About the Dean

"Graduate education is extremely important to this campus. I firmly believe it makes the faculty better and the university stronger. It puts our feet to the fire and encourages better research and scholarly work."

Stein Sture, former associate dean for research at the University of Colorado at Boulder's engineering college, was previously appointed interim dean of CU-Boulder's Graduate School and vice chancellor for research in October 2005.

Sture, who has been on the CU-Boulder faculty since 1980, is a professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering at the CU-Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Science. He served as chair of the department from 1990 to 1991 and again from 1994 to 1998. He has served as associate dean for research in the engineering college since 2002.

Sture's own research interests are in solid mechanics, computational mechanics, and geotechnical engineering. Since earning his PhD from CU-Boulder in 1976, he has authored more than 230 peer-reviewed publications and more than 85 research reports. He has been a principal investigator or co-investigator on more than 60 research projects sponsored by agencies like NASA, the National Science Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

He has received a number of national awards for his research and service, serves on dozens of national committees and advisory boards, and has advised 24 doctoral students and 39 master's students during his tenure at CU-Boulder. He is an active member of 13 professional and scientific societies.

"CU-Boulder can be of great help to industry on a wide range of issues, from basic research to helping in product development."