Dan Hammerstrom has been named associate dean for research in the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science at Portland State University.

Hammerstrom is a professor in the Maseeh College’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, whose research interests include biologically inspired computer engineering, intelligent signal processing, and VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) design. This winter he taught the “Advanced Computer Architecture” course in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

“Dr. Hammerstrom has the research and technology transfer to industry experience that will assist our faculty in moving their research capabilities and success to the next level,” said Dean Robert D. Dryden. “This is another step toward advancing the mission of the Maseeh College to be both regionally relevant and nationally prominent in disciplines that that are very important to the current and future success of the region.”

Dan Hammerstrom

Hammerstrom, in addition to 10 computer science faculty members, moved from Oregon Health & Science University’s OGI School of Science & Engineering to the Maseeh College in fall 2004. As associate dean of research, Hammerstrom is charged with increasing the level and sophistication of research activity at the Maseeh College, as well as tech transfer to industry in both licensing of technology and spinning off new companies. One important focus area is in increasing nanotechnology research at the Maseeh College; he is actively involved with the new Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute, ONAMI.

Hammerstrom received a bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, from Montana State University, a master’s in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Illinois. He was a Computer Systems Design Officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1972 to 1975, and an assistant professor at Cornell University’s Electrical Engineering department from 1977 to 1980.

In 1980 Hammerstrom joined Intel in Oregon, where he participated in the development and implementation of the iAPX-432, the i960, and iWarp. He joined the faculty of the Computer Science and Engineering Department at OGI in 1985 as an associate professor. In 1988 he founded Adaptive Solutions, Inc. which specialized in high performance silicon technology (the CNAPS chip set) for image processing and pattern recognition. He served as president from 1988–1990, and chief technical officer until 1997. He chaired OGI’s Department of Computer Science and Engineering from July 1997 until December 2001, and was the department’s Doug Strain Professor. While at OGI, Hammerstrom was instrumental in establishing the endowed Gordon Moore chair.

Hammerstrom has served as associate editor for the IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks, the journal of the International Neural Network Society, Neural Networks and the International Journal of Neural Networks. Hammerstrom is the author of over 50 research papers and eight book chapters, and holds seven patents. He is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Information, Computation, and Electronics at Halmstad University in Sweden.

Located in the region’s Silicon Forest, PSU’s Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science is uniquely positioned to deliver progressive engineering and computer science education. By teaming with regional industry and government, faculty members keep the curriculum current and prepare PSU students to make an immediate contribution to the workforce through participation in Senior Capstone design projects, internships and research opportunities. At the beginning of the 2004-05 academic year the Maseeh College had a total enrollment of 1,896 students in its undergraduate and graduate programs, and over four years has grown from 55 to 88 full-time, tenure-track faculty positions.

A high-resolution photograph of Dan Hammerstrom can be downloaded at www.pdx.edu/media/h/a/hammerstrom_dan.jpg.

Source:
Pamela Gesme Miller (503-725-8135)
Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science

For Immediate Release (#05-035)