O'Brien

Bill O’Brien is a professor in the Department of Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. He earned master’s and doctoral degrees in civil engineering and a master’s in engineering-economic systems from Stanford University. He also earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Columbia University. He currently holds the E. P. Schoch Professorship within the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT-Austin.

Prior to returning to academia, he was the first employee of Collaborative Structures, a venture capital backed internet startup. Bill is active in service to the profession and the community and has held several leadership positions, including serving as editor for the journal Advanced Engineering Informatics, interim director of Fiatech, and chair of the executive committee of the Computing Division of the American Society of Civil Engineers. As a researcher and educator, he has led the evaluation and implementation of complex systems for construction.

He is particularly noted for his contributions to the practice of advanced work packaging and supply chain management. He has received numerous awards, including the Richard L. Tucker Leadership and Service Award from the Construction Industry Institute in 2018 and the Computing in Civil Engineering Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2021.