RobertGilbert

Bio
Robert Gilbert joined UT Austin as a faculty member in 1993 and holds the Brunswick-Abernathy Regents Professorship in Soil Dynamics and Geotechnical Engineering. He has established himself as an expert in assessing and managing risk, consulting on a variety of high-profile projects, including flood protection in New Orleans, the Bay Bridge in San Francisco, nuclear waste disposal in Nevada and offshore oil and gas facilities around the world. 

He was awarded the Outstanding Civilian Service Award from the United States Army Corps of Engineers for his service on the American Society of Civil Engineers’ External Review Panel in the forensic analysis of the levee failures in Hurricane Katrina. In 2011, Gilbert received the Norman Medal, the highest award given by ASCE for a journal paper, and in 2016, he received the E.B. Burwell Award for his work with the National Science Foundation on the 2014 landslide in Oso, Washington. 

Educational Qualifications
Ph.D., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1993
M.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1988
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1987

Select Awards & Honors

• National Academy of Engineering member (2020) 
• Academy of Distinguished Teachers member – The University of Texas at Austin (2016) 
• Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award – The University of Texas at Austin (2015)
• Hall of Fame Award – American Society of Civil Engineers (2014) 
• Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Award – The University of Texas at Austin (2012)
• Dean’s Award for Outstanding Engineering Teaching by an Assistant Professor – The University of Texas at Austin (1997)
• NSF Career Award – National Science Foundation (1997) 

Related Websites
Center for Transportation Research
Offshore Technology Research Center
Geotechnical Research Group

Select Publications