Jeremy M. Eckhause

Senior Operations Researcher

Washington Office

Education

Ph.D. in civil engineering, University of Maryland, College Park; M.S.E. in operations research, Princeton University; B.A. in mathematics, University of Pennsylvania

One Page Bio

Overview

Jeremy Eckhause is a senior operations researcher at the RAND Corporation. He has over 20 years' experience developing novel applications of operations research to a variety of applications of interest for transportation, government, and defense agencies and services. He supports and leads projects within the Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center (HSOAC) and the Arroyo Center, as well as for Project AIR FORCE, the National Defense Research Institute (NDRI), and RAND Social and Economic Well-Being. His focus areas include resource and personnel allocation, transportation modeling and analysis (especially aviation), supply chain analysis and logistics, R&D portfolio analysis and optimization, and public-sector investment under technological uncertainty.

He has produced original research that has been published in peer-reviewed journals, such as Energy Policy, IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, and Military Operations Research, and has presented at numerous conferences. He has been an invited lecturer at the IFP Graduate School in France and the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW) in Berlin.

Research Focus

Selected Publications

Eckhause, Jeremy M., David T. Orletsky, Aaron C. Davenport, Mel Eisman, Raza Khan, Jonathan Theel, Marc Thibault, Dulani Woods, and Michelle D. Ziegler, Meeting U.S. Coast Guard Airpower Needs: Assessing the Options, RAND Corporation (RR-3179-DHS), 2020

Banal-Estañol, A., Eckhause, J., Massol, O., "Incentives for Early Adoption of Carbon Capture Technology: Further Considerations from a European Perspective," Energy Policy, 90, 2016

Eckhause, J., Herold, J., "Using Real Options to Evaluate Optimal Funding Strategies for Carbon Capture, Transport and Storage Projects in the European Union," Energy Policy, 66, 2014

Eckhause, J., Gabriel, S., Hughes, D., "An Integer Programming Approach for Evaluating R&D Funding Decisions with Optimal Budget Allocations," IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 59(4), 2012

Eckhause, J., Hughes, D., Gabriel, S., "Evaluating Real Options for Mitigating Technical Risk in Public Sector R&D Acquisitions," International Journal of Project Management, 27(4), 2009

Linick, Michael E., Igor Mikolic-Torreira, Katharina Ley Best, Alexander Stephenson, Jeremy M. Eckhause, Isaac Baruffi, Christopher M. Carson, Eric J. Duckworth, and Melissa Bauman, A Throughput-Based Analysis of Army Active Component/Reserve Component Mix for Major Contingency Surge Operations, RAND Corporation (RR-1516-OSD), 2019

Resnick, Adam C., Jeremy M. Eckhause, and James Syme, Army Stock Positioning: How Can Distribution Performance Be Improved?RAND Corporation (RR-1375-A), 2017

Pernin, Christopher G., Katharina Ley Best, Matthew E. Boyer, Jeremy M. Eckhause, John Gordon IV, Dan Madden, Katherine Pfrommer, Anthony D. Rosello, Michael Schwille, Michael Shurkin, and Jonathan P. Wong, Enabling the Global Response Force: Access Strategies for the 82nd Airborne Division, RAND Corporation (RR-1161-A), 2016

Publications

Report
Optimizing Portfolio-Level Modernization Investment: An Overview of the Aim Point Investment Model (APIM)
This report introduces the Aim Point Investment Model, which helps decisionmakers allocate portfolio-level resources based on existing Army data sources, subject to constraints on the U.S. Army's ability to employ those resources productively.
Mar 27, 2023
Report
Meeting U.S. Coast Guard Airpower Needs: Assessing the Options
Researchers assessed what airpower fleet mixes could best posture the U.S. Coast Guard to execute its various missions globally to meet future operational requirements. This report provides their findings and recommendations.
Apr 21, 2020
Report
Projecting Air Force Rated Officer Inventory Across the Total Force: Total Force Blue Line Model for Rated Officer Management
Managing the flow of Air Force rated officers has become more challenging. In this report, the authors document their efforts to develop a long-term career field planning model for all rated officers across the Total Force.
Sep 4, 2019
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A Throughput-Based Analysis of Army Active Component/Reserve Component Mix for Major Contingency Surge Operations
This report examines how changing the way in which the Army executes mobilization and contingency planning can affect the ratio of reserve component to active component units deploying in the early weeks of a major crisis.
May 8, 2019
Report
Army Installation Rail Operations: Implications of Increased Outsourcing
In this report, we evaluate the three business models that the Army relies on for its on-post rail operations and determine whether greater reliance on commercial rail assets could meet Army rail needs at a lower cost.
Jan 8, 2018
Report
Army Stock Positioning: How Can Distribution Performance Be Improved?
This report analyzes how the U.S. Army can improve its distribution of heavy secondary items that account for a small proportion of the overall number of items the Army must ship to users but comprise a large proportion of the weight it ships.
Aug 14, 2017
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Articulating the Effects of Infrastructure Resourcing on Air Force Missions: Competing Approaches to Inform the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System
Describes and assesses the strengths and weaknesses of several analytic approaches for linking infrastructure resources to readiness and for articulating the effect of infrastructure underfunding in the Air Force Program Objective Memorandum process.
Apr 17, 2017
Report
Enabling the Global Response Force: Access Strategies for the 82nd Airborne Division
The Global Response Force is built for rapid response to unforeseen operations. This study recommends specific GRF access strategies for each geographic combatant command given constraints in aircraft, intermediate staging bases, and other factors.
Jul 28, 2016
Report
Expanding Flight Research: Capabilities, Needs, and Management Options for NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate
NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate asked RAND to assess flight research capabilities and needs, and to identify management options that would facilitate increased and improved flight research.
Jun 27, 2016