Joseph E. Greene

Joseph "Joe" Edward Greene, known in his professional writing as J. E. Greene (November 25, 1944 – October 10, 2022) 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" and that his work "revolutionized the hard-coating industry". While studying at USC, Greene was a founder and director of Materials Development Corporation from 1969 until 1971.

In 1984, Greene served as a Visiting Professor in the Physics Department at Linköping University in Sweden. that eventually earned Greene the position of Tage Erlander Professor of Materials Physics at Linköping University beginning in 1994.

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

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. Editor of the journal Thin Solid Films (1991–2022)

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 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". Elected to the National Academy of Engineering (2003) "for pioneering studies in the synthesis and characterization of epitaxial and highly ordered polycrystalline materials" Named as Fellow of the Materials Research Society (2013) Jan Czochralski Award (European Materials Research Society, 2022) in recognition and acknowledgement for his Lifetime Achievements in Materials Science

For teaching Senior University of Illinois Scholar (1991), for "distinction as a member of the faculty" for "outstanding research and lecturing on the physics and chemistry of thin films"

Laser-Stimulated Chemical Vapor Deposition (American Vacuum Society, 1985)

Physics and Chemistry of Protective Coatings (1986, American Institute of Physics)

Processing and Characterization of Materials Using Ion Beams (1989, Materials Research Society)