Russell Barton is Program Director for manufacturing management and services management research in the MES and SES programs. These areas have a combined annual budget of over $9 million. He is on assignment at NSF from the Smeal College of Business at Penn State, where he is a professor in the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems. He previously served as co-director for the Penn State Master of Manufacturing Management degree program, and as associate dean for research and Ph.D./M.S. programs for the Smeal College. He holds a B.S. in electrical engineering from Princeton University and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in operations research from Cornell University.