{"id":4753,"date":"2025-07-01T06:51:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T10:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/legacy.webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ies\/?page_id=4753"},"modified":"2025-07-01T10:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T14:49:31","slug":"susan-barber","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.webpublishing.oit.ncsu.edu\/ies\/susan-barber\/","title":{"rendered":"Susan Barber"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"padding-left: 20px\"><hr style=\"background-color: transparent;opacity:1;border-top: 5px solid #cc0000;border-color:#cc0000;margin: 10px 0 10px 0;height:5px;width: 50%\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 20px\"><span style=\"font-size: 20px;font-weight: lighter\">Assistant Director for Manufacturing Programs and Development<\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"tel:9195131359\">919.513.1359<\/a> <span style=\"color:#cccccc;padding: 0px 8px 0px 8px\">|<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:susan_barber@ncsu.edu\">susan_barber@ncsu.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 95%;font-weight: lighter;padding-left: 20px\"><p><div style=\"float: left;padding: 0px 20px 0px 0px\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" src=\"\/ies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2025\/07\/Susan-Barber-photo.jpg\" alt=\"Susan Barber\" \/><\/div>Susan Barber is assistant director for manufacturing programs for Industry Expansion Solutions (IES). 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