COL James E. Richards Assistant Professor Mathematical Sciences james.richards [at] westpoint.edu About Education Research & Publications Colonel Jed Richards is an IMA reservist in the Department of Mathematical Sciences at West Point. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering (USMA 2001) and in S.M. in System Design and Management (MIT, 2010). His research interests include modeling and simulation of autonomous military systems and applications of digital engineering for defense acquisition. In his civilian capacity, he is an operations research analyst in the Institute for Systems Engineering Research (ISER) at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). Jed is married to Cy Richards and they have three children, Josh, Coby and Mitch. B.S. in Mechanical Engineering - U.S. Military AcademyM.S. in Engineering Management - Missouri University of Science and TechnologyM.S. in System Design and Management - Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Interests Modeling and simulation, Model based systems engineering Current Research Modeling and simulation of autonomous ground vehicles, Multi-modal distributed routing of contested military logistics, Assessment methods for military installations and infrastructure