Don Snyder

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Senior Physical Scientist
Santa Monica Office

Education

Ph.D. in geology, University of California, Berkeley

Overview

Biography

Don Snyder is a senior physical scientist at the RAND Corporation.

Snyder specializes in mathematical modeling and the development and maintenance of robust, complex systems. He also has extensive experience and numerous peer-reviewed publications in mathematical modeling in the physical sciences, including the mechanics of buoyant plumes, low-Reynold's number fluid mechanics, radiative heat transfer, equilibrium and nonequilibrium chemical thermodynamics, and experimental in situ micro-Raman spectroscopy at high temperatures and pressures. Snyder has mixed theoretical and experimental approaches in all of these areas of research. He has served as an ad hoc member of the U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board.

Snyder received a B.A. in mathematics and B.A. in geology from Franklin and Marshall College and a Ph.D. in geology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Research Focus

Previous Positions

Maítre de Conférences, associé, Université de Paris VII; Assistant Research Scientist, University of Michigan

Recent Projects

  • Assessing capabilities and risks in Air Force programming
  • Assessing and mitigating vulnerabilities in networked systems
  • Reinvigorating the Air Force nuclear enterprise
  • Modeling how sustainment efforts impact operational readiness in the Global Positioning System

Selected Publications

Don Snyder et al., Assessing Capabilities and Risks in Air Force Programming: Framework, Metrics, and Methods, RAND Corporation (MG-815), 2009

Don Snyder et al., How Should Air Force Expeditionary Medical Capabilities Be Expressed? RAND Corporation (MG-785), 2009

Don Snyder et al., Sustaining Air Force Space Systems: A Model for the Global Positioning System, RAND Corporation (MG-525-AF), 2007

Don Snyder and Patrick Mills, "Air Force Deployments: Estimating the Requirement," Air Force Journal of Logistics, 30(2), 2006

Don Snyder et al., Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: Capabilities and Sustainability of Air and Space Expeditionary Forces, RAND Corporation (MG-303-AF), 2006

Don Snyder and Patrick Mills, Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: A Methodology for Determining Air Force Deployment Requirements, RAND Corporation (MG-176-AF), 2004

Languages

French

Publications

Improving Joint Expeditionary Medical Planning Tools Based on a Patient Flow Approach - 2012

Assessing Capabilities and Risks in Air Force Programming: Framework, Metrics, and Methods - 2009

How Should Air Force Expeditionary Medical Capabilities Be Expressed? - 2009

First Steps - 2008

A New Tool Forecasts Programmed Depot Maintenance Workloads for Aging Aircraft - 2007

Programmed Depot Maintenance Capacity Assessment Tool: Workloads, Capacity, and Availability - 2007

Sustaining Air Force Space Systems: New Metrics Show How Investments Affect Operational Performance - 2007

Sustaining Air Force Space Systems: A Model for the Global Positioning System - 2007

Measuring Capabilities of Air and Space Expeditionary Forces to Meet Policy Goals and Control Deployments - 2006

Strategic Analysis of Air National Guard Combat Support and Reachback Functions - 2006

Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: Capabilities and Sustainability of Air and Space Expeditionary Forces - 2006

Transforming Combat Support in the Air National Guard Would Support Air Force Deployment and Sustainment Goals - 2006

Aging Aircraft Repair-Replacement Decisions with Depot-Level Capacity as a Policy Choice Variable - 2005

Balancing Rapid Acquisition of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles with Support Considerations - 2005

Repairing or Replacing Aging Aircraft: How Do Modifications and Depot Capacity Affect the Decision? - 2005

Unmanned Aerial Vehicle End-to-End Support Considerations - 2005

Supporting Air and Space Expeditionary Forces: A Methodology for Determining Air Force Deployment Requirements - 2004

Reconfiguring Footprint to Speed Expeditionary Aerospace Forces Deployment - 2003

Measurement and Analysis of the Quality of Life : With Exploratory Illustrations of Applications to Career and Transportation Choices. - 1970