Gordon Y.S. Wu Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Emeritus
Lecturer with the rank of Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering
BSE, Princeton University, 1950
Fulbright Fellowship, Belgium, 1950-1952
Honorary degree, Union College (Humane letters), 1990
Honorary degree, Grinnell College (Science), 1991
Honorary degree, Notre Dame University (Engineering) 1997
Room: E323 Engineering Quad
Phone: 609-258-4606
Email: billington@princeton.edu
Courses
- EE102 Engineering in the Modern World
- CEE262 Structures and the Urban Environment
- CEE263 Rivers and the Regional Environment
- CEE540 Thin Shell Concrete Structures
Research Areas
- Mechanics, Materials & Structures
- Structures and Structural Art
Research Interests
David Billington's research includes design and rehabilitation of bridges, thin shell concrete structures, tall buildings, and concrete dams; detailed studies of the major structural engineers such as Robert Maillart, Felix Candela, Eugene Freyssinet, Gustav Eiffel, Othmar Ammann, Anton Tedesko, Fazler Khan, Heinz Isler, and Christian Menn; and the history and aesthetics of structures and the transformation of American society by engineering. Curating exhibitions in the Princeton University Art Museum, Politics and Engineering of Large-Scale Dams.
