As a Senior Research Civil Engineer in the Impact and Explosion Effects

Resume George L. Mason, PE, PhD

Date: January 05, 2015

Present Job Title: Research Civil Engineer, Consultant

Address: 2380 Freetown Rd. Vicksburg MS 39183 [email protected] 601-638-2638 Education:

Mississippi State University, WES Graduate Institute, Vicksburg, Mississippi, BS degree, MS degree (1989); Major: Civil/Structural Engineering.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York (September 1992-May 1996); PhD degree (1996); Major: Civil/Geotechnical Engineering.

Other training. Nuclear Density/Moisture Gage Certification Course, OPM, 3 days, January 1998. Geostatistics, RPI, 5 days, June 1994. Reliability-Based Design in Civil Engineering, RPI, 3 days, April 1994. Infrastructure Engineering, RPI, 5 days, March 1994. Experimentation and Uncertainty Analysis, Stanford, 2 days, November 1990. Potential Influences in Linear Regression, Stanford, 3 days, August 1990. Technical Writing, OPM, 3 days, May 1990.

Arc Info Gestatistics Course, ERDC, June 2005 Synthetic Environmental Data Representation and Exchange (SEDRIS), Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO), June 2002. Envirofed Federation, SISO, March 2001. Dynamic Analysis Design Software Training, University of Iowa, April 2000. Modular Semi-Automated Forces Training, STRICOM, February 1999. Patran Finite Element Modeling Preprocessors, MSU, January 1999. MatLab Advanced, Mathworks, April 2002. Programming in Unix, MSU, February 1990. Programming in C, MSU, December 1989. UNIX Utilities, January 1985.

Professional Registration and/or Certification (include state and year).

Registered Professional Engineer: Mississippi (09513); Year: 1985

Professional or Technical Societies/Organizations.

1 International Society on Vehicle Terrain Systems (ISVTS) – Member Board Member – 2008 to present Tire/Soil Interaction Committee – 1994 to 1996, Chair 1995 Editor - Elsevier - Journal of Terramechanics – 2002 to present

National Society of Professional Engineers – Member Enterprise Membership Committee – 1997-1999 Chair Professional Engineers in Government

Mississippi Engineer Society (MES) – Member Board Member – 1997 to1999 Professional Engineers in Government NSPE/MES – Chairman 2000 to 2002 Vicksburg Branch MES - Secretary/Treasurer 1995 to1996 - President 1996 to1997

Military Operations Research Society – Member

American Society of Mechanical Engineers - Member

Interactions with Academia (include name of college/university and dates served):

University of Alabama Guest Lecturer - Graduate level Course -Autonomous Wheel Power Management Systems – 2013 Dissertation Committee – Jeremy Gray (TARDEC) “Unmanned Ground Vehicle Terra/Road Mobility Foundation and its Algorithmic Formalization for Wheel Powered Management”- 2015

West Point Military Academy Advisor – Student Exchange Program - 2010

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Technical Advisor - NASA Sponsored Hydrosphere State Mission – 2004 to 2005

Colorado State University Lecturer - Graduate Seminar - December 2012 Technical Advisor/Support - ARL contract with CSU through the National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System Program (NPOESS) - 2003 to 2011

Mississippi State University Adjunct Professor - Graduate Level Course Geostatistics 2002 Brent Towne - Master’s Degree Advisor Maria Brown – Master’s Degree Advisor Gary Cantrell – Ph.D. Thesis Advisor/Dissertation Committee

Texas A&M University Lecturer - Graduate Seminar on Ground State and Military Operations - 2002

University of Iowa Committee Chair - for Industry/University Consortium – 1995 to1997

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Teaching Assistant Graduate Course on Infrastructure - 1992-1996

Interactions with Other Research Organizations:

Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Joint Program Office (JPO) Between 2009 and 2012, I proposed and received funds in excess of 1 million dollars a year from the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle (MRAP) program office, to conduct mobility studies. During this time, I briefed Mr. John Rooney Deputy director of the JPO MRAP, LTG Michael Vane, Director of the U.S. Army Capabilities Integration Center (ARCIC), LTG Van Antwerp, Chief of Engineers and USACE Commander, and Dr. Scot Fish, Army’s Chief Scientist, on studies of the MRAP mobility in Iraq and Afghanistan. I met with engineers from the Joint Programs Office for the MRAP, ARCIC, Army Research Laboratory (ARL), and Army Materiel Systems Analysis Activity (AMSSA) to evaluate the effectiveness of this new vehicle system and to evaluate the deployment of the vehicle in Iraq and Afghanistan using new computer models developed at ERDC. The MRAP is considered the highest priority vehicle acquisition program in the Army. I attended and briefed National and International users’ group workshops, seminars, and conferences regarding ERDC initiatives.

NASA Kennedy Space Center Between 2009 and 2010 I proposed and received funding to support the lead design engineer Justin Junod at the NASA Kennedy Space Center. The program was the evaluation of new designs considerations for the crawlerway/transporter proposed to move the Ares Rocket to the launch pad. The transporter was designed to carry a 30,000,000-pound load. The US Army Engineer Waterways Experiment Station supported the building of the existing crawlerway in 1963. ERDC was tasked by NASA to provide oversight in the new heavy design considerations of potential modifications of the transporter required to carry the rocket. I directed a team of ERDC researchers in support of interactions with Kennedy Space Center. The ERDC team built the largest simulation of a wheeled vehicle for terrain/vehicle interaction studies at that time. A 528 wheeled simulation was built to investigate turning, climbing, and payload capabilities of the new design. We also conducted tests with surrogate vehicles on the crawlerway and monitored crawlerway conditions during rollouts of the existing crawler when carrying the Shuttle. The crawlerway study received the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) project of the year award in 2010 and ERDC received the NASA Gold Dollar Award.

Army Research Office (ARO): Terrestrial Sciences Program From 1997 to 2011, I have been an ERDC technical point of contact for the ARO Terrestrial Sciences Program. I organized the 2010 August meeting at ERDC with agencies from the multiple universities and DOD agencies such as ARL, NPOESS, Air Force Weather Agency (AFWA), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Irvin, Colorado State University (CSU), and Navy Research Laboratory (NRL). I organized the terrestrial science workshop, led working groups for Dr. Russell Harmon, and provided support on defining future research initiatives related to the Terrestrial Sciences Business Area. I wrote and published ARO research area objectives that addressed the Army’s geotechnical research areas. I reviewed proposals and adapted the completed studies to ongoing military work.

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Program Initiatives with Lockheed, the US Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC), Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC), and Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) Between 2010 and 2012 I scheduled multiple meetings with Lockheed, TARDEC, JLTV Programs Office, ATEC, and APG to support the mobility evaluation of the prototype systems considered for the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) program. These meetings were designed to provide advancements in design of the JLTV.

HMMWV Up-Armor Improvements In 2008 I worked with TARDEC and ARL to develop new techniques to improve the HMMWV’s current protection against IED threats without impacting the high level of vehicle mobility performance. As part of this effort, my team received the Department of the Army Research and Development Collaboration Award. The award was provided, in part, for the introduction of an innovative technique entitled Frame Stuffing, which strengthened the frame of the HMMWV. This also allowed for additional support of future armor, while reducing overall weight.

Headquarters Department of the Army Deputy Chief of Staff (HQDA DCS) Department of the Army Military Intelligence (DAMI) Operations and Plans Directorate (OP), G2 Between 2007 and 2012 I supported efforts by Mr. William Spendley, Weather Team Chief of the HQDA DCS, G-2 DAMI-OP in understanding applications of soil moisture in determine mobility and trafficability operations in the tactical environment. The data provided to Mr. Spendley was based on previous interactions with the AFWA where I successfully accessed metrological data sets and created mobility products in support of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also presented these mobility products to the Office of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation (CAPE) in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) as part of a response presented congressional subcommittee investigating the value added by passive microwave systems in support of military operations. My research has communicated how these sensors support decisions on the battlefield. Between 2010 and 2011 I met with representatives from NASA Goddard, NRL, ARL, and CSU to propose new methods to extend the use of the Microwave Imager/Sounder in support of tactical operations related to mobility. Part of this initiative is related to the NASA Soil Moisture Active/Passive research Program (SMAP) mission, proposed passive radar satellites to improve the collection of observed earth data. I am working with the SMAP program to expand military trafficability estimates when using remotely sensed data generated from the SMAP satellite system.

