Russell King
Foscue Distinguished Professor
- Phone: 919.515.5186
- Email: king@ncsu.edu
- Office: 4131 Fitts-Woolard Hall
Russell King is the Henry L. Foscue Distinguished Professor and the director of Graduate Programs in the Edward P. Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at NC State University. He holds the titles of Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor and Alumni Distinguished Undergraduate Professor. Additionally, he is a Fellow of the Institute of Industrial and Systems Engineers. Over the years, he has consulted for companies like Ford Motors, The Gap, Dillards Department Stores and the Institute for Defense and Business. Moreover, he has earned many awards for teaching, advising, and research, including the Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award and the Technical Innovation in Industrial Engineering Award from IISE.
Previously, he directed CAMAL and Graduate Programs for the ISE Department. Before joining NC State, he worked as a Systems Analyst for Dynamac Corporation in Rockville, Maryland, and as an Industrial Engineer at the Fleet Readiness Center Southeast at Jacksonville Naval Air Station. He earned his B.S. in Systems Engineering, M.E., and Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering from the University of Florida. Outside of work, both he and his daughter have achieved the rank of Master in Taekwondo under Grand Master K.S. Lee of Morrisville, NC.
Research Interests
- Logistics
- Scheduling and inventory control for additive manufacturing
- Scheduling and inventory control for remanufacturing
- Scheduling and inventory control for military systems under risk
Discover more about Rusty King
- Faculty Spotlight | Russell King
- King Named Finalist for Excellence in Teaching Award
- New Tool Tackles Uncertainty in Military Logistics Planning
- CAMAL Wins ROI Grant
- All Hail the King!
- The King’s Speech
- Co-Directors Named for MSCEM
- King to Receive IIE Albert G. Holzman Distinguished Educator Award
- Faculty Receive College and University Awards
Publications
- Price competition and cost efficiency facing buyer's bounded rationality
- Luo, S., Fang, S.-C., Zhang, J., & King, R. E. (2023), INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PRODUCTION ECONOMICS, 266. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2023.109062
- Two-stage stochastic programming model of US Army aviation allocation of utility helicopters to task forces
- Nelson, R. J., Werner, J., Kay, M. G., King, R. E., McConnell, B. M., & Thoney-Barletta, K. (2023, November 18), JOURNAL OF DEFENSE MODELING AND SIMULATION-APPLICATIONS METHODOLOGY TECHNOLOGY-JDMS, Vol. 11. https://doi.org/10.1177/15485129231209039
- An analysis of optimal ordering policies for a two-supplier system with disruption risk
- Luo, S., Ahiska, S. S., Fang, S.-C., King, R. E., Warsing, D. P., Jr., & Wu, S. (2021), Omega - The International Journal of Management Science, 105, 102517. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2021.102517
- Resource planning for direct fabrication of customized orthopedic implants using EBM technology
- Hauser, M., King, R., Wysk, R., & Harrysson, O. (2021), JOURNAL OF MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS, 60, 500–511. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmsy.2021.07.003
- Logistics of carpet recycling in the U.S.: designing the recycling network
- Thoney, K. A., Sas, I., Joines, J. A., & King, R. E. (2020), The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405000.2020.1723257
- Modeling and transportation planning for US noncombatant evacuation operations in South Korea
- Kearby, J. A., Winz, R. D., Hodgson, T. J., Kay, M. G., King, R. E., & McConnell, B. M. (2020), Journal of Defense Analytics and Logistics, 4(1), 41–69. https://doi.org/10.1108/JDAL-05-2019-0010
- Assessing uncertainty and risk in an expeditionary military logistics network
- McConnell, B. M., Hodgson, T. J., Kay, M. G., King, R. E., Liu, Y., Parlier, G. H., … Wilson, J. R. (2019), The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation: Applications, Methodology, Technology, 7(2), 154851291986059. https://doi.org/10.1177/1548512919860595
- Integrated traditional and additive manufacturing production profitability model
- Nagulpelli, K. S., King, R. E., & Warsing, D. (2019), 47TH SME NORTH AMERICAN MANUFACTURING RESEARCH CONFERENCE (NAMRC 47), Vol. 34, pp. 619–630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.promfg.2019.06.121
- A Military Logistics Network Planning System
- Rogers, M. B., McConnell, B. M., Hodgson, T. J., Kay, M. G., King, R. E., Parlier, G., & Thoney Barletta, K. (2018), Military Operations Research, 23(4), 5–24. https://doi.org/10.5711/1082598323405
- Computing base-stock levels for a two-stage supply chain with uncertain supply
- Warsing, D. P., Jr., Wangwatcharakul, W., & King, R. E. (2019), Omega, 89, 92–109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.omega.2018.10.001
