Fowler

David Fowler is a Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus and the Joe J. King Chair in Engineering No. 2 Emeritus at The University of Texas at Austin. He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in architectural engineering from UT Austin and a PhD in civil engineering from the University of Colorado Boulder.

At UT Austin, he taught courses in materials, structures, and forensic engineering for 52 years. David was instrumental in developing the field of polymers in concrete and served as the first president of the International Congress on Polymers in Concrete. He is known as a leading researcher in concrete materials and served as the director of the International Center for Aggregate Research at UT Austin. Elected to the National Academy of Engineering, he also is an Honorary Member of the American Concrete Institute and a Distinguished Graduate from the Colleges of Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder and UT Austin.

David is a prolific author and has served as an expert witness in numerous construction litigation cases. He taught one of the first university courses in forensic engineering. He currently conducts an annual two-day forensic engineering conference at UT Austin for practicing engineers and construction professionals.