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George K. Lucey Jr. was a Branch Chief at the U.S. Army Harry Diamond Laboratories who served the U.S. Army Materiel Command   as the ManTech Thrust Area Manager for Soldering Technology.

Career
George Lucey entered the Harry Diamond Laboratories as a Mechanical Engineer student trainee in 1959 and retired in 2001. As a Senior level Branch Chief, he was an inventor named in 14 Patents and a manager of multi-million dollar programs, one example being the first production of the M734 fuze for war reserves. In the field of science, he managed the Army ManTech Thrust Area for Soldering Technology responsible for reducing the cost of Army electronic systems on a national scale by introducing new technologies into the industrial base soldering lines. [1, 2] He identified the gaps in scientific research that were inhibiting productivity on soldering lines, by sponsoring Sandia National Laboratories to conduct symposia of renowned scientists from academe, industry, and government and publish textbooks as to serve as roadmaps for future research: The Mechanics of Solder Alloy Interconnects, [ 3 ] The Mechanics of Solder Alloy Wetting and Spreading, [ 4 ]  and Solder Mechanics. [ 5 ]

He promoted long term university research into the technology gaps by donating a microfactoryfor surface mounted electronics to the University of Maryland CALCE and promoting a new Master of Science focus on electronics manufacturing in the Department of Mechanical Engineering. To promote the insertion of new technologies into government soldering standards, he donated equipment to the U.S. Navy EMPF microfactory.

And, he invested in radically new wetting and spreading research at the Rockwell International Science Center, the Microelectronics Center of North Carolina, and the National Institutes of Science and Technology that accelerated the commercialization of five cost reducing inventions: SERA[ 6 ] enabled manufacturers to improve yield by precisely measuring the solderability of random samples of parts before beginning assembly. ROSA [ 7 ] enabled manufacturers to restore solderability without flux to the entire lot of components before assembly;  PADS, [ 8 ] enabled soldering in air without flux. A national Laminography Standard [ 9 ] enabled X-Ray laminography inspection machines to be more accurately calibrated. And, Composite Solders [10] offered manufacturers the opportunity to reduce inspection and rework by increasing the strength of the joint.

The Cahners R&D Magazine selected SERA (1994) and PADS (1996) for the prestigious R&D100 Award as one of the top 100 new products of the year.

Education
He graduated from the University of Maryland College Park with a B.S. (1960) and M.S. (1967) in Mechanical Engineering and completed 670 hours  of in-service training focusing on program management, contract management, quality control, producibility, finances, configuration management, motivation, contract law, and value engineering.

Honors
Army Research Laboratory Technology Transfer Award, 1996.

Cahners Magazine R&D 100 Award, 1994.

Rockwell International Corporation Chairman's Team Award, 1993.

Army Decoration for Meritorious Civilian Service, 1990.

Harry Diamond Laboratories John A. Ulrich Award for Managerial Leadership, 1989.

Harry Diamond Laboratories Inventor of the Year, 1982.

Patents
1.	George K. Lucey, Jr., Thomas Gher, Guy Cooper, Robert J. Richter, “Method for Using a Ring Vortex,” US Patent, Serial #6,544,347 B2, April 8, 2003

2.	George K. Lucey, Jr., “System and Method for Sealing High Density Electronic Circuits, “ US Patent, Serial #6,207,892, March 27, 2001

3.	Louis J. Jasper, Jr., George K. Lucey, Jr., Thomas J. Gher, Louis E Jasper, “Projectile With an Air Pressure Wave Generator and Chemical Agent Marker,” US Patent, Serial #6,213,024, April 10, 2001

4.	George K. Lucey, Jr., Melvyn J. Shichtman, “Method for Detecting Toxic Chemical Concentration in Individuals,” US Patent, Serial #6,044,293, March 28, 2000

5.	Stephen M. Bobbio, Thomas D. DuBois, Farid M. Tranjan, George K. Lucey, Jr., James D. Geis, Robert F. Lipscomb, Timothy Piekarski, “Fluxless Soldering Method,” US Patent, Serial #5,609,290, March 11, 1997

6.	George K. Lucey, Jr., James A. Wasynczuk, Roger B. Clough, Jennie S. Hwang, “Composite Solders,” US Patent, Serial #5,520,752, May 28, 1996

7.	Brett Piekarski, George K. Lucey, John Langan, “Solderability Tester Methodology,” US Patent, Serial #5,357,346, October 18, 1994

8.	George K. Lucey, Jr., Michael G. Orrell, “Springless Impact Switch,” US Patent, Serial #4,174,666 November 20, 1979

9.	Charles W. H. Barnett, George K. Lucey, Jr., Douglas R. Augustine, “Flight Simulator for Missiles,” US Patent, Serial #3,960,000, June 1, 1976

10.	Samuel A. Clark, Jr., George K. Lucey, Jr., Thomas H. Zimmerman, “Protective Metal Shield for Plastic Fuze Radomes,” US Patent, Serial #3,971,024, July 20, 1976

11.	David Williams, George K. Lucey, Jr., “Rain Impact Sensing Proximity Fuze,” US Patent, Serial #3,926,120, December 16, 1975

12.	George K. Lucey Jr., “Stress Free Rod and Eyelet Assembly for Plastic to Metal Interfaces,” US Patent, Serial # 3,773,427, November 20, 1973

13.	Murray Ressler, George K. Lucey Jr., “Stress Free Crimp Joint for Plastic To Metal Interfaces,” US Patent, Serial #3,594,027, July 20, 1971

14. David Williams, George K. Lucey Jr., “Crush Switch,” US Patent, Serial #3,458,673, July 29, 1969

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