Luscher received his PhD in mechanical engineering from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY in 1995. Luscher received several awards including the Honda-OSU Partnership Award in 2005, Boyer Award for Excellence in Teaching Innovation in 2004, Lumley Research Award in 2002 and Lumley Interdisciplinary Research Award also in 2002, all from the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. He also won the Department Teaching Award from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at RPI in 1995. He is also the associate editor of Assembly Automation.