Dr. Steven Danyluk

Biography

Steven Danyluk is a Professor Emeritus at the Georgia W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering. He joined the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1993 and holds the Morris M. Bryan, Jr. Chair in Mechanical Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing Systems. Prior to his appointment at Georgia Tech, Dr. Danyluk was an Associate Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago where he founded and directed the Manufacturing Research Center. He served as the Director of the Manufacturing Research Center at Georgia Tech from 1995 to 2010. Dr. Danyluk's research encompasses Manufacturing Tribology, semiconductor processing, and the investigation of lubricant-surface interactions. His focus areas include surface inspection techniques and the measurement of mechanical properties and damage in materials processed in advanced manufacturing methods such as wafering, lapping, grinding, dicing, and polishing of silicon and gallium arsenide. He has developed innovative optical methods for probing surface chemistry and residual stresses. Dr. Danyluk's research has received funding from the Office of Naval Research and the National Science Foundation, as well as numerous industrial partnerships. He has held various leadership roles within academic and professional societies and has been recognized as a Fellow of several institutions, including the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.

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