American Forces Press Service (Nov. 30, 2004): researchers awarded for grappling with DoD environmental issues.WASHINGTON -- Some of the nation's top researchers were lauded Nov. 30 for their efforts in helping the Defense Department meet environmental challenges that impact military readiness. Those receiving awards for helping DoD meet its environmental challenges were: * Alex Becker, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, scientific research centers run by the Univ. of California, located in Berkeley, Calif., and Livermore, Calif., respectively. , for developing a multi-sensor system for the detection and characterization of unexploded ordnance "UXO" redirects here. For the cancelled video game, see . Unexploded ordnance (or UXOs/UXBs, sometimes acronymized as UO) are explosive weapons (bombs, bullets, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, etc. * John Veranath, University of Utah The University of Utah (also The U or the U of U or the UU), located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship public research university in the state of Utah, and one of 10 institutions that make up the Utah System of Higher Education. , for the development of a new computational and analytical tool for distinguishing local and regional sources for fugitive dust * John A. Gillies, Ph.D., Desert Research Institute, for his work in characterizing and quantifying fugitive dust emissions from Department of Defense sources, including unique military activities * Frank E. Loeffler, Georgia Institute of Technology Georgia Institute of Technology, in Atlanta, Ga.; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1885, opened 1888. It is a member school in the university system of Georgia. Significant among its facilities and programs are the Frank H. , for his project on aerobic and anaerobic anaerobic /an·aer·o·bic/ (an?ah-ro´bik) 1. lacking molecular oxygen. 2. growing, living, or occurring in the absence of molecular oxygen; pertaining to an anaerobe. transformation of cis-dichloroethene and vinyl chloride vinyl chloride or chloroethylene Colourless, flammable, toxic gas (H2C=CHCl), belonging to the family of organic compounds of halogens. It is produced in very large quantities and used principally to make PVC, as well as in other syntheses and in * Glen Merfeld, GE Global Research, for developing low-temperature durable, corrosion-protection powder coatings for temperature-sensitive substrates * Susan L. Ustin, University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). , Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources, for her work in mapping invasive species using imaging spectrometry. The awards were handed out during the opening session of a three-day symposium sponsored by the Strategic Environment Research Development Program and the Environmental Security Technology Certification Program. SERDP SERDP Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program is DoD's corporate environmental research and development program that focuses on cleanup, compliance, conservation, pollution prevention, and unexploded ordnance technologies. ESTCP ESTCP Environmental Security Technology Certification Program , meanwhile, works to identify, demonstrate, and test technologies that address the military's environmental requirements. Both organizations are working in partnership with DoD to limit environmental challenges that limit use of military training and testing installations, as well as current and future liabilities. Three of the goals of the two organizations are ensuring long-term use of training and testing ranges, improving detection and discrimination of unexploded ordnance, and accelerating cost-effective cleanup of contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. defense sites. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Alex A. Beehler, assistant deputy undersecretary of defense for environment, safety and occupational health, and one of the keynote speakers during the symposium, said he shares the concerns of lawmakers who say that the issue of unexploded ordnance on federal land is an "incredible problem." And while DoD is making "good attempts" to grapple with to enter into contest with, resolutely and courageously. See also: Grapple the problem, he said the department still has "a far way to go." Beehler told the group that he encourages states to do more to help the military, by partnering with DoD to look at ways to deal with the unexploded ordnance issue and other problems like encroachment that also plague the department. He said Congress has appropriated money for DoD and military installations to "proactively seek opportunities" with local entities, conservation groups, and states to "operate, manage, and own conservationally desirable lands," thus creating a "buffer zone" near military bases. "I see this tying into a whole host of opportunities with better cooperation, helping the local governments in effective conservation that will undoubtedly spill over into the other areas of effective land management and how to deal with unexploded ordnance," Beehler said. Such a balance between the military, the environment, and conservationists would greatly please Marine Brig. Gen. Willie Williams, assistant deputy commandant for installation and logistics (facilities) for the Marine Corps. Addressing the symposium, Williams said that to have an "effective force, the Corps must have an effective environmental program in order to ensure the ranges and space we need is there when we need it. "We realize that without proper (environmental) management we would not have the ready force that we have today," he said. Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA |
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