Dr. Jason Roth is the U.S. Army’s Senior Research Scientist for Weapons Effects and Structural Dynamics. He was selected for Senior Professional (ST) service to the U.S. Army in 2020 and is stationed at the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi. In this role, Dr. Roth guides research and development on blast and ballistic effects against conventional and hardened structures, techniques for expedient battlefield protection, numerical methods to predict and understand the behaviors of structures and materials under extreme dynamic loads, and characterization of emerging threats effects against structures and systems. Dr. Roth provides leadership for the Army’s protection against Advanced Weapons Effects and Expedient Passive Protection S&T research areas, and supports collaborations across the Department of Defense, other government agencies, and international research communities.
Career Chronology:
- Senior Research Scientist (Weapons Effects and Structural Dynamics), Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, ERDC, Vicksburg, Mississippi, June 2020 – present.
- Senior Research Structural Engineer, Geosciences and Structures Division, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, ERDC, Vicksburg, Mississippi, August 2016 – June 2020.
- Research Civil Engineer, Survivability Engineering Branch, Geotechnical and Structures Laboratory, ERDC, Vicksburg, Mississippi, April 2002 – August 2016.
College:
- PhD, Computational Solid Mechanics, University of California at Los Angeles, 2013
- MS, Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, 2007
- BS, Civil Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, Mississippi, 1998
Certifications:
- Registered Professional Engineer, Mississippi
Awards and Honors:
- 2018 ERDC Research and Development Achievement Award
- 2014 Herbert D. Vogel Award – Engineer
- 2010 Excellence in Technology Transfer Award, Federal Laboratory Consortium
- 2009 Army Research and Development Achievement Award
- 2008 Society of American Military Engineers – Toulmin Medal
- 2008 Army Research and Development Achievement Award
- 2005 Army Research and Development Achievement Award
- U.S. Patent 2010/0229714, Cement Based Laminated Armor Panels
- U.S. Patent 8,061,257, Cement Based Armor Panel System
- U.S. Patent 8,030,377, Self-leveling Cementitious Composition with Controlled Strength Development and Ultra-High Compressive Strength Articles Made from Same
- GEN Petraeus letter of recognition, overhead cover protection in Iraq and Afghanistan
Professional memberships and associations:
- U.S. Association for Computational Mechanics
- Society of American Military Engineers
Major Publications:
- Huang, T.H., J.S. Chen, H. Wei, M.J. Roth, J.A. Sherburn, J.E. Bishop, M.R. Tupek and E.H. Fang. 2020. A MUSCL-SCNI approach for meshfree modeling of shock waves in fluids. Computational Particle Mechanics. DOI:1007/s40571-019-00248-x.
- Roth, M.J., J.S. Chen, T.R. Slawson and K.T. Danielson. 2016. Stable and flux conserved meshfree formulation to model shocks. Computational Mechanics. DOI: 10.1007/s00466-016-1260-8.
- Roth, M.J. J.S. Chen, K.T. Danielson and T.R. Slawson. 2016. Hydrodynamic meshfree method for high-rate solid dynamics using a Rankine-Hugoniot enhancement in a Riemann-SCNI framework. Int. Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. DOI:10.1002/nme.5266.
- Roth, M.J. C.W. Ertle, N. Boone, D.C. Guynes, A.J. Jackson, R.E. Magee, D.V. Senior. 2016. Birds Point-New Madrid Floodway Alternate Explosive Breaching System. ERDC/GSL TR-16-3. Vicksburg, MS: U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center.
- Sherburn, J. J. Roth, J.S. Chen and M. Hillman. 2015. Meshfree modeling of concrete slab perforation using a reproducing kernel particle impact and penetration formulation. International Journal of Impact Engineering. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijimpeg.2015.07.009.
- Department of Defense. 2014. Detail Specification for Expeditionary Barrier System. MIL-DTL-32488. Philadelphia, PA: DLA Document Services, ASSIST Database.
- Sherburn, J., M. Hammons, and J. Roth. 2014. Modeling finite thickness slab perforation using a coupled Eulerian-Lagrangian approach. International Journal for Solids and Structures, 51: 4406-4413. DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2014.09.007.
- Roth, M.J., C.D. Eamon, T.R. Slawson, T.D. Tonyan, and A. Dubey. 2010. Ultra-high strength, glass fiber-reinforced concrete: mechanical behavior and numerical modeling. ACI Materials Journal. Vol. 107, No. 2, pp. 185-194.
- Department of Defense. 2007. Performance Specification for Expeditionary Earth Filled Protective Barriers. MIL-PRF-32277. Philadelphia, PA: DLA Document Services, ASSIST Database.