CRREL, CHL, and ITL: Innovative Techniques for Levee Monitoring Between 2006 and 2010, I proposed and received funds through the ERDC civil works program to conducted levee investigations. Dr. Kathleen White, Cold Regions Research Laboratory (CRREL) and Dr. Jack E. Davis, PE of the Coastal and Hydraulics Laboratory (CHL) allocated funds allowing me to create a multidisplinary team and investigate innovative levee monitoring systems. I extended previous research techniques that I developed to monitor soil pressures under off-road vehicle traffic to monitor subsurface moisture seepage under a dam or levee. The system was emplaced at a local site and monitored for a two-year period demonstrating positive results. Patent number 7,777,496 was awarded for this design in 2010.

Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Initiatives

4 Between 2006 and 2010, I was the technical point of contact and contracting officer’s representative for several ongoing SBIR and STTR initiatives. One SBIR initiative was with Millen Corporation to evaluate the use of insonfication (the use of sound for measurements) for tire performance. The study focused on maturing the technology and commercialization of the patent number 6,739,195 I co-invented.

Two additional SBIR programs were with Thermoanalytics and Spectral Optics Inc. These SBIRs were directed at monitoring the thermal emissions of the surface to support target identifications. The studies focused on change detection and evaluated ruts made by vehicles to determine what types of vehicles crossed an area. The work is expected to translate into change detection for locating and time- stamping mines and IEDs.

In 2012 I received funding to support a STTR under a Test Service Agreement (TSA). I coordinated efforts with professors from University of Tennessee, University of Wisconsin, and a small business entitled Mechsim.

Opportune Landing Zones and Development of a Global Soils Database In 2005, I worked jointly with CRREL in support of the development of an internal database of soils information to support worldwide studies of potential locations for opportune landing zones. The data were transitioned to the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) in 2009 during a joint meeting between GSL, the Night Vision Laboratory, and the Marine Corps Intelligence Agency (MCIA).

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA): Robotic Acquisition through Virtual Environments and Networked Simulations (RAVENS) and Grand Challenge Robotic Research Program Between 2002 and 2005, I organized an ERDC team working with the Department of Defense and the Air Force Research Laboratory to generate vehicle route planning algorithms within the currently deployed unmanned ground systems. I developed an algorithm that supports autonomous travel, i.e., a method to assess digital terrain and assign cost functions to support route planning. The program provided DARPA with methods to define mobility speed maps, routing, and algorithms that guide unmanned vehicles. Part of this DARPA technical transfer involved the Grand Challenge program and provided the planners with approaches to rank the competitors in the study. I defined several local sites to test the unmanned systems. I developed a joint initiative with DARPA during the Grand Challenge program to support testing and evaluation of competitor vehicles. Coordination with NIST was conduct supporting the creation of a standard list of definitions for autonomous movement.

Interaction with NVL, ITL, CRREL, and CHL in support of the Countermine Testbed Progam Between 2004 and 2006, I briefed the Night Vision Laboratory on emerging results from a geostatistics data collection research project that I was conducting to support the high resolution countermine testbed. I coordinated the countermine data collection effort with CRREL. Meetings with the ITL and CHL personnel supported transition of the soils data in a format supported by the computational testbed.

Enviorfed Program The Enviorfed program represented the first time the Army utilized dynamic changes in the terrain due to weather to study a force-on-force combat scenario. I served as the ERDC Technical Lead

5 on the Enviorfed Program between 2000 and 2002 designing the architecture for the soil and weather effects code for the combat simulations. I served on the Environmental Data Representation committee and wrote the standards for ground mobility within the modeling and simulation community. One specific program that I developed was entitled “Envirofed”, a soil moisture model that allows dynamic integration of weather effects for predicting mobility. I transferred the technology to Lockheed, developer of the war-gaming model, and the Joint Forces Command. This was also part of a larger DARPA initiative to determine if weather effects on terrain could be used in real-time, war-gamming models. I wrote and had accepted the first terrain aggregations standards by the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO) committee. These standards were used to guide the development of low- resolution terrain models and to define ground mobility in low-resolution models that DMSO supports. The results of this research were used to evaluate the deployment of the Hydros and NPOESS satellite systems.

Minefields and Foam: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) I initiated a research effort in 1995 through the US Army Engineer School under a concept evaluation program working with Dr. Ron Woodfin from Sandia National Laboratories. The study was an advanced procedure on deployment of quick-curing foam to isolate IEDs and mines and to build rapid roadways. The foam was also considered for rapidly bridging causeways and stabilizing dirt roads. The research results were transferred to the Army Engineer School to support consideration of the operational deployment of foam. I published a journal article and briefed results over the past 10 years to several Army agencies interested in applying the foam during war-time operations.

Stochastic Model Development Between 1992 and 1995, I worked with Dr. Allen Lessems in the development of a stochastic version of the NATO Reference Mobility Model. I coordinated efforts with Jaycor, Inc., Applied Research Associates, Auburn University, and off-site experts, such as Cliff J. Nuttall, in the field of vehicle/soil interaction to ensure the successful completion of the program. As the contracting officer’s technical representative for all contracts pertaining to this work unit, I ensured that the work of outside agencies was integrated into the R&D programs. I was the PI in the initial $200K work unit and later selected as the Project Manager in the $1.2 million Advanced Mobility Modeling work package. During the four-year program, four patents, two journals articles, three reports and several computer models were created to improve the state-of-the-art modeling of vehicle/terrain interaction.

New York State Throughway Authority In 1993, I developed a rapid bridge assessment computer program with the Structures Laboratory, Geotechnical Laboratory, and the New York State Throughway Authority. The rapid bridge assessment program provided the federal agencies and the military with a method for analyzing bridges in third world countries. This work was transitioned into the bridge assessment program developed by the Structures Laboratory and used to assess military load classification of bridges overseas.

6 Projects Managed while Employed by the Corps of Engineers:

Modeling and Testing of Advanced Vehicles Designs

ARCIC (FY08-09 $570k; FY10 340k; FY13 350k; PI Mason) Initiatives with the MRAP and JLTV program offices were instrumental in saving soldiers’ lives recommendations for prediction of road collapse and new models for supporting vehicle design, urban mobility, and soft soil studies of the MRAP and HMMWV in Afghanistan and Iraq.

JPO MRAP (FY10 $611k; FY11 $650k; FY12 $1175k; FY13 $620k; PI Mason) The MRAP vehicles are being designed and deployed to protect occupants against threats while still maintaining mobility. As a result of my connections with ARCIC, AMSAA, and JPO MRAP Offices, the ERDC was tasked to study the tradeoffs between mobility and armor for the MRAP. I developed a data intensification technique to support emerging intelligence data and mobility assessment of these new vehicles. The study included a method to define road stability in Afghanistan and Iraq, where MRAPs collapsed these low volume roads resulting in fatalities. Utilizing the new urban mobility model and data intensification effort along with working with new sensor data from the field, my team created safety charts and maps of the structural integrity of roads allowing the warfighter options. I have briefed LTG Michael Vane Director of the U.S. ARCIC, LTG Van Antwerp, Chief of Engineers and USACE Commander, and Dr. Scot Fish, Army Chief Scientist, on the current and ongoing ERDC MRAP research objectives. The research directly supported the command and control questions regarding time and effort required to move through congested urban centers. The warfighter was able to identify and rank the optimum vehicle for mobility in urban areas.

PM JLTV (FY10 $310k; FY11 $297k; FY12 $50k; FY13 350k; PI Mason) Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JTLV) study for Mr. John Wozniak, Army JLTV Program Manager (PM) The JLTV is proposed as a vehicle to replace the High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled (HMMWV) while reducing the damage inflicted by Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). I worked with TACOM and the PM to define the Key Performance Parameter (KPP) for mobility. My team worked with the PM in the initial prototype stages defining test procedures and improving existing mobility models to assess the movement of the vehicle and strengthen design considerations. Due to my interactions with the PM, ERDC will be used as a testing ground and evaluation site for the downselect of the JLTV during FY13-FY14.

NASA ( FY10 103 K; PI: Mason) As a result of my position as Editor on the journal of Terramechanics and work with Dr. Thomas Way at Auburn University, the NASA Kennedy Space Center contacted me to support an assessment of prototype versions of the Crawler Transporter (CT). The new CT is expected to carry a 30,000,000- pound load from the hanger to the launch pad to allow the movement of heavier rockets for future missions in deep space. Between 2009 and 2010, I directed ERDC interactions with Kennedy Space Center, briefing results and conducting tests. Utilizing the High Performance Computing facilities at ERDC and new vehicle terrain interaction models, my team built the largest simulation to date of a wheeled platform. My team extended the existing soil/tire modeling capabilities at ERDC to build the largest soil/tire interaction model at that time and providing NASA information required to assess the contractor submitted prototypes, supporting a final down select. The NASA crawlerway project was awarded the American Society of Civil Engineer Project of the Year Award in FY11 and ERDC received the NASA Gold Dollar award for their efforts.

