Forty-five SERDP FY 2021 new start projects have been selected for funding. These projects responded to the FY 2021 SERDP Core and SEED solicitations.
Topics being addressed by these projects include understanding thermal destruction technologies for PFAS-impacted matrices; understanding processes influencing the effectiveness and fate of particulate amendments; munitions response in underwater environments; management of invasive, alien terrestrial species; installation resiliency advancements; replacements for hazardous materials in production and maintenance processes, and optimization of advanced battery processing and recycling technologies.
The tables below list the FY 2021 SERDP new start projects for Environmental Restoration, Munitions Response, Resource Conservation and Resiliency, and Weapons Systems and Platforms.
As project overviews become available, a link to each project webpage will be provided below. Information on these and other SERDP and ESTCP projects is also available under Program Areas.
| Environmental Restoration | |||
| ERSON-21-C1: Improved Understanding of Thermal Destruction Technologies for Materials Laden with Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances | |||
| ER21-1107 | Improved Understanding of Thermal Destruction Technologies for Materials Laden with PFAS | Kyle Doudrick | University of Notre Dame |
| ER21-1117 | Thermal-Enhanced Photochemical and Alkaline Destruction of PFAS in Sorbent Regenerants and Membrane Concentrates | Jinyong Liu | University of California, Riverside |
| ER21-1135 | Improving Low Temperature Thermal Treatment of PFAS and Infrared Spectroscopy Methods to Monitor Treatment Efficacy | Paul Koster van Groos | Aptim Federal Services, LLC |
| ER21-1185 | Thermal Decomposition of PFAS on Granular Activated Carbon: Kinetics, Mass Balance, and Reuse of Reactivated Carbon | Feng Xiao | University of North Dakota |
| ER21-1191 | Determination of Thermal Degradation Products and Residuals of PFAS Laden Sorbent Materials in Gas and Condensed Phases | Ying-Hsuan Lin | University of California, Riverside |
| ER21-1234 | Experimental and Theoretical Validation of the Chemical Kinetics for the Thermal Destruction of Perfluoroalkyl Alkyl Substances | C. Franklin Goldsmith | Brown University |
| ER21-1238 | Sustainable PFAS Treatment Using Layered Double Hydroxide (LDH) Sorbents | Paul Koster van Groos | Aptim Federal Services, LLC |
| ER21-1288 | Multi-Scale Evaluation of PFAS Thermal Destruction Requirements | Brian Gullett | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development |
| ERSON-21-C2: Improved Understanding of Processes Influencing the Effectiveness and Fate of Particulate Amendments | |||
| ER21-1059 | Biological Factors Influencing Sorption and Biodegradation of Contaminants on Particulate / Colloidal Activated Carbon | Albert Juhasz | University of South Australia |
| ER21-1060 | Fundamentals of Particulate Amendment Transport and Compaction in Hydraulic Fractures and the Application to Effective Remediation in Low-Permeability Clay | Cheng Chen | Virginia Tech |
| ER21-1068 | Investigation of Mineral-based Soil Amendments for Stabilization of PFAS in Simulated Groundwater Environments | Amanda Barker | U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center-Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory |
| ER21-1070 | Hydraulic, Chemical, and Microbiological Effects on the Performance of In Situ Activated Carbon Sorptive Barrier for PFAS Remediation in Coastal Sites | Xitong Liu | The George Washington University |
| ER21-1111 | An Investigation of Factors Affecting In Situ PFAS Immobilization by Activated Carbon | Neil Thomson | University of Waterloo |
| ER21-1130 | Impacts of Particulate Carbon Amendments on Pollutant Fate in Groundwater | Charles Werth | University of Texas at Austin |
| ER21-1224 | Dynamic Interactions between Sorption and Biodegradation: Implications for Long-Term Performance of Activated Carbon-Based Technology for In Situ Groundwater Remediation of Chlorinated Solvents | Dimin Fan | Geosyntec Consultants |
| ER21-1235 | Electroanalytical Methods for Assessing the Synergistic Benefits of Activated Carbon-Based Amendments for In Situ Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater | Paul Tratnyek | Oregon Health & Science University |
| Munitions Response | |||
| MRSON-21-C1: Detection, Classification, and Remediation of Military Munitions Underwater | |||
| MR21-1081 | Model Roundup and Extension for the Current- and Wave-induced Burial, Re-exposure, Mobilisation and Migration of UXO and DMM | Peter Menzel | Corvus Works UG |
| MR21-1227 | Parameterizing Munitions Mobility and Burial in Riverine Environments | Carter DuVal | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory |
