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John P. Klus, Ph.D., P.E., Class of '57, '61
Dr. John Klus is a Professor Emeritus at the University of
Wisconsin, Madison. He completed his baccalaureate degree
in civil engineering in 1957. Prior to returning to Michigan
Tech to complete a master's degree in civil engineering in
1961, he served in the U.S. Army as a Research Engineer. John
went on to earn his doctoral degree in civil engineering at
the University of Wisconsin, Madison in 1965. Dr. Klus embarked
on his academic career as an Assistant Professor at the University
of Wisconsin-Madison where he went on to serve as Chair of
the Engineering Professional Development Department. In addition
to his academic career, in 1988 he co-founded Stress Photonics,
specializing in instrumentation for measuring stress/strain
in engineered systems. In 1994 Stress Photonics was selected
for the R&D 100 Award.
In
the course of his career, Dr. Klus has received many national
and international awards including; the 1996 Joseph Biedenbach
Distinguished Service Award, and the 1995 Certificate of Merit,
both from the American Society for Engineering Education;
the 1987 Leonard da Vinci Medal of the European Society of
Engineering Education; and in 1966 and 1985 the Fulbright
Research Award. In 1994 he received an Honorary Doctorate
from Helsinki University of Technology for contributions to
the field of continuing education, technology transfer, and
new product development and is also a member of the Finnish
Academy of Technology.
Dr.
Klus is active in the community and serves on the Board of
Directors of the First Business Bank of Madison. He is also
involved with numerous other professional associations. John
is originally from Armstrong Creek, Wisconsin, he and his
wife, Geri, have four children and live in Madison, Wisconsin.
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