The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center has announced its annual award winners.

ERDC is headquartered at Waterways Experiment Station.

Recipients, as well as employees who have served 30, 35 and 40 years and who have deployed, were honored in an Aug. 18 ceremony.

The awards:

• Gallery of Distinguished Civilian Employees — Dr. Jim Houston, Bill Huff and Tom Richardson

• Army Meritorious Civilian Service — Dr. David Horner.

• Army Superior Civilian Service — Dr. Ray Brown, Alex Carrillo, Dr. Craig Fischenich, Dr. Richard Fischer, Gwen Foster, Ricky Goodson, Dr. Bill Grogan, Danny Harrelson, Amanda Hines, Carla Koestler, Warren Lorentz, Linda McGowan, Don Nelson, Stephanie Price, Mario Sanchez, James Stinson, Pat Sullivan and Ty Wamsley.

• 2010 Army Research and Development Achievement — Dr. Jay Ehrgott, Dr. Steve Akers, Denis Rickman and Tim Shelton for three wall-breaching charges for soldiers; Dr. Mihan McKenna, Sarah McComas and Henry Diaz-Alvarez for technology that allows large infrastructure, such as bridges, to be assessed remotely using acoustic signals; Diaz-Alvarez for the world’s first plastic composite bridge; and Dr. Frances Hill for calculating sorption and reaction rates of contaminants on pipe surfaces and with water.

• Research and Development — Dr. Jason Mc-Kenna, Dr. Steve Sloan, Sarah McComas, Kevin Parkman and Seth Broadfoot for a tunnel detection technology suite; John Ballard, Jay Bennett, Dr. Janet Simms and Don Yule for a seismic acoustic impact monitoring system; Dr. Phil Malone and Dr. Chuck Weiss for a porcelain coating for steel that reduces rust and corrosion and increases bonding of steel and concrete; Kelly Burks-Copes, Dr. Edmond Russo, Scott Bourne, Kyle McKay, Dr. Martin Schultz, Dr. Andy Morang, Dr. Jane Smith, Dr. Jay Ratcliff, Dr. Honghai Li, Dr. Cary Talbot and Jose Rullan-Rodriguez for hydrologic modeling, asset-capability networking and on-the-ground operational response times with uncertainty analysis; Stephanie Price, Raju Kala, Dr. Stacy Howington, Dr. Owen Eslinger and Amanda Hines for a near-surface computational test bed to better understand geophysical phenomena that affect detection signatures; Dr. Jack Kilgore, Dr. Jan Hoover, Dr. Rick Lance, Dr. Ed Perkins and Dr. Al Cofrancesco for applications to manage advancing populations of invasive carp species; Dr. Jesse Mc-Ninch and Dr. Kate Brodie for advances in remote sensing in the coastal zone; Vince Chiarito for a structural health monitoring system; Dr. Pearce Cheng, Dr. Stacy Howington, Dr. Matt Farthing, Dr. Ruth Cheng, Amanda Hines and Chris McGrath for a flexible library that provides advanced technology capabilities to model transport phenomena in surface water and groundwater systems; and Dr. Joe Gailani for new modeling and measurement techniques.

• Researcher of the Year — Dr. Kent Danielson.

• Program Development Achievement — Jeff Lillycrop and Thad Pratt.

• Excellence in Operational Support — Bruce Ebersole, Gary Brown, Mary Cialone, Ian Floyd, Dr. Tahirih Lackey, Dr. Chris Massey, Tate McAlpin, Jennifer Tate, Tommy Berry, Dr. Todd Bridges, Dena Dickerson, Dr. Beth Fleming, Charles Hahn, Dr. Joe Kreitinger, Elizabeth Lord, Warren Lorentz, Julie Marcy, Sean Melzer, Dr. Jeff Steevens, Heather Theel, Lacy Smith and James Stinson for technical support following the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill; Dr. Mark Jourdan, Darla McVan, Kevin Winters, Charlie Little, Bill Seabergh, Clay LaHatte, Jennifer Tate, Gary Brown and Tate McAlpin for flood mapping support to military; Seth Broadfoot for support to the Combined Security Transition Command in Afghanistan; Dr. Jeff Steevens, Danny Averett, Dr. Tony Bednar, Mark Chappell, Jennifer Seiter, Dr. Jacob Stanley and Dr. Steve Scott for aid in removing ash from the Emory River in King-ston, Tenn., after a dike failure at the Tennessee Valley Authority Kingston Fossil Plant; and Nick Boone, Omar Flores, Bill Heard, Jason Roth and Dr. Tom Slawson for a screen to protect military forces from indirect and sniper shots.

• Outstanding Achievement in Technology Transfer — Dave Derrick, Meg Jonas and Clay LaHatte for helping turn lecture material into DVDs, now available online through the USACE Learning Network; and Scott Waisner for aiding the Deployable Aerobic Aqueous Bioreactor platform.