| MR21-1265 | Rapid Soil Classification and Integration of Soil Characteristics for UXO Site Characterization and Risk Assessment | Nina Stark | Virginia Tech |
| MR21-1275 | Applications of the Coupled-Finite/Boundary Element (CFEBE) Technique to Support the Support UXO Remediation Systems | Ahmad Abawi | HLS Research |
| MR21-1279 | Enhanced Sensing for Detailed Surveys in Very Shallow Water | Daniel Brown | Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University |
| MR21-1291 | Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Grain Shape Effects on Munition Mobility | Sylvia Rodriguez-Abudo | University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez |
| MRSEED-21-S1: Detection, Classification, and Remediation of Military Munitions Underwater | |||
| MR21-1330 | Prior Guided, Informed Deep Learning for Detection and Classification of Underwater Military Munitions | Vishal Monga | The Pennsylvania State University |
| MR21-1333 | Munition Mobility in Mixed Grain (Sand, Gravel, Cobble) Environments | Meagan Wengrove | Oregon State University |
| MR21-1334 | Joint Beamforming and Automated Target Recognition for 3D SAS | Suren Jayasuriya | Arizona State University |
| MR21-1339 | Fourier-Domain Wavefield Rendering for Rapid Simulation of SAS Data | Alan Hunter | University of Bath |
| MR21-1341 | Wave Resolved and Averaged Numerical Modeling of UXO Migration | Peter Traykovski | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution |
| Resource Conservation and Resiliency | |||
| RCSON-21-C1: Advanced Biosecurity Tools for Controlling Invasive, Alien Terrestrial Species (IATS) in Support of Enhanced Strategic Mobility | |||
| RC21-1028 | RNAi Development for Invasive Ant Eradication | Neil Tsutsui | University of California, Berkeley |
| RC21-1034 | Next Generation Biosecurity Monitoring of Invasive Alien Arthropod Species | George Roderick | University of California, Berkeley |
| RC21-1137 | A Terrestrial Environmental DNA Survey for Coconut Rhinoceros Beetle Surveillance and Mitigation | Julie Lockwood | Rutgers University |
| RCSON-21-C2: Research to Improve Installation Infrastructure Resiliency Processes, Systems, and Tools | |||
| RC21-1233 | Advancing Resilience Theory and Tools to Combat Environmental Surprise | David Alderson | Naval Postgraduate School |
| Weapons Systems and Platforms | |||
| WPSON-21-C1: Conversion of Ammonium Nitrate Solutions to Useful Products | |||
| WP21-1073 | Enzymatic Conversion of Ammonium Nitrate Solution to Multiple Useful Industrial Feed-stocks | Igor Medintz | U.S. Naval Research Laboratory |
| WP21-1126 | Purification of Ammonium-Nitrate Solution (ANSOL) by Electrochemical Removal of Nitramine Explosives and Chromium | Philip Larese-Casanova | Northeastern University |
| WP21-1247 | Electrochemical Transformation of ANSOL Using Electrically Conducting Membranes for the Production of Ammonia and Nitric Acid, the Destruction of High Energy Compounds, and Removal of Chromium | David Jassby | University of California, Los Angeles |
| WP21-1252 | Environmentally Sustainable ANSOL Reuse at Holston Army Ammunition Plant | Sarah Headrick | BAE Systems |
| WPSON-21-C2: Optimization of Advanced Battery Processing and Recycling Technologies | |||
| WP21-1071 | Deactivation and Recycling of Lithium-ion Batteries using Chloroaluminate Ionic Liquids: a Holistic Approach with Low Energy Consumption and Small Environmental Impact | Juchen Guo | University of California, Riverside |
| WPSON-21-C3: Development of Chromium-Free Post Treatment Sealers | |||
| WP21-1056 | Effective Chromate-free Post-treatment Sealer | Jeannine Elliott | TDA Research, Inc. |
| WP21-1131 | Development of a Chromate Free ZnNi Passivation Treatment | James Dante | Southwest Research Institute |
| WP21-1188 | Application of Schiff Base Chemistry to Surface Passivation and Sealing of Plated Steels, Anodized Aluminum and IVD Coatings | Waynie Schuette | The Boeing Company |
| WP21-1296 | Novel Deposition Method for Chromium-Free Sealer for Metal Finishing Processes | Alexander Westbrook | Naval Air Warfare Center, Aircraft Division |
| WPSON-21-C4: Structural Repair of Defense Assets | |||
| WP21-1089 | High-aligned Short Fiber (TuFF) Technologies for Sustainable Composite Repair | Shridhar Yarlagadda | University of Delaware |
| WP21-1102 | Structural Repair of Metal Alloys by a Solid-State Additive Deposition Process | J. Brian Jordon | University of Alabama |
| WP21-1240 | Optimization of Self-healing Fiber-reinforced Polymer-matrix Composites via Convolutional Neural Networks | Jason Patrick | North Carolina State University |
| WP21-1308 | Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing for Aircraft Components | Timothy Eden | Applied Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University |
