Keith R. Molenaar

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Keith Robert Molenaar is an American civil engineer.

Molenaar was raised in Chicago, and is the first person in his immediate family to earn a four-year undergraduate degree. [1] He completed a Bachelor of Science in architectural engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder in 1990, and remained at the school to pursue graduate study in civil engineering, earning his master's degree in 1995, followed by a doctorate in 1997. [2] He holds the K. Stanton Lewis Professorship of Construction Engineering and Management at CU Boulder. [3] Following the departure of Robert D. Braun in January 2020, [4] Molenaar took on the role of acting dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Science, [5] [6] and formally appointed to the deanship in July 2022. [7] [8]

Molenaar was elected a member of the Pan American Academy of Engineering in 2012, [9] [10] is a 2017 member of the National Academy of Construction, [11] and a 2019 fellow of the Design–Build Institute of America. [12] Molenaar received the American Society of Civil Engineers' Peurifoy Construction Research Award in 2021. [13]

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  2. ↑ "Keith Molenaar". University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  3. ↑ "Keith Molenaar". University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  4. ↑ Byars, Michael (30 June 2022). "CU Boulder names acting dean of engineering school to permanent position". Daily Camera. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Lamb, Parker (2 July 2022). "Keith Molenaar appointed dean of College of Engineering and Applied Science". CU Independent. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "CU's College of Engineering and Applied Science removed temp tag from acting dean". Greeley Tribune. 7 July 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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  8. ↑ "Keith Molenaar to become CU Boulder's dean of engineering". University of Colorado. 6 July 2022. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Keith Molenaar Elected to Pan American Academy of Engineering". University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. 11 July 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Keith Molenaar inducted into Pan American Academy of Engineering". University of Colorado Boulder College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. 14 January 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Keith Molenaar". National Academy of Construction. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Keith Molenaar, Ph.D, FDBIA (2019)". Design–Build Institute of America. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Peurifoy Construction Research Award". American Society of Civil Engineers. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 4 November 2023.
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