James H. Lambert

About

James H. Lambert is a Professor at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science, where he serves as the Director of the Center for Risk Management of Engineering Systems and the site director for the NSF Center for Hardware and Embedded Systems Security & Trust. He holds multiple faculty appointments, including Professor of Systems & Information Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, and is a Faculty Representative and member of the UVA Board of Visitors for 2025-26. His research interests focus on systems engineering and risk analysis, with particular emphasis on the disruption and resilience of system orders, systems security, and trust with embedded computing devices. Dr. Lambert has received numerous awards recognizing his contributions to risk analysis and engineering education, including the Richard J. Burk Distinguished Service Award, the Distinguished Educator Award from the Society for Risk Analysis, and election as a Fellow of the AAAS, IEEE, ASCE, and SRA. He has served in leadership roles such as President of the Society for Risk Analysis, General Co-Chair of the IEEE International Conference on Control, Decision and Information Technologies, and Chair of various international engineering and risk conferences. His professional service includes editorial roles, participation in national committees, and contributions to research programs related to risk management, infrastructure, and environmental engineering. Dr. Lambert earned…

Research topics

• Computer Science
• Computer Security
• Business
• Telecommunications

Selected publications

• Trust and security of electric vehicle-to-grid systems and hardware supply chains

  Reliability Engineering & System Safety · 2022 · 55 citations

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• Geospatially explicit technoeconomic assessment of sustainable aviation fuel production: A regional case study in Virginia

  Fuel Communications · 2024-04-08 · 10 citations

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  There is strong interest in sustainable aviation fuels (SAF) to decarbonize aviation; however, local decision-makers will need to consider what additional incentives could stimulate SAF commercialization within their own jurisdictions. This study analyzed SAF production in Virginia, evaluating two biomass-to-energy platforms (gasification Fischer Tropsch [GFT] and pyrolysis) and two regionally abundant feedstocks (woody wastes and municipal solid wastes). A suite of open-access modeling tools we…

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• Systemic Risk Analysis of Agriculture with Climate and Other Stressors

  2024-04-15 · 6 citations

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  Climate and other stressors such as aging facilities, population shifts, political tensions, and technological advancements compound challenges affecting logistics systems, including availability and sourcing of food and water supplies. Ensuring availability of resources is critical to maintaining economic and social balances. For arid regions, particularly those with transboundary watersheds, identifying and addressing risks to the agriculture sector due to water scarcity is critical. The compl…

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• Sensitivity of development goals to water scarcity of Iraq and transboundary regions

  Sustainable Horizons · 2024-08-10 · 5 citations

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  • This study develops the use of particular social, hydrological, and other environmental factors in a risk register of basins and vulnerable populations, where societal priorities vary across scenarios of hydrology and water. • Identification of the least disruptive scenario identify that population density is lowest in basins exposed to the warmest air temperatures. • An urban-to-rural migration pattern, such as prompted by a public health crisis, would significantly disrupt basin order given…

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• Process Quality Assurance of Artificial Intelligence in Medical Diagnosis

  2024-05-08 · 3 citations

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  While artificial Intelligence (AI) has shown promising results in the healthcare field, it is undeniable that there are risks associated with AI in healthcare that society must acknowledge. This paper presents a comprehensive systems modeling framework aimed at evaluating trust and being responsive to reasons for mistrust and distrust in AI-assisted medical diagnosis, with a specific focus on the diagnosis of cardiac sarcoidosis, utilizing Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) techniques. Th…

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Recent grants

• Assessing International Collaboration Opportunities for Science and Technology Innovation: Methods and Approaches

  NSF · $99k · 2018–2022

• Phase I IUCRC University of Virginia: Center for Hardware and Embedded System Security and Trust (CHEST)

  NSF · $750k · 2019–2026

Frequent coauthors

• Thomas L. Polmateer

  97 shared

• Igor Linkov

  U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center

  76 shared

• Yacov Y. Haimes

  University of Virginia

  63 shared

• Zachary A. Collier

  Radford University

  57 shared

• Cody A. Pennetti

  University of Virginia

  39 shared

• Davis C. Loose

  University of Virginia

  38 shared

• Daniel J. Andrews

  University of Virginia

  37 shared

• Shital Thekdi

  35 shared

Labs

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Education

• PhD, Civil and Environmental Engineering

  University of Virginia

  1994

• M.S., Civil and Environmental Engineering

  University of Virginia

  1990

• B.S.E., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

  Princeton University

  1988

Awards & honors

• Richard J. Burk Distinguished Service Award, Society for Ris…
• Best Student Paper Award, IEEE TEMSCOM, San Diego, CA, USA (…
• Distinguished Educator Award, Society for Risk Analysis (202…
• Best Paper Award, iCSEng--30th International Conference on S…
• Election to Fellow, AAAS (2020)

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