J. E. Greene

Joseph "Joe" E. Greene, known in his professional writing as J. E. Greene (November 25, 1944 – October 10, 2022)[1][2] was an American materials scientist, specializing in thin films, crystal growth, surface science, and advanced surface engineering. His research and scientific contributions in these areas have been described as "pioneering" and "seminal"[3] and that his work "revolutionized the hard-coating industry".[3]

This article is about the American materials scientist. For other people named Joseph Greene, see Joseph Greene (disambiguation).

Joe Greene
Born
Joseph Edward Greene

(1944-11-25)November 25, 1944
Arcata, California, U.S.
DiedOctober 10, 2022(2022-10-10) (aged 77)
Columbus, Ohio, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Southern California
Known forGreene alloys
AwardsNational Academy of Engineering member
Scientific career
FieldsMaterials science, physics
Institutions

Among his many professional organization memberships, Greene was elected President of the American Vacuum Society in 1989 and served as both a Trustee and member of that organization's Board of Directors for multiple terms beginning in 1983.[1]

Education

Greene studied at the University of Southern California, earning a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering in 1967, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering/Materials Science in 1968, and a Ph.D. in Materials Science in 1971.[1] The title of his dissertation was Glow Discharge Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Thin Films.[4] While studying at USC, Greene was a founder and director of Materials Development Corporation from 1969 until 1971.[1]

Career

In 1971, Greene was hired by the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign Department of Mechanical Engineering, Metallurgy and Mining as an assistant professor, and was promoted to full professor in 1979. In 1998, he was named as the university's first D. B. Willett College of Engineering Professor, "in recognition of his research and his outstanding teaching reputation".[3] Through 1999, Greene had been named an "outstanding teacher" every semester he taught at the University of Illinois.[3] From 1999 until 2004 he was the director of the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory and the Center for Microanalysis of Materials. Greene retired as a Professor Emeritus from the UIUC Department of Materials Science and Engineering in 2005.[5]

In 1984, Greene served as a Visiting Professor in the Physics Department at Linköping University in Sweden.[1] This led to years of collaborative and highly productive research with Swedish colleagues[6] that eventually earned Greene the position of Tage Erlander Professor of Materials Physics at Linköping University[5][7] beginning in 1994.

Greene also held a Chaired Professorship in Materials Science from the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology.[7][8]

Over the course of his career, Greene supervised over seventy Ph.D. students at the three universities where he held professorships, as well as hosting over 100 visiting scientists and post-doctoral researchers.[6]

Editorships
  • Editor of the journal CRC Critical Reviews in Solid State and Materials Sciences (1985–1998)[9]
  • Editor of the journal Thin Solid Films (1991–2022)[9]
  • Editorial board member of the journals Brazilian Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology (1988–present) and Physics Procedia (2014–present)[3]
  • Associate editor of Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology (1983–1986)[3]

Professional organizations

Greene was a member of numerous professional organizations, including:

  • Member, Electron Spectroscopy Society, where he served as Director from 1976–1981[1]
  • Member and Fellow, American Vacuum Society, where he served as President in 1989 and has been on the Board of Directors from 1983–1986, 1988–1991, and 1996 to 2021[1]
  • Member, American Institute of Physics, where he was a governing board member from 1993–1995[9]
  • Member and Fellow, American Physical Society, where he was a member of the Executive Committee of the Materials Physics Division from 1999–2002[7]
  • Member and Fellow, Materials Research Society[7]
  • Member, The Minerals, Metals, and Materials Society[5]
  • U.S. representative to the International Union of Vacuum Science and Techniques, Thin Film Division from 1986 to 2022[7]

Research

As of 2019, Greene's career spanned more than five decades and during that time his scientific output consisted of "over 625 research and review articles, 29 book chapters, four co-edited books, 525 invited talks, and 140 plenary lectures".[6]

A primary focus of his research was "the development of an atomic-level understanding of adatom/surface interactions during vapor-phase crystal growth".[9]

Greene and his research team conducted the first systematic study of the effects of the ion/metal flux ratio and ion energy on microstructure evolution in hard coatings. Their determinations of the properties of this class of materials are considered reference standards in the field.[6]

He also developed a new class of metastable semiconducting alloys, which became known as the "Greene alloys".[3]

In addition, his work on the development of Si atomic layer epitaxy (ALE), including mapping the basic surface science of Si ALE, are considered seminal contributions in that field and the real-world application of these studies "has since been implemented by electronic companies in the United States and Japan".[3]

His publications have been cited more than 30,000 times by other scholars.[10]

