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James G. Conley

Clinical Professor of Technology
Professsor of Ind. Engr. Mgmt. Sci.

Technology Industry Management
Industrial Engineering Mgmt. Science
Mechanical Engineering

Ph.D. 1987, Materials Engineering, Northwestern University; MM 1992, Kellogg; BS 1983, Nuclear Engineering, The University of Virginia.

 
Academic Positions Held
 

Clinical Professor of Technology Industry Management, Kellogg (1999 to present)

Visiting Faculty at WHU in GERMANY (2000 to present), KEIO Business School JAPAN (2001 -2003), Schulich School of Management, York University, CANADA (2003-present)

   
Courses / Topics Taught
  Intellectual Capital Management, Innovation Process Management, Innovation and Invention, Rapid Product Innovation, New Product Design and Development
   
Career and Recent Professional Awards; Teaching Awards
  NU MPD Program Professor of the Year, 2004.
Heinz-Nixdorf invited lecturer, WHU GERMANY 2004
Keynote Speaker, NSF Education Innovation conf 2003
Literati Best Paper Award, MCB Univ. Press, 2000
ASF Best Paper Award, 1999
Ralph R. Teetor Educator Award, 1998
Pentair Nugent Professor of Business Leadership 1996
General Electric Foundation Professor, 1994
   
Professional Leadership
  Founder and Director, Syndia Corporation
Principal, Chicago Partners
   
Research Areas
  Intellectual Property, Intellectual Capital, Innovation Management
   
Representative Publications & United States Patents
 

J.G. Conley, E.Andros, P. Chinai, E. Lipkowitz, D. Perez, Use of a Game Over: Emulation and the Video Game Industry, Journal of Technology and Intellectual Property, volume 2, (Spring 2004)

*J. T. Scarry, W.Wang, and J. G. Conley, A Catalyst Model for Business to Business eCommerce in the Foundry Industry, Transactions of the American Foundry Society, volume 109, (2001).

W. Wang, J. G. Conley and H. Stoll, Rapid Tooling for Sand Casting Using the Laminated Object Manufacturing Process, in Rapid Prototyping Journal, Volume 5, No. 3, pp. 134-140 (1999).

J. G. Conley, B. Moran, and J. Gray, A New Paradigm for the Design of Safety Critical Castings, Journal of Materials and Manufacturing, SAE Transactions, Volume 107, 1998, in press. Also published in Aluminum in Automotive Applications, SP#1350, SAE International Inc., Warrendale PA, 1998, pp. 25-38.

J. G. Conley, The Ryobi “Air-Clean” 4-Cycle Engine: A Case Study in Engineering and Manufacturing Management, in ASEM/ASME Journal of Engineering Management, Vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 23-31 (1998).

J. G. Conley et al, The Development of a Durable, Cost Effective, Overhead Valve Train for Application to Small, 4-cycle Engines, in Journal of Engines, SAE Transactions, Volume 105, 1996, pp. 1768-1780. This manuscript also published as SAE Technical Paper #961729 and as part of SAE Monograph SP-1195, Design, Modeling and Emissions Control for Small Two and Four Stroke Engines, August 1996.

J. H. Lemelson and J. G. Conley, Synthetic diamond coatings with intermediate bonding layers and methods of applying such coatings, United States Patent #6165616, December 26, 2000.

J. H. Lemelson and J. G. Conley, Synthetic diamond overlays for gas turbine engine parts having thermal barrier coatings, United States Patent #6099976, August 8, 2000.

J. H. Lemelson and J. G. Conley, Synthetic diamond coatings with intermediate amorphous metal bonding layers and methods of applying such coatings, United States Patent #6083570, July 4, 2000.

J. G. Conley and J. H. Lemelson, Synthetic Diamond Layers Having Wear Resistant Coatings Formed in situ and Methods of Applying such Coatings, United States Patent #5,786,038, July 28, 1998.

J. H. Lemelson and J. G. Conley, Method of Depositing Synthetic Diamond Coatings with Intermediate Bonding Layers, United States Patent #5,688,557, November 1997.

J. G. Conley and J. H. Lemelson, Method of Applying a Wear Resistant Diamond Coating to a Substrate, United States Patent #5,616,372, April 1997.

W.Wang, J. T. Scarry and J. G. Conley, System and Method for Ameliorating Subcontracting Risk, United States Patent Application #0087380 A1, July 4, 2002.

J. G. Conley, Managing Intellectual Property in the Global Marketplace: The Practitioners Perspective. Kellogg World Magazine, Spring 2004.

J. G. Conley and J. Szoboscan, Snow White Shows the Way. Managing Intellectual Property Magazine, June 2001.

   
General / Consulting
  Clients include IDEO, SONY Corporation, E. I. de Nemours DuPont Inc., Black and Decker Consumer Products Division, University of Wisconsin Foundation (WARF), Amsted Industries, Primex Inc., Polaris Industries, OpenText, Inc., Eaton Corporation, American Steel Foundries, NASA, US Defense Logistics Agency, The Federal Aviation Administration, Donnelley Corporation, MOTOROLA, Peabody Western Coal, Mercury Marine, HEICO Investments, Bar Technologies Inc., Walbro Engine Management Systems, Stihl Inc., Raychem, and the Ryobi Group of Companies.
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