Shane Tierney (he/him) is a technical analyst at RAND. He has worked with the RAND Arroyo Center, National Defense Research Institute, Homeland Security Operational Analysis Center, and Project Air Force on a range of governmental and defense-related projects in such areas as force modernization, force structure analysis, novel technologies, operations analysis, and data management.

Tierney received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in aerospace engineering from Penn State University. His research while there was focused on autonomous rotorcraft control systems.

Education

M.S. in aerospace engineering, Penn State University; B.S. in aerospace engineering, Penn State University

Selected Work

  • Evans, Sandra Kay, Bonnie L. Triezenberg, Yuliya Shokh, Sarah W. Denton, Shane Tierney, Henry Hargrove, Daniel M. Norton, Carra S. Sims, and Ajay K. Kochhar, Preparing the Force for Data-Centric Warfighting: A Summary of the Research, RAND Corporation (RR-A2317-1), 2024
  • Shane Tierney, Katharina Ley Best, M. Wade Markel, RAND's Multi-Period Assessment of Force Flow with Modernization (MPAFF-M) Tool User Guide, RAND Corporation (RR-A840-1), 2023
  • Dimarogonas, James, Jasmin Léveillé, Jan Osburg, Shane Tierney, Bonnie L. Triezenberg, Graham Andrews, Bryce Downing, Muharrem Mane, and Monica Rico, Universal Command and Control Language Early System Engineering: Performance Effects of a Universal Command and Control Standard, RAND Corporation (RR-A744-2), 2023
  • Wilson, Bradley, Shane Tierney, and Rachel M. Burns, Characterizing the Performance of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems, RAND Corporation (RR-A1566-2), 2023
  • Wirth, Anna Jean, John A. Ausink, Bradley DeBlois, Sale Lilly, Dara Massicot, Maria McCollester, Ronald G. McGarvey, Michael Kennedy, Shane Tierney, and Liam McLane, Replicating Threats in Operational Test and Training Infrastructure: The Investment Required to Keep Pace with Adversary Threat Generation, RAND Corporation (RR-A1002-1), 2023
  • Wirth, Anna Jean, Thomas Light, Daniel M. Romano, Shane Tierney, Ronald G. McGarvey, Moon Kim, Michael J. Lostumbo, Amanda Nguyen, Paul Emslie, and John G. Drew, Evaluating Alternative Maintenance Manpower Force Structure Concepts for the F-35A, RAND Corporation (RR-4433-AF), 2020
  • Wilson, Bradley, Shane Tierney, Brendan Toland, Rachel M. Burns, Colby P. Steiner, Christopher Scott Adams, Michael Nixon, Raza Khan, Michelle D. Ziegler, Jan Osburg, and Ike Chang, Small Unmanned Aerial System Adversary Capabilities, RAND Corporation (RR-3023-DHS), 2020
  • Best, Katharina Ley, Jon Schmid, Shane Tierney, Jalal Awan, Nahom M. Beyene, Maynard A. Holliday, Raza Khan, and Karen Lee, How to Analyze the Cyber Threat from Drones: Background, Analysis Frameworks, and Analysis Tools, RAND Corporation (RR-2972-RC), 2020

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