Areas of Concentration and Expertise

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

Education

• Professional Status - (License Held)
  Professional Engineering License (PE) in Ohio
• University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 2001
• University of Dayton, Dayton, OH
  M.S. in Engineering Management, 1982
• University of Maryland, College Park, MD
  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

August 2002- present Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology, Pennsylvania State University at Harrisburg Middletown, PA. For more information consult my home page.

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)