Awards and honors

Greene received numerous awards and recognition for his research, teaching, and service to the scientific community. In October 2019, the journal Thin Solid Films dedicated a special issue to Greene[11] that contained "54 new and review articles by scientists from around the globe who wish to acknowledge Joe's positive influence on the field of thin film physics as well as on their careers and research".[6]

Significant awards and honors include the following:

For research

For teaching

For service
  • Lifetime Achievement Award (Taiwan Association for Coating and Thin Film Technology, 2013),[6] for "seminal contributions to understanding the physics, chemistry and materials science of thin films and nanoclusters"[8]

Personal life

He was married to Phyllis Greene.[1][4] He was a mountaineering enthusiast and volunteered as a search and rescue ranger at the Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming.[6]

Published works

In addition to numerous scholarly journal articles, Greene co-edited four books:[6]

  • Beam-Induced Chemical Processes (1985, Materials Research Society)[17]
  • Laser-Stimulated Chemical Vapor Deposition (American Vacuum Society, 1985)[18]
  • Physics and Chemistry of Protective Coatings (1986, American Institute of Physics)[19]
  • Processing and Characterization of Materials Using Ion Beams (1989, Materials Research Society)[20]

References
  1. "Greene, Joseph E.". Who's Who in Engineering (8th ed.). Washington, DC: American Association of Engineering Societies. 1991. p. 362. ISBN 0876150164. ISSN 0149-7537.
  2. "In Memoriam: Joe Greene". illinois.edu. Materials Research Laboratory, the Grainger College of Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. October 18, 2022. Retrieved October 23, 2022.
  3. "Joe Greene Selected for 1999 David Turnbull Lectureship for Contributions to the Science of Thin Films". MRS Bulletin. 24 (10): 72. October 1999. doi:10.1557/S0883769400053331.
  4. Greene, Joseph Edward (June 1971). Glow Discharge Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Thin Films (PhD). University of Southern California. pp. i–ii. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  5. Henderson, Andrea Kovacs, ed. (2012). "Greene, Joe". American Men & Women of Science: A Biographical Directory of Today's Leaders in Physical, Biological, and Related Sciences. Vol. 3 (30th ed.). Farmington Hills, Michigan: Gale. p. 374. ISBN 978-1-4144-7215-7. ISSN 0000-1287.
  6. Petrov, Ivan; Hultman, Lars; Stueber, Michael; Chen, Li-Chyong; Desjardins, Patrick (October 31, 2019). "Preface of the special issue 'Thin Film Advances' dedicated to the 75th birthday of Professor Joe Greene". Thin Solid Films. 688 (Special): 137494. Bibcode:2019TSF...688m7494P. doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2019.137494. ISSN 0040-6090.
  7. "Editor in Chief, Joe Greene has received the highest honor of the Society of Vacuum Coaters, the Nathaniel H. Sugerman Award". www.journals.elsevier.com/thin solid films/news. Elsevier. 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  8. "Instructor Profile: Joe Greene". Continuing Education Institute. 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  9. "Recipient: Joe Greene, University of Illinois". American Physical Society, Division of Materials Physics. n.d. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  10. "Joe Greene". Google Scholar. 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.
  11. Petrov, Ivan; Hultman, Lars; Stueber, Michael; Chen, Li-Chyong; Desjardins, Patrick, eds. (October 31, 2019). "A Special Issue 'Thin Film Advances', dedicated to the 75th Birthday of Professor Joe Greene". Thin Solid Films. 688 (Special). ISSN 0040-6090. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  12. "David Turnbull Lectureship Recipients: Joseph E. Greene, University of Illinois (1999)". Materials Research Society. 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
  13. "Dr. Joseph E. Greene". National Academy of Engineering. 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  14. "R. F. Bunshah Award and ICMCTF Lecture".
  15. "Czochralski Award". European Materials Research Society. Retrieved July 15, 2022.
  16. "Profile Detail: Joseph E. Greene". Marquis Who's Who. 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
  17. Von Gutfeld, R.J.; Greene, J.E.; Schlossberg, H., eds. (1985). Beam-Induced Chemical Processes. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Materials Research Society. OCLC 14702226.
  18. Allen, S.; Houle, F.; Greene, J.E.; Eden, G., eds. (1985). Laser-Stimulated Chemical Vapor Deposition. New York: American Vacuum Society.
  19. Sproul, W.D.; Greene, J.E.; Thornton, J.A., eds. (1986). Physics and Chemistry of Protective Coatings. New York: American Institute of Physics. ISBN 9780883183489. OCLC 14575766.
  20. Rehn, Lynn E.; Greene, Joe; Smidt, Fred A., eds. (1989). Processing and Characterization of Materials Using Ion Beam. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Materials Research Society. ISBN 9781558990012. OCLC 19456376.
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