Sandia Energy > Programs > Electric Grid > Advanced Grid Modeling > Staff > Cody Newlun Cody Newlun Senior Member of the Technical Staff Contact Information Cody Newlun / 505-284-7913 Biography Cody J. Newlun is a Senior Member of the Technical Staff in the Electric Power Systems Research Department at Sandia National Laboratories. He received a B.A. in physics with a minor in mathematics from Hasting College. He received a M.Eng. and Ph.D. in electrical engineering with an emphasis in power and energy systems from Iowa State University. His research interests include power system expansion planning, power system optimization, power system resilience, and renewable energy and energy storage integration. Research Interests Power system expansion planning Power system optimization Power system resilience Renewable energy and energy storage integration Education Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University (Ames, IA), 2022 M.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University (Ames, IA), 2020 B.A. in Physics, Hastings College (Hastings, NE), 2017 Google Scholar: Cody Newlun Recent Publications 2021 C. J. Newlun, J. D. McCalley, R. Amitava, A. J. Ardakani, A. Venkatraman and A. L. Figueroa – Acevedo, “Adaptive Expansion Planning Framework for MISO Transmission Planning Process,” 2021 IEEE Kansas Power and Energy Conference (KPEC), 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/KPEC51835.2021.9446221. 2020 C. J. Newlun, F. M. Currie, E. O’Neill-Carrillo, E. A. Bezares and R. H. Byrne, “Energy Resource Planning for Puerto Rico’s Future Electrical System,” 2020 IEEE/PES Transmission and Distribution Conference and Exposition (T&D), 2020, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/TD39804.2020.9300009. C.J. Newlun, D. Borneo, T. Nguyen (2020), “Regional Resource Planning for Puerto Rico Mountain Consortium”, SAND Report, https://www.sandia.gov/ess-ssl/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Regional_Resource_Planning_PR_Mountain_Consortium.pdf