Engineer Research and Development Center - Environmental Laboratory

Risk and Decision Science Team

ABOUT

Our Mission

The Risk and Decision Team's mission is to improve decision-making and stakeholder engagement through application and development of risk and decision science techniques. We can achieve this through various tools, including risk assessment, technology-supported stakeholder engagement, decision modeling, portfolio optimization, life cycle assessment, and software development. As a result of our work we can help clients to describe relevant risks, identify and compare risk management alternatives, develop consensus among disparate stakeholder groups, and provide repeatable and transparent processes for future decisions.

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TEAM INFORMATION

Who We Are

The Risk and Decision Science consists of over twenty federal employees, contractors, and ORISE fellows coming together to solve complex problems for the US Army Corps of Engineers. Our researchers have interdisciplinary backgrounds that allow our team to work across a variety of domains and fuse the physical and social sciences. We are seated at the New England District office in Concord, Massachusetts.

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CAPABILITIES

What We Do

Our team provides a variety of services which including tailored models to inform decision-makers, tools to forecast anticipated needs and prioritize investment, targeted policy and impact tracking in a variety of fields, and versatile skill sets.

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Center for Engineering for Public Health and Human Factors (EPH)

Bridges unmet needs for research and development that integrates public health and human factors engineering:

  1. Support military and public partners in understanding and responding to public health crises through enrichment of engineering solutions for public health crises.
  2. Provide cutting-edge R&D including environmental, epidemiological, infrastructure, and public health modeling, and
  3. Further situates USACE as a leader in advancing policies and practice to address a greater range of challenges including emerging pathogens, biological threats, natural disasters, infrastructure needs assessment, etc.