Professor Teare received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Guelph, Canada for work on quantum-well heterojunction electronic devices. He is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering at New Mexico Tech and the program chair for the Optical Science and Engineering program. He served as the department chair of Electrical Engineering from 2004 through 2010. 

Dr. Teare is a Fellow of SPIE, Senior Member of the Institute for Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) and a member (P.Phys.) of the Canadian Association of Physicists. He has published more than 100 scientific and engineering articles; and has been awarded 4 US Patents 7869058, 8452574, 8725471, and 8907260. He has authored five books with SPIE Press,  "Introduction to Image Stabilization" (2006) and “Introduction to Liquid Crystals for Optical Design and Engineering”(2015), “Practical Electronics for Optical Design and Engineering” (2016) and “Optics Using MATLAB” (2017) were published as part of the SPIE Tutorial Series and "Optical Interference Filters using MATLAB" (2019) under the SPIE Monograph Series. 

Dr. Teare's research centers around topics of wave mechanics with a particular interest in resonance effects. The work has been supported by grants from Air Force Research Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and the National Science Foundation.

Dr. Teare was involved with ABET, the international organization that accredits engineering programs serving as a Program Evaluator (PEV); PEV Mentor; Team Chair; and ABET Commissioner for EAC. Beginning in October 2015 he was elected to the ABET Board of Delegates, and both the Engineering Area Delegation and Engineering Technology Area representing SPIE through 2022. 

The US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs and the Institute of International Education's Council for International Exchange of Scholars recently recommended Prof. Teare for the Fulbright Specialist Roster (2016). He is actively seeking opportunities to visit and work with universities and scholars abroad in support of Engineering activities.

Active Research Areas:

Professor Teare actively pursues research in the area of wave penomenon over a wide range of wavelengths and has developed novel instrumentation for imaging, sensing and measurement of physical phenomena. Unique topics of interest include: adaptive optics, spectroscopy, interferometry, optical thin films, shock physics, acoustic imaging and ballistics. 

Active research efforts include:

• • Developing instrumentation to evaluate wave-based phenomenon;

  • Understanding the breakdown voltage and effects on energetic materials;

  • Combining optical and acoustic imaging;

  • Acousting based mapping of lightening and other phenomenon;

  • Wavefront sensing, manipulation and correction;

  • Ballistic simulators and firearm testing methods.