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

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

Vortex Lattice UXO Mobility Model Integration

Project Information
Project ID: MR-201234
Principal Investigator: Dr. Gerald D'Spain, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
ESTCP Mar 2012

Underwater Advanced Time-Domain Electromagnetic System

Project Information
Project ID: MR-201313
Principal Investigator: Mr. Tamir Klaff, CH2M HILL
ESTCP 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

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

Underwater Acoustic Positioning Systems for MEC Detection and Reacquisition Operations

Project Information
Project ID: MR-200734
Principal Investigator: Mr. Andrew Schwartz, U.S. Army ESCH
ESTCP Mar 2007

Structural Acoustic UXO Detection and Identification in Marine Environments

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2103
Principal Investigator: Dr. Brian Houston, Naval Research Laboratory (NRL)
SERDP Jan 2011

Real-Time Handheld Magnetometer Array

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

Investigation of an EMI-Based Marine Classification System

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

Simple Parameterized Models for Predicting Mobility, Burial and Re-Exposure of Underwater Munitions

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2224
Principal Investigator: Dr. Carl Friedrichs, Virginia Institute of Marine Science
SERDP Mar 2012

Underwater Munitions Expert System to Predict Mobility and Burial

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2227
Principal Investigator: Dr. Sarah Rennie, Johns Hopkins University
SERDP Mar 2012

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

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

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

Detection of Underwater Unexploded Ordnance in Mud

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

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

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

Modeling Buried Target Acoustic Response by Component

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

Surf-Zone Underwater Robotic Demonstration Platform

Project Information
Project ID: MR-2325
Principal Investigator: Dr. Robert Hughes, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
SERDP Jan 2013

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

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)