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200502
Principal Investigator: Mr. Tom Furuya, SAIC
ESTCP Jun 2010

Operational Evaluation of a New Acoustic Technique for UXO Filler Identification

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200740
Principal Investigator: Dr. Wesley Cobb, University of Denver
ESTCP Jun 2010

Enhancement of Magnetic Data by Stable Downward Continuation for UXO Application

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1642
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yaoguo Li, Colorado School of Mines
SERDP Jun 2010

Enhancement of TEM Data and Noise Characterization by Principal Component Analysis

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1640
Principal Investigator: Dr. Yaoguo Li, Colorado School of Mines
SERDP May 2010

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

Enhanced UXO Discrimination Using Frequency-Domain Electromagnetic Induction

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200033
Principal Investigator: Dr. Barry Spargo, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
ESTCP May 2010

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

Development of Parameters for the Collection and Analysis of LiDAR at Military Munitions Sites

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200737
Principal Investigator: Mr. Robert Selfridge, U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville (USAESCH)
ESTCP Feb 2010

Demonstration of an Enhanced Vertical Magnetic Gradient System for UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200633
Principal Investigator: Dr. William Doll, Battelle
ESTCP Jan 2010

Use of Target Shape and Size in Classification of UXO in Survey Data

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1455
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim McDonald, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Dec 2009

Next Generation HeliMag UXO Mapping Technology

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200741
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Billings, Black Tusk Geophysics Inc.
ESTCP Dec 2009

An Advanced PELAN System for Surface and Subsurface UXO Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200503
Principal Investigator: Mr. Robert Sullivan, SAIC
ESTCP Nov 2009

Examination of Airborne Frequency-Domain Electromagnetic System Attributes for UXO Mapping and Detection

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1633
Principal Investigator: Dr. William Doll, Battelle Memorial Institute
SERDP Nov 2009

Man-Portable Magnetic Scalar Triangulation and Ranging System for Detection, Localization and Discrimination of UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1511
Principal Investigator: Dr. Roy Wiegert, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
SERDP Nov 2009

Local Positioning System for an Active UXO Sensor

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200738
Principal Investigator: Dr. I.J. Won, Geophex, Ltd.
ESTCP Nov 2009

New Man-Portable Vector Time Domain Electromagnetic Induction Sensor and Physically Complete Processing Approaches for UXO Discrimination Under Realistic Field Conditions

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1443
Principal Investigator: Dr. Kevin O'Neill, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC)
SERDP Sep 2009

Advanced UXO Discrimination Using Magnetometry: Understanding Remanent Magnetization

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1380
Principal Investigator: Dr. Stephen Billings, Black Tusk Geophysics Inc.
SERDP Sep 2009

Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing for UXO Discrimination for Next-Generation Sensor Data

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1442
Principal Investigator: Prof. Leslie Collins, Duke University
SERDP Sep 2009