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
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Professional Status - (License Held)
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Professional Engineering License (PE) in Ohio
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2001
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M.S. in Engineering Management, 1982
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
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B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, 1978
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
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August 2002- present Assistant Professor of Mechanical
Engineering Technology, Pennsylvania
State University at Harrisburg Middletown, PA
- Dynamics
- Manufacturing Processes
- Engineering Economy
- Reliability Engineering
- Manufacturing Processes Laboratory
- Design for Society
- Applications in CAD (AutoCAD, SolidWorks)
- Statics
- Dynamics
- Materials & Manufacturing Processes
- CNC
- Design for the Environment
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For more information consult my
home page.
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Major Subjects:
1985 - 2002 Professor of Engineering and Mechanical Engineering Technology, Harrisburg Area Community College, Harrisburg, PA
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Major Subjects:
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.
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.