TACOM/ARO (FY11 $135k; PI Mason) I was program manager for testing and modeling as part of a Test Service Agreement (TSA) for the University of Tennessee, University of Wisconsin and Mechsim. The TSA was conducted as part of a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) effort to support TACOM and ARO. ERDC was designated as the only research facility capable of supporting the instrumentation and computational science required to support the SBIR and provide TACOM and ARO validation data.

Geospatial Studies of Terrain and Mobility

AMSAA (FY09 $400k; PI Mason) In 2008 I developed a joint proposal with AMSAA and briefed Mr. James Johnson, Deputy Director (conventional Forces), Office Secretary of Defense (OSD) PA&E and Ms. Conley, Director, Land Force Division OSD P&E. The joint proposal was coordinated and briefed at the Pentagon with Dr. William F. Crain; Director of AMSAA and Ms. Jane Krolewski; Chief Mobility/Power and Energy Branch AMSAA. The urban operations proposal was funded in excess of $1,000 k for both AMSSA and ERDC. My team built the model infrastructure, code, and algorithms for studying urban movement of military vehicles in Afghanistan and Iraq. The research was transferred to AMSSA as an extension to the NATO Reference Mobility Model (NRMM). This is the first operational urban analysis toolkit for mobility, passed on to AMSSA at the end of FY2009. The toolkit provides rapid analysis of urban area mobility when considering vehicle geometry and turning.

ARCIC (FY11 $200k;FY12 $200k; FY13 600k; PI Mason) Working as Co-PI during the first two years I am currently the PI on an effort to streamline modeling soil strength changes on the battlefield. The is a coordinated effort by multiple DoD agencies to improve combat models and operational usage of dynamic terrain information.

ARL/NRL ( FY08-09 $205k; FY10 15k; FY11 10k; FY13 100k; PI Mason) I am currently working with a NATO collation team building trafficability maps with remotely sensed data. In this basic research, I model the physics of the soil under changing weather conditions and test the emissive nature of the soil after several different types of vehicles trafficked an area. The initial results of this study were publish and led to a better understanding of the ability to identify vehicles through the thermal emissions of soil deformation caused by vehicle traffic.

UROC, G2, G3, and G8 HQDA (FY11 $100k; FY12 $200k; PI Mason) As follow-on work with ARL/NRL the Office of Headquarters, Department of the Army (HQDA) Army Deputy Chief of Staff (DAMO), Change Impact Assessment Office (CIA) funded me to support an operational assessment of future weather satellite systems supporting military operations. The results of this study will be briefed to the Office of Secretary of Defense, Capability Assessment and Program Evaluation Office (CAPE) to address questions raised by the congressional National Defense Act. The study is an effort to understand the value added by future satellite systems in operational assessment of the battlefield and the costs in terms of military intelligence when these assets are removed from operation.

8 Previous- and Current-Year Projects (funding in $K) Proponent and Title Role FY08-09 FY10 FY11 FY12 FY13* Total Modeling and Testing of Advanced Vehicles Designs ARCIC: MRAP evaluation in Iraq PI 340 340 680 MRAP evaluation in Afganistan PI 230 350 580 JPO MRAP: Suspension Analysis PI 306 500 250 1,056 Soft Soil Studies PI 305 305 Suitability Ranking PI 150 196 100 400 Rollover Studies PI 528 520 1,000 Black Box Data Analysis PI 201 PM JLTV Key Performance Parameter Modeling and Testing PI 310 297 50 350 1,007 NASA Evalulation of the Wheeled Crawler PI 103 100 203 TACOM/ARO Vehicle Soil Interaction Tests PI 135 135 Geospatial Studies of Terrain and Mobility AMSAA Movement Rates in Urban Areas PI 400 400 ARCIC Environmental Data Cube Model PI 200 200 600 600 ARL/NRL Soil Moisture Applicatons to Mobility PI 30 15 10 100 300 Spectral Emissions Study 6.1 Research PI 175 175 G8 HQDA UROC River Crossing Model PI 100 602 702 G2 G3 HQDA Soil Moisture and Tactical Assessment of Mobility PI 100 200 300 Total 1,175 1,379 1,157 1,660 2,722 7,543 *FY13 funding Anticipated.

Participation in Government or Industry-Sponsored Professional Technical Committees, Panels, Meetings, Conferences, or Symposia (with dates):

Government-sponsored national meetings (limit to four most significant).

Space-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) Capabilities Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) Committee October 22-26 2012 I participated as part of the Satellite-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) Capabilities Analysis of Alternatives (AOA) committee in Colorado Springs Co. from October 22 – 26, 2012. The SBEM-AoA was formed in response to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2012 which directed termination of the Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS). The SBEM AoA is a joint effort with the Army, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Navy. The SBEM AoA is led by Headquarters Air Force Space Command (HQ AFSPC). Twelve data collection gaps were labeled as “Category A” and defined as those parameters that the joint working group assessed as having a projected gap where satellite-based and ground-based collection would become insufficient, and which there was risk of mission failure if the gap was not met. The 12 gap areas were endorsed by the Joint Requirements Oversight Council (JROC).

9 Soil moisture and snow depth were two of the 12 JROC-endorsed gap areas. Soil moisture and snow depth are assimilated into decision aids supporting military operations, most notably decision aids supporting military maneuver. The SBEM AoA study group requested the ARCIC direct research related to Land Domain Gaps as part of an Effectiveness Assessment Working Group (EAWG). Under the guidance of the ARCIC, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, MD, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), NASA Goddard, and Navy Research Laboratory Washington DC formed an EAWG to define the Measures of Performance (MOPs) or Course of Action (COAs), the Measures of Effectiveness (MOEs) and Measures of Outcomes (MOOs) and the associated relationships. The ERDC-GSL and ERDC-CRREL were tasked by ARCIC to write proposals to address the soil moisture and snow depth gaps.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers Industry/Government Panel I was an invited speaker at the industry/government symposium in Washington DC. As part of a panel of four experts from around the country, I briefed an audience of 100+ engineers and scientist on current state of the art modeling and simulation as applied to off-road technologies.

Army Weather Coordinating Council Meeting, HQDA Washington DC October 2010 Soil Moisture Working Group, Air Force Weather Requirements G2 summit, September 2010 Army Research Laboratory, Washington DC, Briefed current and future guidelines and metrics for measurement of terrain state during tactical operations in support of mobility. I briefed military engineering related activates to the Army Weather Coordinating Council Meeting, HQDA ODCS, G2 Operations and Plans Directorate, Washington DC, each year between 2006-2010. As ERDC-WES invited speaker for weather effects on combat operations, I have briefed the use of this information with regard to areas such as mobility. These meetings provided the Army Senior Management with information regarding how weather alters military operations. These workshops discuss the value added of weather related equipment such as the multi-million dollar satellite system, NPOESS and HYDROS.

Land Surface Dynamics Workshop and Army Research Office (ARO) Terrestrial Science Program, Vicksburg Ms, July 2010 I organized and chaired the first joint session between the ARO Terrestrial Science Program Basic Research program and Land Surface Dynamics Workshop. I worked jointly with Dr. Russ Harmon from ARO to organize the event at ERDC-WES. The workshop included multiple universities and government agencies. The workshop focus was the evaluation the current state-of-the-art methods to determine land surface dynamics related to military engineer. The results of this workshop included a review of ongoing research efforts funded by the Army and the initial start of advanced work related to geospatial studies of terrain. August 2010. As follow-on to this workshop, I was invited to brief under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics (OUSD/SIO) regarding mobility research related to soil moisture. The Pentagon audience Mr. Gil Klinger, SES, and Mr. Doug Loverro, SES, Executive Director, AF Space & Missiles Systems Center. A previous brief was provided to Office of the Secretary of Defense, Capability Assessment and Program Evaluation on May 2010.

10 Membership on Government committees and panels.

Unmanned ground vehicles

National Unmanned Systems Experimentation Environment NUSE2, San Antonio TX, August 2005. Chair of committee for testing and evaluation.

