EDUCATION 

Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, University of Michigan, 2001

M.S, Geological Engineering, University of Arizona, 1982

B.S, Geological Engineering, Michigan Tech University, 1979

PROFESSIONAL RECORD

U.S. Army, Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory (Ret)

Technical Director of Terrestrial and Geospatial Sciences, 2010 to 2011

Research Engineer, 1987 to 2021

Registered Professional Engineer, 1991 to Present, Arctic Qualified (2003)

Research Engineer, ConocoPhillips Research & Development, 1982-1987

Mining Engineer, U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1979−1980

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS & ACTIVITIES

Books/Chapters

Frost Action in Soils: Fundamentals and Mitigation in a Changing Climate. ASCE. 2020

Terramechanics Around the World: Celebrating Fifty Years of ISTVS. 2012

Terrain Characterization for Trafficability Studies. 2009. Advances in Soil Dynamics Vol 3 Chapter 2.

Journal Editor

J. Terramechanics (Ed) 1997 – 2008

J. Terramechanics Special Issues:  Snow Mobility (2009); Robotics (2009),50th Anniversary (2012)

J. Terramechanics Editorial Board 1995 to Present

Professional Offices and Committees

            ASCE Cold Regions Engineering Division Chair (2018-2019); Executive Committee (2015 to 2021);

                Member and Past Chair Frozen Ground committee, Member of Transportation and Infrastructure

ISTVS President (2011 to 2014), Deputy General Secretary for the Americas - 2012 to 2021

NATO Advanced Vehicle Technology Committees and Task Groups:

    Modeling and Simulation for Autonomous Mobility Assessment 2018-2021

    Standards for Next Generation NATO Reference Mobility Modeling (NG-NRMM) 2018-2021

    European Capabilities Demonstration of Technology for NG-NRMM 2019-2021

    Next Generation NATO Reference Mobility Model (NG-NRMM) 2015-2018

    Capabilities Demonstration of Technology for NG-NRMM 2017-2018

    Exploratory Team for Next Generation Mobility Model 2014-2015

    Off-Road Mobility Modeling, 2004 – 2006

    Technical Management Committee, NATO Reference Mobility Model (NRMM), 1993 – 1997

    UN Specialists Team, Reducing the Impact of Forest Operations on Ecosystems, 1995 – 1999

National Academy of Sciences Delegate, 6th International Conf on Permafrost, Beijing, 1993

Member

American Society of Civil Engineers

International Society for Terrain-Vehicle Systems (ISTVS)

American Geophysical Union (Past Member)

US Permafrost Association

SELECT AWARDS & HONORS

2022 ASCE Harold R. Peyton Award for Cold Regions Engineering

2021 US Army, Meritorious Civilian Service Medal

2021 Best Paper “Improving Winter Traction for Vehicles in Northern Operations” at Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering & Technology Symposium: Bridge the Gap & Transition Technologies to the Warfighter

2021 Outstanding Innovation in R&D (ERDC): Snow and Terrain Imagery Analysis for Autonomous Vehicles

2020 ISTVS Bekker-Reece-Radforth Award for exceptional achievements in the field of Terramehcanics

2020 NATO Panel Excellence for Task Group AVT-248 Next Generation NATO Reference Mobility Model

2018 US Army Certificate of Appreciation for “All Things Korea” Korean Peninsula Engineer Analysis”

2018 Research and Development Achievement Award (ERDC): Phoenix Deep-Snow Runway in Antarctica

2018 Excellence in Operational Support (ERDC): A Deep Snow Runway for Antarctica 2018

2017 US Army, Commander’s Award for Civilian Service for snow road and skiway design and construction support to NSF’s first ever deep snow runway for wheeled aircraft

2014 Outstanding Team Award (ERDC): Space-Based Environmental Monitoring Analysis of Alternatives

2014 Outstanding Team Award (ERDC): Optimal Allocation of Land for Training and Non-Training Uses

2012 US Antarctica Service Medal for Service to US Expeditions in Antarctica

2011 CRREL Lifetime Achievement Award for Cold Regions Engineering and Mentoring

2010 Armed With Science DoD Science top 10: Synthetic Automotive Virtual Environments

2010 R&D Operational Support Award ERDC-CERL): Vehicle Impact Analysis

2009 Program Development Achievement Award (ERDC) for All-season Vehicle Mobility

2008 Outstanding Team Award (ERDC):  Joint Rapid Airfield Construction

2007 Outstanding Team Award (ERDC):  C17 Flight Testing on Unpaved Airfields

2007 Customer Impact Award (ERDC):  Opportune Landing Site Program 2007.

2007 US Army Superior Unit Award to Corps of Engineers

2006 History Channel’s “Modern Marvels: Snow”

1996 US Army Certificate of Achievement for Civilian Service, Operation Joint Endeavor, Bosnia

1992 Federal Women’s Program Award for long term mentoring, role model, and teaching at the Vermont Technology Summer Tech Camp for Girls

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS from over 200 publications, papers and government reports:

Shoop, S., et al. 2021. Improving Winter Traction for Vehicles in Northern Operations. Proceedings NDIA the Ground Vehicle Systems Engineering and Technology Symposium. Novi, MI.  Best paper of Symposium.

