Welcome to the Applied River Engineering Center (AREC). We are at your service to help provide you engineering support, resources, and the latest technologies as they apply to rivers and navigation design in the United States and abroad. We are made up of a team of specialized engineers and technicians committed to help deliver solutions to a variety of problems related to river engineering, sedimentation and scour, navigation channel design, bank erosion and stabilization, dredging reduction, river restoration, geomorphology, and a host of other river related issues.