Associate Chair, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department

United States Naval Academy
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
597 McNair Road
Annapolis, MD 21402

Welcome!  I am an Permanant Military Professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the U.S. Naval Academy, providing collegiant instruction as an assistance professor after over 20 years in the Fleet.

My research areas include the application of electrical engineering to communication, geolocation, and cyber activites with a focus on delieving scalable, low cost solutions enabling naval combat forces. I am always interested in collaborating with midshipmen on research projects, so please contact me if you are interested in pursuing research in any of these areas!

Office: Hopper 378B
Lab: Hopper 218
Telephone: (410) 293-6178
E-Mail: debarber (at) usna (dot) edu
 0009-0007-2216-4902

Education

• Ph.D. Naval Postgraduate School
• M.S.E.E. Naval Postgraduate School
• B.S.E.E. United States Naval Academy

Professional Assocations

• PMI, Project Management Professional, 2011-present
• EC Council, Certified Ethical Hacker, 2022-2024
• IEEE, Eta Kappa Nu, 2008-present