Menke, A., S. Shoop, and B. Elder. 2021. Operation of Pavement Friction Testing Equipment in Cold Environments. Proc. Regional Conf. on Permafrost and Int’l. Conf. on Cold Regions Engr., Boulder, CO.

Olivier, J. and S. Shoop. 2021. Imagery Classification for Ground Vehicle Mobility in Cold Weather Environments. Proc. 20th ISTVS Int’l. and 9th Americas Regional Conf., 27-29 Sept, Online

Parker, M, B. Quinn, J. Bates, T. Hodgdon, M. Bodie, S. Shoop, and A. Stott. 2021. Exploring Cold Regions Autonomous Operations. J. Terramechanics, SI: AI Applied to Terramechanics. 96, p. 159-165.

Sinclair, S. and S. Shoop. 2019. Automated Detection of Austere Entry Landing Zones: A “GRAIL Tools” Validation Assessment. Transactions in GIS. 2019; 00: p. 1–15. DOI: 10.1111/tgis.12584.

Wieder, W., S. Shoop, L. Barna, T. Franz and C. Finkenbiner. 2018. Comparison of Soil Strength Measurements of Agricultural Soil in Nebraska. J. Terramechanics. 77, p. 31–48.

Wieder W. L.  and S. A.  Shoop. 2018. State of the Knowledge of Vegetation Impacts on Soil Strength and Trafficability. J. Terramechanics. 78, p. 1–14.

Sopher, A. and S. Shoop. 2017. Stress Analysis of the Phoenix Compacted Snow Runway to Support Wheeled Aircraft. Proc. ASCE Congress on Technical Advancement, 10-13 Sept, Duluth, MN.

Shoop, S., A. Sopher, J. Stanley, T. Botha, C. Becker, and S. Ells. 2016. Digital Image Correlation for Off-Road Mobility. Proc NDIA Ground Vehicle Systems Engr. & Technology Sym., 2-4 Aug, Novi, MI.

Shoop, Melendy, Tracy, Stanley, Souza, Sala, and Thivierge. 2015. Expedient Skiway Reconnaissance and Operations near Resolute Bay, Canada. Proc. ASCE Conf. Cold Regions Eng., Salt Lake City, p 476-487.

Shoop, S. and M. Kestler. 2015. Updating Side Friction Factors for Unpaved Road Design. Transportation Research Record (TRR) 2472, p. 19-28.

Shoop, S, B. Coutermarsh, T. Cary, H. Howard. 2015. Quantifying Vegetation Biomass Impacts on Vehicle Mobility. J. Terramechanics. 61, p. 63–76.

Shoop, Kestler, Weider, MacDonald. 2014. Lateral and longitudinal traction measurements on unpaved and winter road surfaces. Proceedings of the 18th International Conference of the ISTVS. South Korea.

Shoop, SA, Alger, RG, Knuth, MA 2013. A New SnowPaver for Snow Road Construction, Proceedings of theASCE-ISCORD Conference, Anchorage, June 2013. p. 24-40

Shoop, Knuth, Weider. 2013. Measuring vehicle impacts on snow roads. J. Terramechanics, Vol 50(1), 63-71.

Coutermarsh, B., K. MacDonald, and S. Shoop. 2011. Assessing the Transfer of Simulator Trained Skills to Real Vehicle Control, Proceedings of the 6th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design, Lake Tahoe, Utah.

Shoop, S., B. Coutermarsh, J. Stanley 2010. High-Speed Vehicle Operations on Gravel Surfaces. Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, Detroit, MI April 2010. SAE paper 2010-01-0640. SAE Special Publication on Load Simulation and Analysis in Automotive Engineering SP 2274.

Coutermarsh, B. and S. Shoop  2010. Lateral Force versus Tire Angle Measurements for Various Field Conditions. Society of Automotive Engineers World Congress, Detroit, MI April 2010.  SAE paper 2010-01-0374. SAE Special Publication on Load Simulation and Analysis in Automotive Engineering SP 2274.

Shoop, S. G. Phetteplace, W. Wieder, G. Blaisdell, J. Weale, M. Knuth 2009. Snow Roads at McMurdo Station Antarctica.  Proc 11th European Conf ISTVS.Bremen, October 5-8 2009.  Paper 59.

Parker, M., S. Shoop, B. Coutermarsh, K. Wesson, J. Stanley, 2009. Verification and Validation of a Winter Driving Simulator.  J. Terramechanics Special Issue on Snow Mobility. 46(4) p.127-139.