Remote sensing studies

Effectiveness Assessment Working Group (EAWG) Colorado Springs, Co.,October 2012

Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) committee, ERDC representative for military maneuver, 2012- Present

Member, Soil Moisture Working Group, Microwave Emissive Radar Interim Program Office, 2008-2010

SBIR/STTR Review Panels

Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Panel, Technical Reviewer, SBIR Topic: Downscaling investigations, July 2012

Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Panel, Technical Reviewer/Lead, Smart Tire Research, 2009

Vehicle Procurement Panels

Member, Test Working Group US Marine Corps and US TACOM, JLTV, 2010-2012

Member, Source selection board for the US Marine Corps and US Army TACOM. Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR), 1998

Member, Site Selection Committee, Hard Mobile Launcher, US Air Force, 1988

Member, Source Selection Board, US TACOM, Armor Security Vehicle (ASV), 1996

Participation in government- or industry-sponsored meetings, panels, conferences or symposia/consortia with importance to national defense or public welfare.

Test Integration Working Groups

September 2011, Invited speaker at the 17th International Society of Terrain Vehicle Systems International Conference in Blacksburg, Virginia

Joint Light Tactical Vehicle test integration working group, Detroit Michigan, May 2011, Government SME for key performance parameters for the down-select of JLTV prototypes.

11 MRAP International Users Conference, Quantico VA, April 2008, presented mobility studies on the MRAP vehicle that were conducted at ERDC.

Member of the source selection board for the US Army Tank Automotive Command at Warren MI for the evaluation of the Armor Security Vehicle, 1995.

Site Selection Committee for the Hard Mobile Launcher, Northern Tier Test Program, 1987 to 1989. Attended meetings at Boeing, TRW, and CRREL to define testing procedures for evaluation of vehicle.

Test Integration Working Group, Minuteman Hard Mobile Launcher, Yuma, AZ, 1986 to1988. Provide insight into deployment sites and served as mobility expert.

Test Integration Working Group, Armored Combat Earth Movers, Killeen TX, 1985 to1986. WES technical lead for mobility and soil testing, serving on the board to define performance testing requirements supporting analyses of the vehicle’s capabilities.

Participation in the Military Operations Research Society (MORS) Symposia

US Conference

78th MORS, Working Group 11- Military Environmental Factors, Quantico VA, June 2010. Briefed ERDC involvement in assimilation and collection of soil moisture data related to predictions of mobility for the MRAP operating in Afghanistan and IRAQ.

77th MORS Symposium, Fort Leavenworth Kansas, June 2009, Presentation on MRAP mobility

76th MORS Symposium, June 12, 2008, New London, Connecticut, Presented paper on Virtual Autonomous Navigation Environment: Attribution Concepts for Sub-meter Resolution Ground Physics Models

75th MORS, October 2007 Working Group 10 and 11, West Point NY, Presentation on Analysis of Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle Mobility Performance Algorithms”

70th MORS, Working Group 11- Military Environmental Factors, Monterey CA, June 2003. Briefed ERDC involvement in future satellite regarding assimilation and collection of soil moisture data related to predictions of mobility on the battlefield.

68th MORS Fort Leonard wood MO, June 2001, presented architecture for model that predicted tracked and wheeled vehicle mobility in a combat simulation.

12th International MORS, Swindon, England, September 1995. Paper on Effects of Temporal Variation on Soil Strength on Route Selection.

29th MORS, October 1989, Ft. Lee, VA. Briefed standards for aggregation of terrain for mid resolution models

12 Urban Operations Studies

UOFACT Conference, Monterey CA., November 2007, briefed work on Urban Operations Study.

Urban Operations Focus Area Collaborative Team Program Meeting, San Francisco CA, November 2005. ERDC representative on urban mobility research; briefed research on mobility in urban areas.

Tire Symposium, October 2005, Akron Ohio, presented research results for patent on smart tire monitoring system.

Operations Research Society (INFORMS), November 13, 2005, San Francisco. Presented work on Mobility Throughput Representation in Urban Environments

ITSEC, Urban Operations Focus Area Collaborative Team Program Meeting, Orlando FL, November 2005. Briefed advancements by ERDC in mobility of vehicles in urban areas; technical lead on urban vehicle mobility.

National Unmanned Systems Experimentation Environment NUSE2, San Antonio TX, August 2005. Co-Chair of committee for testing and evaluation.

Interservice/Industry Training Simulation & Education Conference (ITSEC) November 29, 2005, FY05 UO Fact Project, Orlando, FL. Briefed work on Urban Mobility

SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, Orlando, Fl., March 2005, Briefed work on mobility inclusion for unmanned grounded vehicles.

Committee Chairman for Simulation Interoperability Systems Organization (SISO) Testing Group, 2000-1999. Organized presentations on ground mobility and combat simulations modeling.

The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Forum Symposium on Advances in Transportation Systems, Hamilton, Canada. May 1996

Participation in International Terrain Vehicle Society (ISTVS) Symposia

International Conferences

International Terrain/Vehicle Systems Society Events (ISTVS) (Europe, Asia, and North America) 1986-2012 I have chaired and organized sessions and workshops in Europe, Asia, and North America, for the ISTVS, almost every year over the past 20 years. The last event was held in Japan in September; I chaired several sessions, voted on the board, and briefed emerging issues with the society’s journal. I am recognized as a technical expert in mobility within this international community. The results of these society meetings include technical exchanges, conference proceedings, and published journal articles. I have served on the Board of Directors and reviewed hundreds of journal articles during my duties as Editor.

13 ISTVS, September 21-28, 2012, Pretoria, South Africa 12th European Conference Presented papers on modeling, visited South African military test facility, and university.

Institute for Defense and Government Advancement, July 2012, Washington DC, 5th Annual Tactical Vehicles Summit, obtained updates on new vehicle technologies.

18th International Conference of the International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Society, Blacksburg, Virginia, U.S., September 2011. Key Note Speaker for 50 year event. Served on Board of Directors and briefed on current status of the Journal of Terramechanics.

17th International Conference of the International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Society, Sapporo City Hokkaido, Japan, September 2010. Chaired session on Soil Tire Interaction. Served on Board of Directors and briefed on current status of the Journal of Terramechanics.

16th International Conference of the International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Society, Turin Italy, October 2008. Chaired session on Soil Tire Interaction.

14th International Conference of the International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Society, ISTVS Conference/Workshop, Vicksburg MS, 2002. Presented paper entitled “Real-time mobility in combat simulations;” Session Chair on Vehicle Mobility Modeling.

European Conferences

12th European Regional Conference of the International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Society, Pretoria, South Africa, September 2012. Chaired session on vehicle mobility. Presented journal updates at board of directors meeting.

11th European Regional Conference of the International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Society, Bremen Germany, October 2009. Chaired session on Traction.

7th European Regional Conference of the International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Society, Ferria Italy, October 1998. Chaired session on Vehicle Mobility Modeling, presented papers on “Short Term Forecasts of Trafficability”.

North American Conferences

5th North American Regional ISTVS Conference/Workshop, Saskatoon, Canada, 1995. Presented paper on Temporal Analysis of Surface Soil Strength Variation.

3rd North American Regional Conference, International Society of Terrain Vehicle Systems, Sacramento, CA, 1991. Presented paper on Stochastic Mobility Forecasts.”

National Society of Professional Engineers

NSPE, Professional Engineers in Government, Mississippi Society of Professional Engineers, help draft current continuing education requirements for professional engineers.

14 National Society of Professional Engineers/Mississippi Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE/MES), Jackson Ms., February 2006, chaired committee on Professional Engineers in Government.

Mississippi Society of Professional Engineers, 2006, Destin, Florida. Chair of Committee on Professional Engineers in Government; taught short courses on computer science in engineering.

NSPE/MES, Jackson Ms., February 2004, chaired committee on Professional Engineers in Government.

NSPE/MES, Destin, Florida, June 2003, chaired committee on Professional Engineers in Government.

Joint Meeting of Society of American Military Engineers, Mississippi Engineer Society, and American Society of Civil Engineers. Presented pending legislation on Professional Engineer Requirements for maintaining PE License, Vicksburg, MS, February 1995.

Soil Moisture and Military Engineering

The Satellite-Based Environmental Monitoring (SBEM) Capabilities Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) committee Effectiveness Assessment Working Group (EAWG) October 2012, proposed efforts to support the congressional inquiry on the deployment of future military terrestrial satellite systems.

American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Washington DC, November 2011 Invited speaker at industry symposium in Washington DC. Part of a panel of four experts from industry and government, briefed an audience of 100+ engineers and scientist of current state of the art modeling and simulation as applied to off-road technologies.

Society of Automotive Engineers, Terrain Modeling Task Force, 2010-2011, Developed standards for soil tire interaction as it applies to military vehicles

Soil Moisture Working Group, Air Force Weather Requirements G2 summit, September 2010 Army Research Laboratory, Washington DC, ERDC representative.

