Brent D Russell

Brent D Russell serves as a Course Director and Instructor at the Air Force Institute of Technology's School of Systems and Logistics (AFIT/LS), where he teaches and manages continuing education courses focused on Science of Test, experimental design, and test rigor in Department of Defense testing. He also instructs courses in Reliability and Data Analytics.

Mr. Russell's educational background includes:

• Master of Science in Operations Research from Air Force Institute of Technology (2014)
• Master of Education in Classroom Teaching from Wright State University (2009)
• Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Wright State University (2008)

His research interests center on increasing and managing test rigor within a systems-visualization framework, with particular expertise in experimental design, reliability engineering, and data analytics for defense applications. His teaching portfolio spans Science of Test fundamentals, experimental design and analysis, reliability engineering, and data analytics for acquisition professionals.

Mr. Russell has received academic recognition including a Best in Track award at the 2014 Industrial and Systems Engineering Research Conference for his research on "Fragment Capture Simulation for Missile Blast Test Optimization," demonstrating his contributions to test methodology optimization.

His scholarly work focuses on reliability engineering applications, particularly in capturing uncertainty in fatigue life data, bridging theoretical operations research with practical defense testing requirements and contributing to more rigorous evaluation methodologies in military systems testing.