The U.S. Army Research and Development Center has named new deputy and associate directors.

As an associate director, Alice Duke will be the laboratory demonstration project program manager, provide oversight to the Graduate Institute and ERDC Awards Program and serve as a resource to senior executive management on authorities, policies, regulations, processes and practices.

Duke started at ERDC in 1982 as a mathematician in the environmental lab. She since has worked in the information technology laboratory and as a civilian computer scientist and program manager for the Air Force.

Duke has a bachelor’s degree from Wake Forrest University and a master’s in computer science and mathematics from Mississippi College. She also has completed post-graduate work in computer science at Mississippi State University.

Dr. Jack Davis, has been named deputy director of the environmental laboratory. He will assist the director in managing operations, overseeing the execution of the work program, developing and implementing business processes and policies, developing new and strategic research programs and managing physical assets.

Davis, who has been with ERDC for 27 years, has worked as research hydraulic engineer and as technical director for flood and coastal storm damage reduction; in reservoir water quality river control structure design, wind-wave generation and propagation, coastal wetland restoration, sediment management and shore protection structure design; and has managed several Corps research and development programs.

Davis earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and the University of Texas, and he received a doctorate in ocean engineering from Texas A&M University.