Annette Kirklin, Author at The Vicksburg Post

Annette Kirklin is a Public Affairs Specialist at the U.S. Army Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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ERDC FUN FACT: Diversity First

Did you know? ERDC employees have very diverse educational backgrounds. Its workforce features graduates from 487 different colleges, universities and military schools. ERDC employees attended ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Wednesday, May 10, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: Civilian workforce keeps growing

Did you know? ERDC’s civilian full-time federal employee workforce is more than 2,400 and growing! Over the last 10 years, net growth was 36% and ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Wednesday, April 26, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: ERDC Does Outreach

Did you know? ERDC is heavily involved in educational outreach. Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) programs feature ERDC scientists, engineers and other professionals as ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Saturday, April 22, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: Putting teamwork FIRST

Did you know? ERDC has 10 Department of Defense-sponsored FIRST Robotics teams. Many of those award-winning teams meet in ERDC’s Future Workforce Development Center, which ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Wednesday, April 19, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: A little cheerful giving

Did you know? The annual ERDC Under the Lights display on the Vicksburg campus is a bright beacon for the community during the holiday season. ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Friday, April 14, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: Where ERDC comes from

Did you know? In 1998, the Waterways Experiment Station and Corps of Engineers laboratories underwent a reorganization, leading to the creation of the U.S. Army ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Wednesday, April 12, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: ERDC gets chilly

Did you know? ERDC’s Treat Island Natural Weather Station is located on the Bay of Fundy, near Eastport, Maine, the most eastern city in the ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Saturday, April 8, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: ERDC on the Outer Banks

Did you know? ERDC’s Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory operates a Field Research Facility (FRF) on the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean in Duck, North Carolina. ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Friday, April 7, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: Let’s Get Chilly

Did you know? ERDC manages a Permafrost Tunnel Research Facility in Fox, Alaska. The Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, located in Hanover, New Hampshire, ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Wednesday, April 5, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: Real-life Action Heroes

Did you know? ERDC engineers and scientists serve on the Department of Defense Climate Action Team. In this important role, they are responsible for helping ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Wednesday, March 1, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: What’s cooler than being cool?

By Annette Kirklin | ERDC Public Affairs Did you know? The ERDC Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab is the only federal laboratory focused primarily ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Saturday, February 25, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC partners with Vicksburg Catholic School and Porter’s Chapel Academy

The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) recently signed an educational partnership agreement with two Vicksburg schools — Vicksburg Catholic School (VCS) and ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Friday, February 24, 2023 11:31 am

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ERDC Fun Fact: A model Mississippi

Did you know? A large-scale hydraulic model of the Mississippi River Basin was developed by the Waterways Experiment Station from 1943 to 1966. The largest ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Friday, February 24, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: Plants and animals and wetlands — Oh my!

Did you know? The ERDC Environmental Laboratory in Vicksburg is home to the Aquatic and Wetlands Ecosystems Research and Development Center, an extensive complex for ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Wednesday, February 22, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: Catch a wave at ERDC

The ERDC Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) maintains and operates extensive laboratory facilities used for designing and testing coastal structures. Large two-dimensional wave flumes are ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Sunday, February 19, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: A Virtual First

Did you know? The ERDC Library is the first fully virtual library in the Department of Defense. It will even feature an animated, digital librarian. Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Wednesday, February 15, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: Super Smart Staff

ERDC’s most impressive asset is its people — the expertise and education of its research team allow ERDC to provide solutions to our nation’s most ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Saturday, February 11, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: Super-powered Supercomputers

Did you know? ERDC manages five major Department of Defense Supercomputing Resource Centers, and one of the centers is hosted in Vicksburg. ERDC supercomputers are ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Friday, February 10, 2023 8:00 am

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ERDC FUN FACT: How many employees?

Did you know? ERDC operates world-class facilities at seven labs located in four states (Mississippi, Virginia, New Hampshire and Illinois), with more than 2,400 employees ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Friday, February 3, 2023 2:34 pm

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ERDC FUN FACT: ERDC research saved lives in 9/11

Did you know? ERDC researchers developed structural hardening techniques that were utilized in the Pentagon and saved many lives during the terrorist attack on Sept. ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Thursday, February 2, 2023 3:34 pm

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ERDC FUN FACT: Research that helped D-Day mission

Did you know? ERDC personnel researched the mulberry caisson design and conducted breakwater testing ahead of the World War II Normandy beach landing, giving decision-makers ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 11:35 am

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Part Two: Fun Facts about ERDC

The team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center compiled a list of fun and educational facts about what exactly goes on behind ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Thursday, January 26, 2023 8:00 am

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Did You Know? Fun Facts about ERDC

The team at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center compiled a list of fun and educational facts about what exactly goes on behind ... Read more

by Annette Kirklin, Wednesday, January 25, 2023 10:25 am

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