IEEE 2010 11th Specialist Meeting of Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, Washington DC. Poster session on MIS studies for trafficability

July 2009, USACE Infrastructure Systems Conference, Washington DC. Briefed work Innovative Levee Design

American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, San Francisco, CA, December 2009

USACE 2008 Community of Practice Conference, May 2008, San Antonio, TX Presented findings on a Levee Monitoring and Early Warning System

15 American Metrological Society , May 2007, Poster Session on updates to NPOESS Soil Moisture Satellite Data Assimilation and RFI Mitigation and Use of WindSat Data and a Discrete Backus-Gilbert Technique

American Metrological Society Conference, Washington DC, May 2007, Presented papers on Soil Moisture related to Military Operations.

Center for Geosciences / Atmospheric Research (CG/AR), Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University (CSU), Fort Collins, January 2007, Paper on work with CSU related to geostatistics analysis of soil moisture for downscaling.

IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium & 27th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Denver Colorado, January 2006

International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Orlando Fl, April 2006. Briefed geostatistics studies related to countermine research

SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, Orlando, Fl., April 2006, Presented Papers on Countermine Research, and Unmanned Ground Vehicles.

IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium & 27th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Denver Colorado, August 2006, Poster Session on Soil Moisture and Remote Sensing

Office of the Secretary of Defense, Capability Assessment and Program Evaluation, July 2006, Briefed mobility data to support decisions addressed by a Congressional Oversight Committee regarding the NPOESS deployment.

Army Weather Coordinating Council Meeting, HQDA ODCS, G2 Operations and Plans Directorate,Washington DC, November 2006-2010. ERDC-WES invited speaker for weather effects on combat operations.

Army Research Laboratory Soil Moisture Workshop, Washington, DC, September 2006. Technical expert for Army on mobility related weather data collection critical to mobility.

Opportune Landing Surface (OLS) Soils Database Development, March 2005, CRREL, New Hampshire. Presented database to support determinations of unimproved landing zones locations.

BACIMO conference, Monterey Ca., October 2005, Briefed applications of WINDSAT for mobility related studies

Battlespace Atmospheric and Cloud Impacts on Military Operations (BACIMO) conference, Monterey, CA, October 2005

Soil Moisture Working Group Hydrosphere State Mission, MIT, November 2005. Invited speaker presentation on applications of soil moisture to military research; ERDC technical representative on mobility and terrestrial observations.

16 Air Force Weather Requirements G2 summit, September 2005, Army Research Laboratory, Washington DC, ERDC representative; briefed revised definitions of weather attributions related to Army missions.

National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), IPO NPOESS office, Washington DC, August 2004, Briefed Trafficability Analysis utilizing soil moisture data.

NPOESS IPO Soil Moisture Working Group, Washington DC, September 2003. Chaired working group on applications of soil moisture to the Military.

Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization European SIW Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2003, published paper on standards describing soils as related to mobility.

Defense Soil Moisture Research Conference, Guest speaker at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 2003 Lecturer regarding Army issues and uses of soil moisture information. The conference resulted in an ongoing working group focused on soil moisture issues supporting Army initiatives.

Army Research Office invited expert on mobility for Terrestrial Sciences Board 2002-1998. Defined and wrote research objectives to support request for proposals from the ARO.

Battlespace Atmospheric and Cloud Impacts on Military Operations (BACIMO), July 2002, Fort Collins, CO. Briefed mobility work related to measured ground state.

Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO), Orlando, FL. March 2001, Briefed the incorporation of a high resolution mobility model into force on force modeling.

ARL Computational and Information Sciences Directorate Battlefield Environment Division, White Sands Missile Range, NM., September 2000 Presented current research efforts for Mobility, Weather, and Hydrology Modeling

Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1997. Presented paper entitled “Modeling Spatial and Temporal Variations in Soil Strength: A Vehicle Mobility Application.”

Society of Automotive Engineers International Off-Highway and Power Plant Congress and Exposition, August 1996, Traction and Ride in Off-Highway Terrain, Indianapolis, IN.

Construction Engineering Research Foundation, Washington DC, March 1996, Washington, DC. Panel on US Infrastructure management Efforts

Committee Chairman/Moderator Second North American Workshop on Modeling the Mechanics of Off-Road Vehicles, 1996. Reviewed papers; organized and moderated session on weather effects on vehicle movement.

Soil Advisory Board for the US Marine Corps Grizzly research program, July 1996. The Grizzly is the Marine Corps next generation combat dozer; provided analyses of dozer design for mobility aspects.

US Department of Agriculture Forest Service Fire Training Technical Committee, Billings MT, June 1995. Served as a committee member to provide needed technical assistance to develop a training model that incorporated real-time movement rates of men and equipment; designed a fire breach model for defining routes around forest fires.

National Science Foundation Transportation Research Board, Washington DC, September 1995. Presented paper to the Committee on Geotechnical Safety and Reliability Design of Secondary Roads and Trails.

ANNIE 93' Artificial Neural Networks in Engineering, St. Louis, MO, 1993. Presented paper on Landsat Imagery Discrimination Using Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks.

Canadian Society of Military Engineers, Transport 1992+, Montreal, Canada, August 1992. Presented papers on Mobility

Janus User’s Group, White Sands Missile Range; NM, October 1990. Official WES delegate to International Meeting of the Wargaming Community; presented approaches for interaction with the Geotechnical Laboratory to support combat modeling and simulation.

Army Research Office, Raleigh North Carolina, 1999, Terrestrial Science Workshop, Session Chair and presenter for ERDC-GSL initiatives in Terrestrial Science.

Construction Engineering Research Foundation, Washington DC, March 1996. Presentation on Forecasting Soil Strength Variability”.

Honorary, Scientific, or Engineering Societies.

Chi Epsilon, Mississippi State University, 1978.

Special recognition (with dates).

Department of the Army Awards

2008 Research and Development Collaboration Team of the Year

ERDC Awards

2014 Award for Excellence in Operational Support

2013 Commanders Award for Civilian Service

2012 Award for MRAP/JLTV Program

2012 Superior Award for Civilian Service

2011 Commanders Award for Civilian Service

2010 Achievement Medal for Civilian Service

2009 Outstanding Team Effort

2007 Commanders Award for Civilian Service

2007 CRREL Award for Customer Impact

2005 Outstanding Team Effort

Other Agency Awards

2011, NASA Kennedy Space Center, Gold Dollar Award

1999, MS Engineer Society Professional Engineer Society, Federal Engineer of the Year, State of MS.

Letters of Recognition

Letter of Recognition, 2006, from Dr. Rafael Bras of MIT for research conducted in support of the Hydros Satellite Program.

Letter of Recognition, 1988, from MG Edward P. Barry, Jr. for results of research on the Northern Tier Test program for the Small ICBM, Hard Mobile Launcher.

New Designs, Techniques, Inventions, Patents, etc. with dates.

Patents

Patent for Detection of Subsurface Failures in Barriers Awarded in 2012, Patent Number 7,777,496. Working with the ERDC Information Technology Laboratory, I submitted Corps of Engineers Patent Application 464 in 1997 for a system that uses a ported cable to direct electromagnetic pulses to monitor deviations in mechanical stress, changes in thermal profiles, and movements of geotechnical structures. The idea was expanded from a system to monitor stress distributions of heavily wheeled and tracked vehicles similar to the MRAP and JLTV. However the system was also introduced as a real-time monitor of levees and dams to give early warning of impending failure and a method to detect tunneling. I developed the procedure for placing the cable in the ground and the idea of how the system would work when detecting incursions such as seepage occurring within a levee. The system has been evaluated at a local scale and is proposed as an innovative solution for early warning of failure of levee systems.

Patent for System and Method for Determining Status of an Object by Insonification Awarded in 2004, Patent Number 6,739,195 for a tire sensor that I developed for defining temperature fluctuations within a moving tire. Military wheeled vehicles are carrying more armor and more weight; the tires are increasing in size and complexity. The patent is intended to give the warfighter another sensor on the vehicle to monitor the tire during high speeds and movement over harsh

19 off-road terrain. The sensor uses sound waves to define variations in thermal profiles of the tire. The inexpensive and easily mountable nature of the senor makes it an effective method for profiling the health of a tire. I designed the tire mounting procedure, the data acquisition system, and the filtering process to detect flaws in the tire. ERDC is working with millenworks to field the system as part of an advanced sensor for vehicles.

