Nicholas Barry

LTC Nicholas Barry

Assistant Professor

Deputy Program Director

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

nicholas.barry [at] westpoint.edut
LTC Nicholas Barry graduated with a B.S. in electrical engineering, with honors, from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 2006. Commissioned as an engineer officer, he served as a platoon leader, battalion logistics officer, and company executive officer in the 326th Engineer Battalion, 101st Airborne Division. As a Captain he deployed with the 37th Engineer Battalion to Iraq prior to attending the Engineer Captain’s Career Course. He commanded A Company, 40th Engineer Battalion 170th IBCT, during a deployment to Afghanistan and later commanded HHC, 40th Engineer Battalion, 170th IBCT as well. He served as an Observer, Coach, Trainer Team Chief at Fort Hood before attending graduate school. After graduate school, he served as an assistant professor of electrical engineering at West Point. He then served as the chief of operations for the 3d Cavalry Regiment at Fort Hood and then as the Executive Officer of 4th Squadron, 3d Cavalry Regiment. After completing a PhD from the university of Texas at Austin, LTC Barry transferred to Functional Area 47, serving as an assistant professor in the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department at West Point.

Ph.D, Electrical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, 2023

M.S., Electrical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2015

M.S., Engineering Management, Missouri University of Science and Technology, 2011

B.S., Electrical Engineering, United States Military Academy (USMA), 2006

Research Interests

Resilient Microgrid Design, Smart Grids, Renewable Generation in Microgrids, Power Systems Analysis, Energy Storage Systems

Selected Publications

N. G. Barry, T. Kim, W. Kim, V. C. Cunha and S. Santoso, "A QSTS Simulation Tool Using Equivalent Circuit Inverter Models for Permanently Isolated Nanogrids," 2022     IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM), 2022, pp. 01-05, doi: 10.1109/PESGM48719.2022.9917042.
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N. G. Barry, S. Santoso and J. Vitale, "A Resilience Evaluation Concept for Permanently Islanded Military Nanogrids," 2022 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), 2022, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/TD43745.2022.9816917.

N. Barry, S. Santoso, “Military Diesel Microgrids: Design, Operational Challenges, Energy Storage Integration” IEEE PES General Meeting, 2021, Washington DC.
Panelist for Mobile Mini-Grids - Anywhere. Army Futures Command Vertex Energy Confrence, Austin, TX, April 2022.