John Eddy, Ph.D. is a Principal Member of the Technical Staff in the Math Analysis and Decision Science Department at Sandia National Labs. His research areas include operations research and System of Systems modeling, simulation, and optimization for civilian and military energy systems. He is the primary developer of the R&D 100 award winning Microgrid Design Toolkit funded by the Department of Energy. He received his Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Ph.D. degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1999, 2001, and 2005 respectively.