Richard Ciocci Ph.D, P.E.

Penn State Harrisburg Campus
Middletown, PA 17057
(717) 948-6095
rcc102@email.psu.edu

AREA OF CONCENTRATION & EXPERTISE

  • Advanced Manufacturing and Design
  • Lead-free solder in Electronics Manufacturing
  • Design for Environment
  • Sustainable Engineering

EDUCATION

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

  • Green engineering in electronics manufacturing for CALCE Electronic Products and Systems Center at the University of Maryland. Served as Graduate Research Assistant with funded research in lead-free solders and no-clean solders.

  • Advanced Manufacturing Processes in reflow soldering with lead-free solders, also at CALCE.
  • Design for the Environment and Sustainable Engineering assessment of urban environmental issues for funded study while at Harrisburg Area Community College.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

    August 2002- present  Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg Middletown, PA
      Major Subjects:
      • Dynamics
      • Manufacturing Processes
      • Engineering Economy
      • Reliability Engineering
      • Manufacturing Processes Laboratory
      • Design for Society

    1985 - 2002 Professor of Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA
      Major Subjects:
      • Applications in CAD (AutoCAD, SolidWorks)
      • Statics
      • Dynamics
      • Materials & Manufacturing Processes
      • CNC
      • Design for the Environment

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

1984 - 1985 Manufacturing Engineer AMP, INC , Harrisburg, PA
    Supported production operations by handling administrative needs to meet schedules; developed manufacturing processes; assessed product design from manufacturing viewpoint for manufacturer of electrical connectors.
1978- 1984  Senior Project Engineer/Manufacturing Engineer Monsanto Research Corporation, Miamisburg, OH

Developed manufacturing processes; designed process tooling; authored operating and inspection instructions; documented processes for weapons-system contractor.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Ciocci, R., J. Wu, and M. Pecht, "Impact of Environmental Regulations on Electronics Manufacture, Use and Disposal," European Microelectronics Packaging and Interconnection Symposium Cracow, Poland, pp. 73-80, June 16-18, 2002.

  • Ciocci, R., "Lead-free Solder Replacement: Beyond the Material Substitution," Proceedings of the International Society of Optical Engineering, Environmentally Conscious Manufacturing II, Volume #4569, Newton, MA, October 28-29, 2001.

  • Ciocci, R., "Handling the Migration to Lead Free," IEEE Transactions on Components and Packaging Technologies, Vol. 24, No. 3, 536-538, September 2001.


  • Ciocci, R., "Lead-free Solder and the Consumer Electronics Market," Proceedings of the 2001 Green Engineering Conference, Roanoke, VA, July 29-31, 2001.

  • Ciocci, R., "Assessment of Environmental Equity: Results of an Engineering Service-Learning Project," Projects that Matter: Concepts and Models in Service-Learning for Engineering, edited by Edmund Tsang, American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC, pp. 161-166, 2000.

  • Godbois, C., R. Ciocci, and E. Leung, "Applied Algebra with Laboratory Experimentation," American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Seattle, WA, June 28-July 1, 1998.

  • Ciocci, R., "Product Reuse and Reliability," American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference Proceedings, Washington, DC, June 23-26, 1996.


  • Ciocci, R., "Life Cycle Analysis of No-clean Soldering Technologies for Printed Wiring Boards and Assemblies," The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Symposium on Electronics and the Environment Proceedings, Orlando, FL, May 1-3, 1995.

AFFILIATIONS

  • Member of ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
  • Member of ASEE (American Society for Engineering Education)

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