Robert A. Lucas
Phone: (610) 758-4112
Fax: (610) 758-6224
            
Professor
Associate Chairman
Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mechanics

Appointed to Lehigh Faculty: 1958

Education:
Ph.D. Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1964
M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1959
B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1957

Related experience - teaching, industrial, etc.:
Design Engineer, Manufacturing Division, Air Products & Chemicals,
1957-58
Graduate Assistant, Mech. Engrg. & Mechanics, Lehigh University,
1958-59
Instructor of Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University, 1959-64
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University,
1964-69
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mechanics Div., Naval Research Lab,
1965-66
Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Lehigh University,
1969-present
Associate Chairman, Dept. of Mech. Engrg. & Mech., Lehigh University,
1996-present

Research activities, consulting, patents, etc.:
Research on the computer-aided design of machine systems. Integrating optimization and expert system decision-making tools with CAD/CAE modeling and analysis algorithms for the design and evaluation of virtual machines.

Technical and engineering consultant including over 30 publisher's text and manuscript reviews.

Scientific and professional societies of which a member:
ASME
Sigma Xi

Honors and awards:
National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Naval Research Labs, Washington, DC , 1965-66
Pi Tau Sigma Teacher of Year Award, 1990, 1998
Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1997
Who's Who in the East, Marquis Who's Who Inc., Chicago, IL
Who's Who In Frontier Science and Technology, Marquis Who's Who Inc., Chicago, IL
American Men and Women of Science, Jacques Cottell Press, R. R. Bowker Co., New York, NY
Hillman Faculty Award, 2007