Patent for an Ultra-Wide Band Soil/Tire Interaction Radar Awarded in 2002, Patent Number 6,736,004 for an active acoustic impulse sensor used to detect changes in the frequency of the internal sounds of a tire and relate this information to heat buildup in the tire cavity. A slightly different tire monitoring system operating off the concept of Radar, this patent was design to complement the off-road vehicles operating at higher speeds and harsh off-road conditions.

Patent for Ground Condition Monitor Awarded in 1997, Patent Number 5,614,893 for a system that remotely monitors ground conditions for geotechnical structures and reports changes through telemetry to local stations. I had the initial idea of monitoring a soil condition and worked with ITL investigators on how to awake the system based on soil moisture changes.

Patent on Central Tire Inflation System Controller Awarded in 1997, Patent Number 5,647,927 for a central tire inflation system controller. The device optimizes tire pressures for vehicles operating with a Central Tire Inflation System while the vehicle is moving on- or off-road to insure maximum mobility, fuel economy, and ride. I was the sole inventor, and this was the first patent application from the Mobility Systems Division.

New Designs and Techniques

Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems for rapid assessment of road stability In 2012, working with the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicle to identify technologies useful in preventing rollovers of the vehicle induced by road collapse, I worked jointly with a team of new engineers to explore the use of MEMS sensors buried in the ground which would alert traffic of extreme movement in the road bed.

Rollover Test Facility In 2012, I designed a rollover test facility at the ERDC to evaluate the MRAP performance. The facility included a quarter car section to measure a single tire, and a full scale facility to test the entire vehicle.

Enhancements to the Automated Cone Penetrometer In 2011, I develop a new design for the automated cone pentrometer. Insuring constant rate and more accurate measurements, the come was modified with a constant rate screw and new wireless software to increase accuracy and turnaround time of results.

Advanced Detection of Ground State for Vehicle Rollover

20 Utilization of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) was used as part of an advanced study to rapidly assess ground state and detect road collapse. This study provided one type of instrumentation that was critical in determine the stability of a road and providing the driver of heavy armored vehicles such as the MRAP an early warning system of vehicle rollover.

Safety Sheet for MRAP Disseminated with MRAPs in 2009 in an effort to reduce warfighter fatalities as a result of road collapse, I worked with the Deployments and Operations Task Force to create a simple and rapid method to assess stability of roads in theater. MRAPs traversing low volume roads outside of Baghdad and in farming areas of Afghanistan often exceeded the capacity of the road, collapsing the structure resulting in a loss of life. Working with engineers in GSL I developed and worked to deploy a safety sheet and road map to support definitions of stable roads. The Pentagon has since begun publishing this safety sheet with forward detachments of warfighters to help quickly assess the stability of roads in the region.

Integration of GPS into the Tiger Database I integrated the Global Positioning System (GPS) into the Tiger Database to provide a quick method to collect and process ground truth data in 1992. The Mobility Systems Division field crews used this computer mapping technology for vehicle mobility traverses. The digital road database within the Tiger Database was extended to the field such that vehicle movement was monitored with the GPS equipment during testing. Off-road movement was monitored with GPS to track the velocity and position of the vehicle at all times.

Digital Terrain Elevation Maps Accepted as an Army Standard in 1989, I devised translation routines to convert Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) digital terrain elevation maps into terrain databases for the Army’s mid-resolution combat model VIC.

Analyses of M2 Bradley Swim Tests I developed technology for digitizing, recording, and analyzing M2 Bradley swim field tests in 1988. This new digitizing technique provided savings in time and manpower for predicting the performance of the M2.

Mobility Performance of Heavy-Wheeled Vehicles In 1987, I developed new algorithms and a methodology to predict soft soil performance of heavy-wheeled vehicles in fine-grained soils for inclusion in the Air Force Hard Mobile Launcher (HML) mobility models. This was the first time a vehicle of this weight range and mobility was tested by the Army. The revised HML soft-soil algorithms also provided insight into the mobility of foreign vehicles such as the SCUD missile launcher in Operation Desert Storm.

Ride Performance Equations Prior to 1985 ride equations were bound at the 6 watt level. During studies with the Light Assault Vehicle (LAV) I incorporated curves with 9, and 12 watt limits. This modification to the existing vehicle mobility model allowed for improved comparisons between vehicle platforms.

Radial Tire Algorithms

21 In 1984 I developed modifications to the existing soft soil equations to support the difference in performance observed between bias and radial tires. These equations were incorporated into the NATO reference mobility model.

Three-Dimensional Visualization of Articulated Vehicles In 1982, I developed a methodology for digitizing and analyzing the movements of articulated vehicles for the BV206 project under the direction and guidance of Mr. C. J. Nuttall. I configured and wrote the software for the analog-to-digital conversion of instrumentation mounted on the vehicle. This research provided the first three-dimensional visualization of the articulation between front and rear units of the BV206 and M116 vehicles. The system was used to improved the design of the BV206 and relate the performance to a similar system created for the M116.

Professional Publications.

Refereed publications in journals of professional or technical societies.

George L. Mason, Burhman Q. Gates, and Victoria D. Moore., “Determining forces required to override obstacles for ground vehicles”, Journal of Terramechnaics, August 2012, Vol 49, pp 191-196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jterra.2012.04.001, (75%)

Durst, P. J., Baylot, E. A., Mckinley, G. B., and Mason G. L.,“A General Model for Inferring Terrain Surface Roughness as a Root-Mean-Square to Predict Vehicle Off-Road Ride Quality”, International Journal of Vehicle Design, Accepted for publication (30%)

Baylot, E. A., Mason G. L., Green G. J., and Berney, E., S., “Predicting the Stability of Low Volume Road Embankments in Contingency Areas”, Journal of Terramechanics, April 2012, Vol 49, pp 95-101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jterra.2012.01.002 (50%)

Durst, P. J., Mason, G. L., Mckinley, G. B., and Baylot, E. A.,” Predicting RMS surface roughness using fractal dimension and PSD parameters”, Journal of Terra Mechanics, 2010, doi:10.1016/j.jterra.2010.05.004 (60%)

L Yilmaz, Oren, T., Richmond, P. W., Reid, A. A., Shoop, S. A., and Mason, G. L., “Prospective Issues in Simulation Models” The Modeling and Simulation Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), September 2006 A017515 (40 %)

Richmond, P. W., Shoop, S. A., Reid, A. A., and Mason, G. L., “Terrain Surface Codes for an All-Season, Off-Road Ride Motion Simulator,” The Modeling and Simulation Information Analysis Center (MSIAC), December 2005. 100.2/ADA515710 (40 %)

Gorsich, D., Hudas, G., Haueisen, B., Ahlvin, R., Jones, A., Priddy, J., Mason, G. L., and Hulbert, G., "Case Study of the Evaluation and Verification of a PackBot Model in NRMM," May 2005, Society of Automotive Engineers, 2005-05MV-58. (30 %)

Eastes, W.J., Mason, G.L., and Kusinger, A. E., "Thermal Signature Characteristics of Vehicle/Terrain Interaction Disturbances: Implications for Battlefield Vehicle Classification,” Applied Spectroscopy, January 2004, Vol. 58, pp 510-515.(75 %)

Mason, G., Green, J., Hall, K., and Durst, B., ”Ridged Polyurethane Foam Applications for Minefield Neutralization,” Journal of Terra Mechanics, 2000, Vol. 37, pp. 87-98.(80 %)

Mason, G., Grivas, D., and Schultz, C., “Spatio-Temporal Modeling of Soil Strength Relative to Mobility” SAE 1996, doi:10.4271/961849 (75%)

Hagerty, R., Mason, G. L., and Mason, G. G., “Infrastructure Preservation: Alternatives to Extend Road Life in Remote Areas,” The Army Logistician, edited by the Society of American Military Engineers, March 1998, PB 700-98-2.(65 %)

Lessem, A., Ahlvin, R., and Mason, G., ”Stochastic Mobility Model: A Brief Introduction,” , Journal of Terra Mechanics, 1996, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 273-280.(50 %)

Mason, G. L., Embrechts, M. J., and Grivas, D., “Roadway Identification on Landsat Imagery Using Neural Networks, “ANNIE edited by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, November 1993, Vol. 3, pp 423-428.(90 %)

14b. Publications published (refereed or not) in proceedings of governmental or non- governmental professional conferences and/or symposia.

