Dr. Conley Stutz

Dr. Conley Stutz served the Physics Department from 1968-2001.  Upon his retirement from our department he began serving as Interim Dean of the Graduate School.  Conley and his wife, Donna, established the Stutz Family Scholarship which is awarded annually to sophomore physics and engineering students.  
Research areas include:

Dr. Stutz has held offices in the Illinois Section of American Association of Physics Teachers, and has been active at the national level in the American Association of Physics Teachers.  He also worked with local high school teachers in the Central Illinois Physics Alliance and has been actively involved in the national, state and local American Association of University Professors. 
Conley Stutz
Curriculum Vita

email: conley@bradley.bradley.edu

Education:
Ph.D.,  University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
MSE,   University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N.M.
BSE,   State Teachers College, Wayne, NE’; Certified Secondary Teacher

Employment Experience:
Bradley University, Peoria, IL 1996-2000 Chairperson
Bradley University, Peoria, IL ,1968-Present, Professor of Physics
Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR, Dept.Head/Assistant Prof. of Physics, 1960-64
Missouri Valley High, Missouri Valley, IA, Science and Math Teacher, 1957-59

Grants and Support Received:
Bradley University OTEFD Grant to Develop HTML and WWW Skills
Bradley Board for Research and Creativity Grants, 1973-1984
NSF 69A Research Equipment Grant, 1980
AT&T Introductory Physics Laboratory Computer Equipment Grant, 1990.
NSF ILI Grant for Enhancing Teaching of Introductory Physics Labs, 1998.

Activities / Awards:
Computerized the introductory physics laboratories.
Webmaster for Physics homepage including pages for lab manuals, etc.
Introduced computer measurements to optics laboratory
Attended AAPT workshop on advanced lab experiments, 1990
Attended several AAPT workshops on using computers in physics laboratories
Presented papers at AAPT Meetings: The History of the Central Illinois Physics Alliance,
    Winter, 1995;  Traditional Introductory Laboratories in a Contemporary Mode,
    Winter, 1995; Peripherals Developed for Bradley University Computerized Labs, Lab
    Focus, Summer 1993; Totally Computerized Introductory Physics Labs, Davidson
    Computational Physics Conference, 1992;  ISAAPT Fall 1998: The Evolution of the
    Teaching of Science from a Physicist’s Perspective; ISAAPT Spring 2000: New
    Initiatives in Bradley’s Introductory Physics Labs.
Section Representative to AAPT from Illinois, 1990-92; 1997-2000
University advisor for Central Illinois Physics Alliance, 1989-Present
Vice President, ISAAPT, 1993-94
President, ISAAPT, 1994-95
Distinguished Service Award ISAAPT 1996
Distinguished Service Award IL AAUP 1996; 2000
Best Paper Award ASEE 1996

Memberships:
American Association of Physics Teachers, Illinois Section AAPT, American Association of
University Professors, American Society of Engineering Educators, American Physical  Society,
Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi
 

Publications:

1.  Douglas Early and Conley Stutz, Teaching ‘Team’ Research Techniques and Technical
 Report Writing in Elementary Physics Laboratories, Am. J. Phys., 44, 953 (1976).

2.  Conley Stutz and R. P. Boas, Estimating Sums with Integrals, Am. J. Phys., 39, 745
 1971).

3.  Conley Stutz and Dan Schlitt, An Instructive Example of the Sudden Approximation in
 Quantum Mechanics,  Am. J. Phys., 38, 70 (1970).

4.  Conley Stutz, On the Validity of Converting Sums to Integrals in Quantum Statistical
 Mechanics,  Am. J. Phys., 38, 70 (1970).

5. Conley Stutz, Kevin Garcia* and Stephanie Cochran*, A Study of the Temperature  Dependence of the N-14 NQR Spectrum, Relaxation Times and Line Shapes of
 Trifluoro-s-trizaine,  presented at the Eighth International NQR Symposium in 1985.
 Published Z. Naturforsch, 41a, 399-402, 1986.

6.  Conley Stutz and Douglas Early, Temperature Dependence of the Nitrogen-14 Nuclear
 Quadrupole Resonance Frequencies in Selected Triazine Compounds,  J. of Mole. Struct.,
 111, 31 (1983) also presented at the 7th Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Symposium.

7. Conley Stutz and Mei Zu Lin Li*, Intramolecular Dipole Coupling of N2 from Echo
 Envelopes, J. Magn. Res., 25, 95 (1977).

8. Conley Stutz and Dan Schlitt, I. Temporal Evolution and the Approach of a Quantum  Particle in a Suddenly Expanded Box,  Phys. Rev. 2, 897-908 (1970).  II. Temporal
 Evolution and  the Approach to Equilibrium of a System of noninteracting Quantum
 Particles,  Rev. 2, 909-917 (1970).

9. Conley Stutz and Douglas Early, A Determination of the Isothermal Compressibility of
 Sodium Chlorate and Sodium Bromate Using NQR Data,” J. Magn. Res., 20, 293 (1975),
 also presented at the 4th Nuclear Quadrupole Resonance Symposium.
 

*Denotes Undergraduate Student