Keith Hjelmstad
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Master's, Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor's, Civil Engineering, Colorado State University
Keith Hjelmstad, university vice president and dean of the College of Technology and Innovation at Arizona State University, is engineering a fresh approach to technical education at the Polytechnic campus.
As the dean of the core college, he orchestrates the engineering, engineering technology and technology management programs with those of other ASU units and ensures the academic curricula align with the needs of society today and for the future. As university vice president, he serves on the University leadership team of ASU and he champions further academic development of programs, activities and community relations for the Polytechnic campus.
His 25 years of experience as a professor, associate dean of academic affairs and his involvement on the Science Steering Committee of the Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped prepare him to oversee the education of future engineers and technologists for Arizona and the region. As professor, he was recognized for his excellence in advising and education. As associate dean he was instrumental in establishing several innovative programs.
Hjelmstad’s research focuses on computational mechanics, earthquake engineering, stability of structures, optimization, structural identification, nondestructive evaluation of large structures, and numerical simulation of complex structures.
He is a member of several professional associations for engineers and serves as associate editor of the Journal of Constructional Steel Research and the ASCE Journal of Structural Engineering.
He earned his Ph.D. and master’s degree in civil engineering from the University of California, Berkeley, and his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Colorado State University.