Underwater Environments

SERDP and ESTCP are sponsoring research and development efforts in wide area assessment, detailed surveys, recovery and disposal, and underwater phenomenology to support the underwater military munitions response program.

Active Projects List
Project Title Start Date

Acoustic Response of Underwater Munitions Near a Sediment Interface: Measurement-Model Comparisons and Classification Schemes

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2231
Principal Investigator: Dr. Steven Kargl, University of Washington
SERDP Mar 2012

Advanced SAS Imaging Methods for Resonating Underwater Acoustic Targets

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2322
Principal Investigator: Mr. Ira Ekhaus, BAE Systems
SERDP Jan 2013

Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Munitions and Explosives of Concern Detection System

Project Information
Project ID: MR-201002
Principal Investigator: Mr. Ryan Steigerwalt P.G., Weston Solutions, Inc.
ESTCP Jan 2010

Blow-in-Place Pressure Reduction (Covering Technology)

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1641
Principal Investigator: Mr. William Wild, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
SERDP Feb 2008

Continuous Monitoring of Mobility, Burial and Re-Exposure of Underwater Munitions in Energetic Near-Shore Environments

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2319
Principal Investigator: Dr. Peter Traykovski, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
SERDP Jan 2013

Data and Processing Tools for Sonar Classification of Underwater UXO

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2230
Principal Investigator: Dr. Raymond Lim, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA)
SERDP Mar 2011

Demonstration of ROV-Based Underwater Electromagnetic Array Technology

Project Information
Project ID: MR-201233
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gregory Schultz, White River Technologies
ESTCP Mar 2012

Detection of Underwater Unexploded Ordnance in Mud

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2200
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robbert van Vossen , TNO Defence
SERDP Mar 2012

Development and Testing of an Engineering Prototype for a Marine Version of the Berkeley Unexploded Ordnance Discriminator (BUD): Phase II

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2321
Principal Investigator: Dr. Frank Morrison, Marine Advanced Research, Inc.
SERDP Jan 2013

Development and Testing of an Engineering Prototype of a Marine Version of the Berkeley Unexploded Ordnance Discriminator (BUD)

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2228
Principal Investigator: Dr. Frank Morrison, Marine Advanced Research, Inc.
SERDP Mar 2012

Exploiting VLF/LF Electric and Magnetic Fields for Underwater Munitions Characterization

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1714
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gregory Schultz, White River Technologies
SERDP Oct 2010

Full-Scale Measurement and Modeling of the Acoustic Response of Proud and Buried Munitions at Frequencies from 1-30 kHz

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1665
Principal Investigator: Dr. Steven Kargl, University of Washington
SERDP Apr 2009

Haptically-Enabled Co-Robotics for Remediation of Military Munitions Underwater

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2323
Principal Investigator: Dr. Howard Chizeck, University of Washington
SERDP Jan 2013

Innovative Processing, Feature Development, and Specialized Data Collection for Underwater Munitions Advanced Classifier Design

Project Information
Project ID: MR-1713
Principal Investigator: Dr. Eugene Lavely, BAE SYSTEMS Advanced Information Technologies
SERDP Oct 2010

Inversion of High Frequency Acoustic Data for Sediment Properties Needed for the Detection and Classification of UXOs

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2229
Principal Investigator: Dr. Brian Hefner, University of Washington
SERDP Mar 2012

Investigation of an EMI-Based Marine Classification System

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2107
Principal Investigator: Dr. Dean Keiswetter, SAIC
SERDP Mar 2011

Long Time Series Measurements of Munitions Mobility in the Wave-Current Boundary Layer

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2320
Principal Investigator: Dr. Joseph Calantoni, Naval Research Laboratory
SERDP Jan 2013

Mitigation of Underwater UXO Blow-in-Place Explosions

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200736
Principal Investigator: Mr. William Wild, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific
ESTCP Oct 2007

Modeling Buried Target Acoustic Response by Component

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2324
Principal Investigator: Mr. Lane Owsley, University of Washington
SERDP Jan 2013

Real-Time Handheld Magnetometer Array

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2104
Principal Investigator: Dr. Mark Prouty, Geometrics
SERDP Jan 2011

Symposium & Workshop

FY 2013 New Start Project Selections

FY 2013 New Start Project Selections for the Environmental Solicitation

DoD’s Military Munitions Response Program
 

Workshop Report:
Technology Needs for the Characterization, Management, and Remediation of Military Munitions in Underwater Environments (2007)