Mason, G. L., Baylot, E. A., and Green, G. J., “Predicting Stability of Raised Low Volume Roads in Contingency Areas.” Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Society, September 2010. Sapporo city Hokkaido, Japan. (50%)

Mason, G. L., Moore, V., and Gates, B. Q., “Determining Forces Required to Override Obstacles for Ground Vehicles”, Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Society, September 2010, Sapporo city Hokkaido, Japan. (55%)

Mason, G. L., Towne, B., Eng, D., and Grey, C., ”Polyurethane Foam Injection for Strengthening the Frame of a HMMWV” Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Society, September 2010 Sapporo city Hokkaido, Japan. (75%)

Moore, V., Mason, G., and Cantrell, G., “Predicting soil strength for comparison of military vehicle performance in Afghanistan using the land information system and Windsat,” 76th Military Operations Research Symposium (MORS), WG11- Military Environmental Factors, June 2010, Monterey, CA. (60 %)

Mason, G., L., Jones, A., S., Cogan, J., and McWilliams, G.,”Design of a temporal variational data assimilation method suitable for deep soil moisture retrievals using passive microwave radiometer data,” IEEE 2010 11th Specialist Meeting of Microwave Radiometry and Remote Sensing of the Environment, Washington DC. (75%)

Mason, G., McWilliams, G., and Jones, A., “Implementation of a temporal variational data assimilation method to retrieve deep soil moisture,” 2009 American Geophysical Union Fall Conference, San Francisco, CA. (65%)

Mason, G., L., Haskins, R., and Evans, J., “Ported Cables with Optic Fiber to Detect Soil Movement in Levees,” July 2009, USACE Infrastructure Systems Conference, Cleveland Ohio. (75%)

Mason, G. L., Gates, B. Q., Priddy, J., and Cummins, C., 16th International ISTVS Conference, November 25-28, 2008, "Environmental Attribution Resource Methodology for support of Ground Physics Models," Turin, Italy (50%)

Jones, A., S., Rapp, D., Combs., C. L., Longmire S., Vukicevic, T., and Haar T., H., Mason G., McWilliams, G., Munigiole M., and Chauhan N., S., May 2007, “ UPDATES to NPOESS Soil Moisture Satellite Data Assimilation and RFI Mitigation: Use of WindSat Data and a Discrete Backus- Gilbert Technique,” American Metrological Society (20%)

Melloh, R.A., Mason G.L., Howington S., Peters, J, Ballard, J., “Field Measurement and Model Representation of Soil Property Spatial Variation”, April 2006, SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, Paper 6217-76 (50%)

G.L. Mason and R.A. Melloh,. “Attribution of soil information associated with modeling background clutter”, April 2006, SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, Paper 6239-05 (50%)

W.E. Willoughby, R. A. Jones, G.L. Mason, J. H. Lever, S. A. Shoop, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center. “Application of historical mobility testing to sensor-based robotic performance”, April 2006, SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, Paper 6230-93 (40%)

Jones, A., S., Rapp, D., Combs., C. L., Longmire, S., Vukicevic, T., and Haar, T., H., Mason, G. L., McWilliams, G., Munigiole, M., and Chauhan, N., S., “NPOESS Soil Moisture Data Assimilation and RFI Mitigation Use of WindSat Data and a Discrete Backus-Gilbert Technique,” 2006 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium & 27th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing, Denver Colorado, August 2006. (30 %)

Willoughby, W. E., Jones, R. A., Mason, G. L., Lever, J. H., and Shoop, S. A. (2006) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center. “Application of historical mobility testing to sensor-based robotic performance, “ April 2006, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Paper 6230-93. (40 %)

Mason, G. L., and Melloh, R. A., “Attribution of soil information associated with modeling background clutter”, April 2006, SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, Paper 6239-05. (80 %)

Melloh, R.A., Mason G. L., Howington, S., Peters, J, Ballard, J., “Field Measurement and Model Representation of Soil Property Spatial Variation”, April 2006, International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE), Paper 6217-76. (40 %)

Mason G. L., and Evans, J., “System and Method for Determining Status of a tire by Insonification”, Presentation Akron Ohio, Tire Society Conference September 22nd 2005

Mason, G. L., and Green, J., G., “Mobility Throughput Representation in Urban Environments Rev I”, Presentation, INFORMS Nov 13th,2005 San Francisco. (75%)

Mason, G. L., and Green, J. G., “Mobility Throughput Representation in Urban Environments Rev II” Presentation ITSEC Nov 29th 2005, FY05 UO Fact Project, Orlando (50%)

Mason, G. L., and Green, J. G., “Mobility Throughput Representation in Urban Environments Rev II,” Presentation Interservice/Industry Training Simulation & Education Conference (ITSEC) November 29, 2005, FY05 UO Fact Project, Orlando, FL. (80 %)

Mason, G. L., “Spatial variability of soils in support of countermine operations,” March 2005 SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, 5794-84.

Mason, G. L., and Cummins, C., “Testing and Modeling of Small Unmanned Vehicles,” March 2005, SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, 5804-48. (80 %)

Mason, G. L., Goerger, N., McWilliams, G., and Mungiole, M., "Direct Measurements of Soil Moisture by Satellite and Importance to Military Maneuver; A Study for the National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)," Paper published with IPO NPOESS office, August 2004, Military Operations Research. (60 %)

Mason, G. L., "An Evaluation of soil moisture models for countermine applications," September 2004, SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering, paper 5416, p. 716-721.

Mason, G. L. “Soil Moisture Models for Army Mobility Applications”, January 2004, Army Workshop on Soil Moisture, Invited Presentation, MIT Boston MA (100%)

Mason, G. L., McWilliams, G., and Green, G., “Digital Dirt and Combat Simulations: Evaluation of the National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS),” June 2003, 03E- SIW-066, Simulation Interoperability Standards Organization European SIW Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. (80 %)

McWilliams, G., Mungiole, M., Mason, G. L., and Goerger, N., “Quantifying the Utility of Satellite-Derived Soil Moisture Information for Army Combat Operations,” 70th Military Operations Research Symposium (MORS), WG11- Military Environmental Factors, June 2003, Monterey, CA. (60 %)

Mason, G. L., Green., G., McWilliams, G., and Goerger, N., “National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Products for Evaluation of Mobility,” 14th International Conference of the International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Society, October 2002, Vicksburg, Ms. (80 %)

McWilliams, G., Mason, G. L., and Deliman, N., “The use of new M&S Capabilities in Quantifying the Benefits of Improved Soil Moisture Data in Support of the National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS),” Battlespace Atmospheric and Cloud Impacts on Military Operations (BACIMO), July 2001, Fort Collins, CO. (50 %)

Mason, G. L., Ahlvin, R. B., and Baylot, A. E., “Advanced Movement Representation in High Resolution Combat Models,” March 2001, Simulations Interoperability Standards Organization (SISO) Paper Number 00S-SIW-123, Orlando, FL. (80 %)

Albert, M., Koenig, G., and Mason, G. L. “Development of a fast all-seasons model for the state of the ground”, 32nd conference on Winter Simulation” August 2000, San Diego, CA, (40%)

Major Goerger, S. R., Mason G. L. and Baylot E. A., “Development of Mobility API for Entity Level Models”, June 2001, Military Operations Research Symposium.

Grivas, G. A., Schultz , B. C., and Mason, G. L. “A Framework for Using Satellite and Airborne Remote Sensing Technology in Infrastructure Performance Assessment” August 1997, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Boston, Massachusetts (30%)

Goerger, S., Mason, G. L., and Baylot, E., “Development of Mobility API for Entity Level Models,” June 2001, Military Operations Research Symposium (MORS), Ft Leonard Wood, MO. (60 %)

Mason G. L. “Modeling Spatial and Temporal Variations in Soil Strength: A Vehicle Mobility Application.” Transportation Research Board, Washington, DC, 1997, Washington DC,

Jones, R., and Mason, G. L., “Developing Relationships between the Vehicle Life Cycle and Terrain Induced Vibrations,” Society of Automotive Engineers International Off-Highway and Power Plant Congress and Exposition, August 1996, Traction and Ride in Off-Highway Terrain, Indianapolis, IN. (50 %)

Mason, G. L., Grivas, D., and Schultz, C., “Forecasting Spatial/Temporal Changes in Vehicle Traction,” Society of Automotive Engineers International Off-Highway and Power Plant Congress and Exposition, August 1996, Traction and Ride in Off-Highway Terrain, Indianapolis, IN. (80 %)

Mason, G. L., Green, J., and Grivas, D., “Minimizing Transportation Costs by Optimizing Vehicle Tire Pressure Using the Central Tire Inflation System Controller,” May 1996, The Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering (CSME) Forum Symposium on Advances in Transportation Systems, Hamilton, Canada. (80 %)

Mason, G. L., and Grivas, D., “Stochastic Mobility Modeling: Forecasting Temporal Changes in Soil Strength,” International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Systems, 5th North American Regional Conference, May 1995, Saskatoon, Canada. (80%)

Mason G. L., “Assigning Confidence Limits to the Formulas in the Army Mobility Model,“ Biennial Conference of the Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering, June 1992, Transport 1992, Symposium on Dynamics of Off-road Vehicle Mobility, Montreal, Canada.