• Outstanding Team Effort — Dr. Jason McKenna, Frank Dallriva, James Ray, Bob Walker, David Hyde, Patrick Kieffer, Billy Bullock, Steve Rowell, Jesse Blalock, Alex Jackson, Robert Wayne, Burney McKinley, Wipawi Vanadit-Ellis, Joseph Jordan, Sonny Johnson, Clifford Grey, Jason Ray, Darla McVan, Clay LaHatte, Jessie Gaskin, Jeremy Sellers and William Tennant for technologies to defeat improvised explosive devices; Dr. Rob Wallace, David Stuart, Robert Walker, Michael Freeman, Dr. Larry Lynch, Dr. Jeff Jorgeson and Rhonda Taylor for a digital system to capture, track and share Blue Roof and Rapid Temporary Repair mission data using smartphone technology; Terry Stanton, Henry Diaz-Alvarez, Danielle Whitlow, Rodney Gonzalez-Rivera, Orlando Carrasquillo, Jose Albarran-Garcia, Angela White, Sabrina Kingston-Miles, Woodman Berry and Dr. Mark Jourdan for evaluating alternative logistic routes in Afghanistan; and Dr. Mike Sharp, Dr. Maureen Corcoran, Dr. John Peters, Joe Dunbar, Jose Llopis, Dr. Janet Simms, Dr. Johannes Wibowo, Bryant Robbins, Eileen Glynn, Ryan Strange, Tommy Lee, Dr. Monte Pearson, Raju Kala, Isaac Stephens, Clinton Forsha, Tommy Berry, Joan Clarke, Dr. Craig Fischenich, Kyle McKay, Dr. Martin Schultz, Dr. Fred Tracy, Jim Dolan, Dr. Christopher Kees and Charlie Little for an understanding of the impact of woody vegetation on earthen levees.

• Technical Support Achievement — Terry Jobe.

• Administrative Support Achievement — Brandy Ellison and Chelsea Whitten, both of the contracting office, and Lorraine Smithhart of the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory.

• Outstanding Achievement in Equal Employment Opportunity — Terry Stanton and Gerardo Velazquez.

• Supervisor of the Year — Earl Edris.

• Herbert D. Vogel Awards — Wanda Derrick, administrator; Bennie Edmond, craftsman; Dr. Andy Goodwin, engineer; Dr. David L. Smith, scientist; and Larry Garret, technician.

• Commander’s Award for Civilian Service — Dr. Gary Anderton, Missy Arnold, Dr. Jacob Berkowitz, James Britt, Ray Castellane, Dr. Mei Chandler, Omar Flores, Bradley Foust, Billy Fuller, Raju Kala, Linda Lillycrop, Jose Llopis, Steve Lofton, Dr. Larry Lynch, Dr. George Mason, Tom McGill, Chris Noble, Dr. Jim O’Daniel, Dr. Richard Olsen, Carey Price, Dr. Todd Rushing, Dr. Steve Sloan, Mazella Thomas, Dr. Chuck Weiss and Tammy Young.

• Achievement Medal for Civilian Service — Dr. Jeff Allen, Dr. Paul Allison, Dr. Julie Baca, Alex Baylot, Brenna Bennett, Dr. Ernest Berney, Nick Boone, Beth Brown, Billy Bullock, Orlando Carrasquillo, Dr. Carl Cerco, Vince Chiarito, Dr. Charles Cornwall, Billy Crabtree, Al Crawley, Bob Davison, James Davis, Henry Diaz-Alvarez, Mike Doyle, Bart Durst, Jeff Durst, Sally East, Lauren Eckert, Bobbie Edwards, Michael Follum, Dr. Jimmy Fowler, Mark Freeman, Dan Freer, Sharon Garner, Larry Garrett, Chad Gartrell, Marsha Gay, Rodney Gonzalez, Dr. Chris Goodin, Wendell Gray, Brian Green, Donnie Guynes, Mary Hallberg, Andrew Harrison, Ben Haugen, Matt Hillman, Sam Jackson, Renee James, Teresa Johnson, A.J. Johnston, Randy Jones, Dr. Mark Jourdan, Julie Kelley, Patrick Kieffer, Pam Kinnebrew, Dr. Joe Kreitinger, Clay LaHatte, Dr. Jabari Lee, Sherry Little, Jerry Love, Stephanie Lowe, Ashley Manning, David Mark, Tim McCaffrey, Sara McComas, Hank McDevitt, Burney McKinley, Dr. Will McMahon, Darla McVan, Jared Minor, Dr. Kenneth Mitchell, Speler Montgomery, Jackie Moore, Jason Morson, Dr. Norberto Nadal, Dr. Kent Newman, Howard Park, Matthew Parson, Joshua Payne, Dr. Monte Pearson, Barbara Pierce, Nora Ponder, Robbie Presley, Lucy Priddy, Amy Rainer, Tim Raines, James Ray, Richard Rhett, Carla Roig-Silva, Edgardo Ruiz, Dr. Martin Schultz, Janice Sessum, Brian Skahill, Lacy Smith, Nell Southall, Alicia Souza, Terry Ann Stanton, Terry Stanton, Chris Sullivan, Heather Theel, Alfreda Thomas, Kevin Tillman, Gerardo Velazquez, Lance Walker, Terry Waller, Lucas Walshire, Dr. Jeff Waters, Angela White, Danielle Whitlow, Brett Williams, Kevin Winters and Don Yule.