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

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

A Multisensor System for the Detection and Characterization of UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200437
Principal Investigator: Dr. Erika Gasperikova, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)
ESTCP Nov 2008

A New Sensor Based Upon a Rotating-Coil Electromagnetic Induction Concept

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1447
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jim McDonald, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Oct 2007

A Unified Approach to UXO Discrimination Using the Method of Auxiliary Sources

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1446
Principal Investigator: Dr. Leonard Pasion, Black Tusk Geophysics
SERDP Oct 2006

A Unified Approach to the Processing and Fusion of Time and Frequency Domain EMI Data for UXO Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1217
Principal Investigator: Dr. Eric Miller, Northeastern University
SERDP Jan 2003

ALLTEM Multi-Axis Electromagnetic Induction System Demonstration and Validation

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200809
Principal Investigator: Dr. Theodore Asch, U.S. Geological Survey
ESTCP Aug 2012

Acoustic Identification of Filler Materials in Unexploded Ordnance

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1382
Principal Investigator: Dr. Wesley Cobb, University of Denver
SERDP Apr 2006

Active Tensor Magnetic Gradiometer System

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

Adaptive and Iterative Processing Techniques for Overlapping UXO Signatures

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200415
Principal Investigator: Dr. Thomas Bell, SAIC
ESTCP Apr 2006

Advanced MEC Discrimination Comparative Study on Standardized Test-Site Data Using Linear Genetic Programming (LGP) Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200811
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
ESTCP Aug 2010

Advanced MTADS Classification for Detection and Discrimination of UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-4003
ESTCP Aug 2003

Advanced MTADS Demonstration on Native American Lands

Project Information
Project ID: MR-3001
ESTCP Sep 2000

Advanced Magnetic System for UXO Detection and Discrimination

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1327
SERDP Jun 2007

Advanced Signal Processing and Classification: UXO Standardized Test Site Data

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1505
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
SERDP Apr 2012

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

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

Airborne UXO Detection Technology Demonstration

Project Information
Project ID: MR-3002
ESTCP Dec 2002

Airborne UXO Surveys Using Magnetometer Arrays

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200031
ESTCP Oct 2005

Airborne, Multi-Sensor, Wide-Area Assessment of Ordnance-Contaminated Sites

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200416
Principal Investigator: Dr. Jack Foley Ph.D., Sky Research, Inc.
ESTCP Oct 2008