Waterways Experiment Stations - US Army Corps of Engineers Engineer R & D Center

The Waterways Experiment Station (WES) is headquarters for the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Part of the Department of Defense laboratory system, the ERDC has as its mission to conceive, plan, study and execute engineering investigations and research and development studies in support of the civil and military missions of the Corps of Engineers and other federal agencies. Four of seven ERDC laboratories are located at the WES site in Vicksburg, Miss. Coastal and Hydraulics, Geotechnical and Structures, Environmental, and Information Technology.