Lessem, A., Ahlvin, R., Mason, G., and Mlakar, P., “Stochastic Vehicle Mobility Forecasts using the NATO Reference Mobility Model: A Brief Introduction, “Biennial Conference of the

26 Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering,” June 1992, Transport 1992, Symposium on Dynamics of Off-road Vehicle Mobility, Montreal, Canada. (50 %)

Lessem, A., Ahlvin, R., Mason, G., and Mlakar, P., “Stochastic Vehicle Mobility Forecasts using the NATO Reference Mobility Model: Risk Assessment”, May 1992, International Society of Terrain and Vehicle Systems, 3rd North American Regional Conference, Sacramento, CA. (40 %)

Mason, G. L., “Terrain Aggregation in Mid Resolution Models,” 59th Military Operations Research Society , June 1991, West Point, NY.

Mason, G. L., “Road Failure and Convoy Movement,” Twenty-ninth Army Operations Research Symposium, October 1989, Ft. Lee, VA.

14c. Other (such as books and book chapters, ERDC Technical Reports, etc.).

McKinley, G. B., Follum M. L., Jourdan, M.R., Mason G. L., Lahatte C. W., and Ellis J. D., “A Route Corridor Flood Vulnerability System,”, August 2012, ERDC/GSL TR-12-29. (40%)

Mason, G. L., Baylot, E. A., Wojtysiak, B. L., Zweidler, S. A., Melick, P., Goerger, N. C., Richmond, P. W., and Green J. G., “Mobility Comparison of MRAP, ASV, and Up-Armored HMMWV Operating in Select Areas of Iraq,” November 2009, ERDC/GSL TR-09-38, (75%)

Richmond, P., Mason, G. L. Coutermarsh, B. A., and Pusey, J., “Mobility Algorithms for Small Unmanned Ground Vehicles”, January 2009, ERDC/GSL TR-09-06. (50%)

Diemand, D., Mason, G.L., Shoop S. A., Wieder W. L., and Seman P. M.,” “Predicting California Bearing Ratio from Trafficability Cone Index Values”, October 2008, ERDC/CRREL TR- 08-17. (60%)

McWilliams, G., Mungiole, M., Mason, G. L., Deliman, N., Greig, S., and Bunch, L. (2005) “Analysis of the Enhanced Tactical Utility of NPOESS Soil Moisture Data Using Combat Simulations,” February 2005, ARL-TR-3427, Army Research Laboratory, Silver Springs, MD 20910. (50 %)

Baylot, A. E., Burhman, G. Q., Green, G. J., Goerger, N. C., Mason, G. L., and Cummins, C. (2005) "Standard for Ground Vehicle Mobility," ERDC/GSL TR-05-6 February 2005. (30 %)

Ballard, R. J., Mason, G. L., Smith, J.A., and Balick, L. K. "Phenomenological Models for Landscape Signatures: Review and Recommendations." ERDC/GSL TR-04-2 March 2004. (50 %)

Mason, G. L., Moore, D., Brandon, G., and Leese. D., “Data Collection and Analysis of Moisture and Soil Strength Information for Validation of New State of the Ground Models”, ERDC/GSL TR-03-22 September 2003 (80%)

Mason, G. L., Ahlvin, R., and Green, J., “Short-Term Operational Forecasts of Trafficability,” ERDC/GSL TR-01-22 October 2001. (80 %)

27 Horner, D., Mason, G. L., Deliman, N., and Jones, R., “Proceedings, Second North American Workshop on Modeling the Mechanics of Off-Road Mobility,” Technical Report GL-97-02 January 1997. (50 %)

Mason, G. L. (1996) “Stochastic Mobility Forecasts, Time Series Estimates and Route Evaluation,” PhD dissertation submitted to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY. (100%)

Lessem, A., Ahlvin, R., Mason, G., and Mlakar, P., “Stochastic Vehicle Mobility Forecasts Using the NATO Reference Mobility Model: Basic Concepts and Procedures,” Technical Report GL- 92-11 August 1992, USAEWES, Vicksburg, MS. (30 %).

Mason, G. L., “Engineer Model Improvement Program; Report 8: “Enhancements to the Road Networks for the Vector-In-Command and Engineer Functional Area Models,” Technical Report GL-91-11, September 1990, USAEWES, Vicksburg, MS.

Mason, G. L. “Engineer Model Improvement Program; Report 4: Effects of Road Degradation on Convoy Movement,” Technical Report GL-91-11, September 1990, USAEWES, Vicksburg, MS.

Mason, G. L., Farr J., and Dean T., (1990) “Engineer Model Improvement Program; Report 1 Standardization of Terrain Data for the Vector-in-Command and Engineer Functional Area Models”, Technical Report GL-90-9, September 1990, USAEWES, Vicksburg, MS. (75%)

Mason, G. L., “Road Failure and Unit Movement,” Thesis submitted to Mississippi State Uni- versity, May 1990, Mississippi State, MS.

Gillespie, R. H., Mason, G. L., and May, C. R. “Test Results for the Hard Mobile Launcher Mobility Test Bed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, MT, 1988,” Technical Report GL-89-2, January 1989, USAEWES, Vicksburg, MS. (80 %)

Mason, G. L., and Gillespie, R. H. “Test Results for the Hard Mobile Launcher Mobility Test Bed at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Great Falls, MT,” Technical Report GL-88-17, September 1988, USAEWES Vicksburg, MS. (80 %)

Gillespie, R. H., and Mason, G. L. “Test Results for the Hard Mobile Launcher Mobility Test Program at Yuma Proving Ground, Yuma, AZ,” Technical Report GL-88-8, June 1988, USAEWES, Vicksburg, MS. (80 %)

Mason, G. L., and Gillespie, R. H. “Development of a Terrain and Road Data Base for HML Transporter Concepts,” Technical Report GL-85-12, September 1985, USAEWES, Vicksburg, MS. (80 %)

Green, C. E., and Mason, G. L. “Mobility Performance of the BV206, M116A1, M116WES, M113SIT, and Standard M113,” Technical Report GL-85-7, June 1985, USAEWES, Vicksburg, MS. (50 %)

28 Most Significant Publications. Can have up to 10; will need citation and first page of each. For most significant, can include first 10 to 15 pages

George L. Mason, Burhman Q. Gates, and Victoria D. Moore., “Determining forces required to override obstacles for ground vehicles,” Journal of Terramechnaics, August 2012, Vol 49, pp 191-196. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jterra.2012.04.001, (75%)

Durst, P. J., Mason G. L., Mckinley G. B., and Baylot E. A.,” Predicting RMS surface roughness using fractal dimension and PSD parameters,” Journal of Terra Mechanics, 2010, doi:10.1016/j.jterra.2010.05.004. (50%)

Eastes, W. J., Mason, G. L., and Kusinger, A. E., "Thermal Signature Characteristics of Vehicle/Terrain Interaction Disturbances: Implications for Battlefield Vehicle Classification,” Applied Spectroscopy, January 2004, Vol. 58, pp 510-515. (55 %)

Mason, G. L., Ahlvin, R., and Green, J., “Short-Term Operational Forecasts of Trafficability,” ERDC/GSL TR-01-22 October 2001. (80 %)

Mason, G. L., Evans, J., Haskins, R., and Dunbar, J., 2012 “Patent for Detection of Subsurface Failures in Barriers,” Patent Number 7,777,496. (50%)

Mason, G. L., Green, J., Hall, K., and Durst, B., ”Ridged Polyurethane Foam Applications for Minefield Neutralization,” Journal of Terra Mechanics, 2000, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 87-98. (75 %)

Lessem, A., Ahlvin, R., and Mason, G., ”Stochastic Mobility Model: A Brief Introduction,” , Journal of Terra Mechanics, 1996, Vol. 33, No. 6, pp. 273-280. (50 %)

Mason, G.L., 1997, “Central Tire Inflation System Controller,” Patent Number 5,647,927

Mason, G.L., Baylot, E.A., Wojtysiak, B.L., Zweidler, S.A., Melick, P., Goerger, N.C., Richmond P. W., and Green J. G., “Mobility Comparison of MRAP, ASV, and Up-Armored HMMWV Operating in Select Areas of Iraq,” November 2009, ERDC/GSL TR-09-38 (75%)