Don Lucca
Education
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1982
M.S.E., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Princeton University, 1979
B.S., Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Cornell University, 1976
Research Interests
- Surface mechanics/surface engineering
- Nanomechanical properties of materials
- Ion-solid interactions
- Precision engineering
- Ultraprecision manufacturing and synthesis processes
Awards and Recognition
- Valedictorian, St. Joseph High School, Hammonton, NJ, 1972.
- John McMullen Scholar, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 1972-76.
- Wire Awareness Award, Wire Association International, 1979.
- Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award, Society of Manufacturing Engineers, 1990.
- Halliburton Outstanding Young Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University, 1993.
- Alexander von Humboldt Senior Scientist Award, 1997.
- Distinguished Service Award, American Society for Precision Engineering, 1998.
- Halliburton Outstanding Faculty Award, Oklahoma State University, 1998.
- 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.
Professional Memberships
- American Physical Society
- American Society for Precision Engineering
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Böhmische Physical Society
- Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Department of Energy
- CIRP, The International Academy for Production Engineering
- German National Academy of Science and Engineering
- Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research (MUIR)
- Materials Research Society
- Phi Beta Delta, Epsilon Upsilon Chapter
- Pi Tau Sigma
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers
- Society of the Sigma Xi
- Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers
Courses Taught
- MAE 6133 Surface Mechanics
- MAE 5133 Mechanical Behavior of Materials
- MAE 5153 Precision Engineering
- MAE 3123 Manufacturing Processes
Recent Publications
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.