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Recent Promotions in the School of Engineering and Architecture
Many congratulations to Dr Barry Hayes, Electrical & Electronic Engineering, on his recent promotion to Senior Lecturer.
Barry leads a research group at UCC focused on the grid integration of sustainable energy technologies and is a Funded Investigator in the MaREI SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate, and Marine. Prior to joining UCC in 2018, Barry was a lecturer at University of Galway (2016-2018), and a Marie Sklodowska-Curie research fellow at IMDEA Energy in Madrid (2013-2016). He holds a PhD in Electrical Power Systems Engineering from the University of Edinburgh (2013) and was a visiting researcher at National Grid UK (2011) and the University of Tennessee (2016). Barry is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) and is involved in the development of new IEEE standards on smart grid interoperability. Barry also works with energy communities around Ireland, providing technical advice on the development of community-owned renewable energy projects.