Michael J. Baranick, Ph.D
Senior Research Fellow

Dr. Michael J. Baranick is a Senior Research Fellow for Modeling and Simulation Technology. Dr. Baranick joined the Center after having served as the Chief of the Modeling and Simulation Branch at the National Defense University War Gaming and Simulation Center. While assigned to the War Gaming and Simulation Center, he was the Program Manager for the Joint Multi-dementional Education and Analysis System (JMEANS). As the PM, he was responsible for the design and implementation of this congressionally mandated program. For three years, Dr. Baranick designed and managed this ten million dollar project that brought education and information technology applications to NDU. This project enabled the university use leading edge games and simulations to create an experiential learning environment for the students.

Prior to his assignment to the National Defense University, he held a number of policy and technical advisory appointments within the Army. He served as the Program Manager for the Functional Description of the Battle Space on the WARSIM development team at the Army Simulation Training and Instrumentation Command (STRICOM) in Orlando Florida. While assigned to STRICOM he was responsible for developing the concept plan for the establishment of The Institute for Creative Simulation. For seven years he was the Director of the Battle Support Simulation Center for the United States Army Europe (USAREUR) and the Program Manager for the Theater Transition Sustainment Model (TTSM). As the Senior Operations Research Analyst in the Command, he conducted research and analysis in the areas of sustainment, operations, training, and logistics.

Dr. Baranick earned his Ph.D. in Systems Planning and Development from the Pennsylvania State University.