Lever, J., S. Shoop, and R.I. Bernhard. 2009. Design of Lightweight Robots for Over-Snow Mobility. J. Terramechanics Special Issue on Robotics. 46(3), p. 67-74.

Coutermarsh, B. and S. Shoop, 2009. Tire Slip-Angle Force Measurements on Winter Surfaces. J. Terramechanics Special Issue on Snow Mobility. 46(4), p. 158-163.

Shoop, S., R. Affleck, R. Haehnel. and V Janoo. 2008. Mechanical behavior modeling of thaw-weakened soil.  Cold Regions Science and Technology, Int’l Polar Year 2008 Special Issue, Vol. 52, No. 2, p. 191-206.

Shoop, S., B. Coutermarsh, P Ayers, A. Anderson, and R. Affleck. 2008. Tire Force and Terrain Disturbance Measurements during Turning Maneuvers. Trans of Am Soc. Ag. Bio. Eng., Vol. 51(6): 1869-1878.

Coutermarsh, B. and S. Shoop. 2008. Modeling wheel loading on frozen ground, Proceedings of the16th Int’l ISTVS Conf., Turin, Italy, Nov. 2008. (Best paper in session). Pg 354-361.

Shoop, S. and B. Coutermarsh, 2007, Vehicles as weather and road condition sensors, Proc Int’l Symp on Cold Regions Development, Tampere, Finland, September 2007.

Phetteplace, G., S. Shoop, and T. Schlagel. 2007.Tire forces on winter surfaces. Tire Science and Technology. Volume 35, Issue 1, pp. 56-68.

Shoop, Richmond, Lacombe. 2006. Overview of cold regions mobility modeling at CRREL. J Terra 43(1) 1–26

Shoop, S., R. Haehnel, V. Janoo, D Harjes, and R. Liston, 2006. Seasonal deterioration of unsurfaced roads. ASCE J. of Geotechnical and Environmental Engineering, 132(7): 852-860.

Shoop, S., K. Kestler, and R. Haehnel. 2006. Finite element modeling of tires on snow. Tire Science and Technology, 34(1): 2–37.

Shoop, S., and B. Coutermarsh. 2006. Tire cornering force test method for winter surfaces. SAE Paper No. 2006-01-1627. SAE Steering & Suspension Technology and Tire & Wheel Technology, Special Pub 2019.

Shoop, S. B. Coutermarsh, and A. Reid. 2004. All-season virtual test site for a real-time vehicle simulator. SAE Paper 2004-01-2644, SAE Transactions. 113(2): 333–343.

Janoo, V., and S. Shoop. 2004. Influence of spring thaw on pavement rutting. In UNBAR6 Pavements Unbound, Nottingham, UK, July, p. 115–124.

Shoop, S., R. Affleck, C. Collins, and G. Larsen. 2004. Stryker Brigade Transformation Impact on Alaska Training Lands. Paper A5-05. In Sustainable Range Management. Columbus, OH: Battelle Press.

Shoop, S. A., M. K. Kestler, J. A. Stark, C. Ryerson, and R. Affleck. 2003. Rapid stabilization of thawing soils for enhanced vehicle mobility: field experience and application, J. Terramechanics, 39(4): 181–194.

Shoop, S., I. Darnell, and K. Kestler. 2002. Analysis of Tire Models for Rolling on a Deformable Substrate, Tire Science and Technology. 30(3), p. 180-197. 

Shoop, S., J. Lacombe, and R. Haehnel, 2001, Modeling Tire Performance for Winter Conditions, Tire Technology International, Annual Review Tire Material and Manufacturing, Dec. 2001, pg. 10-14.

Shoop, S.A., R. Haehnel, K. Kestler, K. Stebbings, and R. Alger, 1999, Snow-tire FEA, Tire Technology International, June 1999, p 20-25.

Shoop, S.A., 1998, Electric Vehicle Traction and Rolling Resistance in Winter, Tire Science and Technology Journal, Vol. 26, No.2, p. 64-83.

Shoop, S.A., and S.R. Bigl, 1997, Moisture Migration during Freeze and Thaw of Unsaturated Soils:  Modeling and Large Scale Experiments, Cold Regions Science and Tech., Vol. 25, pg. 33-45.

Shoop, S.A., 1995, Vehicle Bearing Capacity of Frozen Ground over Soft Substrate, Canadian Geotechnical Journal, Vol. 32, Pg. 552-556.

Shoop, S., Young, B., Alger, R., and Davis, J., 1994, Effect of Test Method on Winter Traction Measurements, J. Terramechanics, vol. 31, no. 3, p. 153-161.

Shoop, S., Young, B., Alger, R., and J. Davis,1994. Winter Traction Testing. Automotive Engr. 102(1), 75-78.

Shoop, S.A. 1993. Thawing Soil Strength Measurements for Predicting Vehicle Performance, J. Terramechanics.30(6), p. 405-418.