G. Edward Gibson, Jr., PhD, PE

 

   G. Edward Gibson, Jr. is Professor of Civil Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He is the Austin Industries Endowed Teaching Fellow and served as the Associate Chairman for Architectural Engineering in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering from 2000 to 2003.  He holds a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Auburn University, an M.B.A. in Engineering Management from the University of Dallas, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from Auburn University. Prior to joining The University of Texas at Austin faculty, he served four years as an Engineer Officer in the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers, three years as an engineer with Texas Instruments, and taught one year as a Visiting Assistant Professor at North Carolina State University. His teaching experience is in Total Quality Management, construction contract law, construction cost analysis, planning and scheduling, project finance and planning, computer applications in Civil Engineering, statistics, and surveying. His research interests include dispute resolution, computer integrated construction, organizational change, risk management and front end planning. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and National Society of Professional Engineers, and is currently President-elect of the Architectural Engineering Institute (AEI) within ASCE. He is a licensed professional engineer in Texas.

   For his work with both University and industry instructional programs, Dr. Gibson was given the 2002 National Society of Professional Engineering, Sustaining Universities Program, Engineering Education Excellence Award.

 

Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
The University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712-1076
Phone: 512-471-4522
FAX: 512-471-3191
Email: egibson@mail.utexas.edu

 

B.S., Auburn University, Civil Engineering, 1980.
M.B.A., University of Dallas, Engineering Management, 1987.
Ph.D., Auburn University, Civil Engineering, 1990.