D. A. Lucca

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Education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

M.S.E., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University

B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Cornell University

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Research Interests

• Surface mechanics/surface engineering
• Nanomechanical properties of materials
• Ion-solid interactions
• Precision engineering
• Ultraprecision manufacturing and synthesis processes 

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Awards and Recognition

• Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, 1997.
• Fellow, Collège International pour la Recherche en Productique (CIRP), The International Academy for Production Engineering, 1999.
• Fellow, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2003.
• Mercator Professorship, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany, 2003.
• Honorary Doctorate (Dr.h.c.), Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany, 2005.
• Regents Distinguished Research Award, Oklahoma State University, 2006.
• Fellow, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2006.
• OSU Eminent Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University, 2010.
• Mercator Fellow, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, Germany, 2013.
• Russell Severance Springer Professorship, University of California, Berkeley, 2014.
• Frederick W. Taylor Research Medal, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 2014.
• Member, German National Academy of Science and Engineering, 2019.

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Courses Taught

• MAE 6133 Surface Mechanics
• MAE 5133 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
• MAE 5153 Precision Engineering
• MAE 3123 Manufacturing Processes 

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Recent Publications

• Shao, L., Chen, D., Zare, A. and Lucca, D.A., “Mechanism of nanocrystallization temperature shifting during ion irradiation of metallic glasses”, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research B, 497 (2020) 28-33.

   

• Lucca, D.A, Klopfstein, M.J. and Riemer, O., “Ultra-Precision Machining: Cutting With Diamond Tools”, Journal of Manufacturing Science and Engineering, 142 (2020) 110817.

   

• Wang, T., Kim, H., Gigax, J.G., Fan, J., Peddicord, K.L., Fu, E., Zare, A., Lucca, D.A. and Shao, L., “Ion cutting of amorphous metals by using helium ion implantation”, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research B, 451 (2019) 1-5.

   

• Aitkaliyeva, A., Shao, L., Price, L., Gigax, J., Kim, H., Lucca, D.A., Zare, A., Fu, E.G. and Xie, G., “Ordered nanocrystal formation in Cu50Zr45Ti5 metallic glass”, Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research B 448 (2019) 57-60.

   

• Zare, A., Su, Q., Gigax, J., Harriman, T.A., Nastasi, M., Shao, L. and Lucca, D. A., “Mechanical Response of He-Implanted Amorphous SiOC/Crystalline Fe Nanolaminates”, Scientific Reports (2019) 9:4759.