John A. Gambatese, PhD, PE

Biography

John Gambatese is a Professor in the School of Civil and Construction Engineering at Oregon State University. Dr. Gambatese’s educational background includes Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Civil Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley with emphases in structural engineering, and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington in the area of construction engineering and management. He has worked in industry as a structural engineer for Degenkolb Associates, a private structural engineering consulting firm headquartered in San Francisco, and as a project engineer for the construction management firm of O’Brien-Kreitzberg & Associates in Seattle. He started his current position at Oregon State University in 2000 following three years on the faculty at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and one year as an Acting Assistant Professor at the University of Washington. Dr. Gambatese has taught courses on construction contracts and specifications, construction safety and productivity improvement, planning and scheduling, structural analysis and design, temporary construction structures, and engineering economics. He has performed research and published numerous articles on construction worker safety, sustainability, constructability, innovation, construction contracting, and life cycle properties of civil engineering facilities. He is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) and American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), and actively participates on ASCE’s Prevention through Design Committee, Construction Site Safety Committee, Constructability Committee, and Construction Research Council. He is a licensed Professional Civil Engineer in California.