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Mailing Address:
College Engineering
Oregon State University
101 Covell Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-2409
(541) 737-3101
Fax: (541) 737-1805
Ron Adams brings a unique blend of business and academic experience to his position as dean of Engineering at OSU. His tenure began in August 1998 when he returned to his alma mater after a 14-year "leave of absence" at Tektronix where he served as R&D manager of the Color Printing and Imaging Division and vice president of technology, and was a Senior Tektronix Fellow.
Prior to his career in industry, Adams had established a successful academic career in mechanical engineering, completing his B.S. at OSU, M.S. at MIT, and Ph.D. at OSU. He also served three years in the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Organization and two years at MIT's prestigious Lincoln Lab.
Adams' leadership, vision, and teamwork are helping build the OSU College of Engineering into one of the nation's top engineering institutions. Under his direction, the college is attracting top students in record numbers, unprecedented levels of research funding, and outstanding faculty who are bringing state-of-the-art research and teaching to the college.
The College of Engineering is all about exceptional people working together to generate the bold new ideas that drive the innovation necessary to improve the world.
The College of Engineering at OSU is taking aim at becoming one of the top 25 engineering programs in the United States. That goal is in response to state political, industry, and education leaders, who say a top college would help attract and retain technology-based companies, keep Oregon's best students in-state, and provide the research and training expertise that Oregon's high tech industry needs to remain competitive.
This effort was recently boosted by a $20 million gift to the College of Engineering from Martin Kelley, OSU civil engineering graduate and retired vice president and chief engineer of Peter Kiewit Sons', Inc. This gift is the largest cash donation in the university's history. It is a significant boost in the quest to raise $120 million and build a top-tier engineering school by the year 2010.
