Barry C. Ezell Senior Principal Analyst

     Dr. Ezell has tens years of experience applying operations research and systems analysis in DoD and DHS.  Recent experiences include: (1) quick-turn mission to Republic of Georgia to determine air defense capability gaps; (2) special assignment to DHS as technical expert for applying probabilistic risk analysis for weapons of mass destruction CBRN terrorism risk assessment. Barry has authored 24 papers and currently serves as associate editor for Military Operations Research and a reviewer for (1) Risk Analysis, (2) Homeland Security and Emergency Management, (3) Reliability Engineering and System Safety and (4) Infrastructure Systems journals. He is a member of the Society of Risk Analysis, Military Operations Research Society, Association of the United States Army, and recipient of the Distinguished Graduate Award from the Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Engineering Management, Old Dominion University, 2005
M.S., Systems Engineering, University of Virginia, 1998
B.S., Mechanical Engineering Technology, University of Mississippi, 1988

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Barry Charles Ezell, Detlof von Winterfeldt. Biosecurity and Bioterrorism: Biodefense Strategy, Practice, and Science. March 2009, 7(1): 108-110.

Barry C. Ezell, “Critical Infrastructure Vulnerability Assessment Model (I-VAM)”, Risk Analysis, Vol. 27, No. 3., 2007.

 

Barry C. Ezell and Kenneth Crowther, “Philosophical Issues and Their Implications for the Systems Architect”, Foundations of Science, Jun, 2007.

 

Barry C. Ezell, Yacov Y. Haimes, and James H. Lambert, “Risks of Cyber Attack to Water Utility Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition Systems”, Military Operations Research Journal, Vol. 6, No. 2, 2001.

 

Barry C. Ezell, John V. Farr, and Ian Wiese, “The Infrastructure Risk Analysis Model”, The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE):  Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2000.

 

Barry C. Ezell, John V. Farr, and Ian Wiese, “An Infrastructure Risk Analysis of a Municipal Water Distribution System”, The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE):  Journal of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2000.

Invited Speaker: Society of Risk Analysis Conference:  Quantifying Vulnerability to Critical Infrastructure and Net-centric Risk Analysis,4-6 December 2006; Homeland Security Symposium, University of Southern California, 15-16 January 2005; Keynote Address Inaugural National SCADA Conference of New Zealand, 28-29 October 2003; SCADA Conference, Sydney, Australia, 18 June 2003; and European SCADA Conference, London, England, 14-16 February 2003.