You can call or write to:

Edgar G. Conley
New Mexico State University
Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
POBox 30001/Dept 3450
Las Cruces, NM 88003-8001

Voice Phone: (575) 646-5698
FAX Phone: (575) 646-6111

You can reach me by e-mail at: econley@nmsu.edu

Education

• Ph.D. Engineering Mechanics, Michigan State University, 1986
• M.S. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1979
• B.S. Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, 1971

Professional Experience

• 1995 - Present, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept, New Mexico State University
• 1988 - 1995 Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
• 1986 - 1988 Assistant Professor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK
• 1979 - 1986 PhD. Candidate, Research Assistant, Metallurgy, Mechanics and Materials Science Department, NMSU. Concurrently - Teaching Assistant, MMM and Math Department, MSU, Concurrently - Engineering Consultant - self employed, Concurrently - Instructor, Program Developer, Lansing Community College, Lansing, MI
• 1972 - 1979 Staff Engineer, Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, Concurrently - Research Assistant - wind turbine control systems, Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, MSU

Consulting Activities

• Product Liability and Criminal Investigations

Recent Publications

• “Measuring True Strain - An Application of the Logarithm,” American Society for Engineering Education, for ASEE Annual Conference, Session 4655, Salt Lake City, Utah, June 2004
• “Comparison of Two Temporary Femoral External Fixator Constructs for use in Military Field Hospitals,” with LTC Paul J. Dougherty, MD, and B. Vickaryous, MD, Department of Surgery, William Beaumont Army Medical Center, El Paso, Texas; K. Hickerson, ME Dept., New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research, v111, p176, June 2003.
• “Use of Laser Speckle Photography in Biomechanical Analysis of a Goat Spinal Fusion," with W. Stevens, MD and L. Carbajal, Am. Acad. of Orthopaedic Surgeons Annual Meeting., Orlando, FL, March 2000.
• "Speckle Photography Study of Nuclear Waste Vault Deformations," with L. Barham and C. Baher, Experimental Mechanics, Spring, 1996.
• "Very Large Structure Deformations," with C. Morgan, Proceedings SPIE, Smart Structures and Materials, V2446, pp 161-8, San Diego, CA,Feb, 1996
• "Design in the Freshman Year," with L. Barham, Proceedings, American Society of Engineering Education, Southeast Section Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA, December 1993.
• "Nuclear Waste Repository Vault Closure Measurements - Technique and Application," with L. Barham and C. Fink, Proceedings, Associated Western Universities EMCORE Technical Program Review, Boise, ID, August 1992.
• Industrial Uses for Optical Data Processing and Holography, co-edited with J. Robillard, CRC Press, ISBN 0-8493-0139-4, 210 pages, 1992.
• "Resolution Experiments Using the White-Light Speckle Method," with G. Cloud, Applied Optics v30, n7, p795-800, March 1991.
• "White Light Speckle for Measuring Geophysical Surface Motions," with G. Cloud, Proceedings, Society of Experimental Mechanics (SEM) 1990 Meeting on Holography and Speckle, p88-94, Baltimore, MD, November 1990.
• "Application of Speckle Metrology at a Nuclear Waste Repository," Proceedings, Soc. Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE), v1332, p798-802, San Diego, CA, July 1990.

Scientific Societies

• Optical Society of America
• American Society of Mechanical Engineers
• American Society for Engineering Education

Honors and Awards

• Professor of the Year 1999 and 2004, awarded by Mechanical Engineering Academy, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
• Student Section Advisor 2004, awarded by ASME Region XII
• Outstanding Journal Paper 1989, awarded by the Computers in Education Divison of the American Society for Engineering Education.