William Gillis

Associate Teaching Professor CIVIL AND ARCHITECTURAL ENGINEERING

Ph.D., engineering management, Missouri University of Science and Technology

Scholarly Focus, Teaching or Research Areas

Heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems; building electrical systems; architectural materials and construction methods; LEED certification; commissioning of new-building construction, the building envelope, and existing buildings; project management for quality building systems design; project management and construction management for quality constructed buildings through commissioning

Honors or Awards

• Joseph H. Senne Jr. Academy of Civil Engineers Faculty Teaching and Service Achievement Award, S&T, 2020

• Outstanding Professional Engineer in Higher Education, Missouri Society of Professional Engineers, St. Louis Chapter, 2015

Selected Publications and Presentations

Cudney, E., Gillis, W., “Quality Function Deployment Implementation in Construction: A Systematic Literature Review,” Frontiers of Engineering Management, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 224-230, 2016.

Gillis, W., Cudney, E., “A Methodology for Applying Quality Function Deployment to the Commissioning Process,” Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 27, No. 4, pp. 177-187, 2015.

Gillis, W., Cudney, E., “A Standard for the Commissioning Process,” Frontiers of Engineering Management, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 39-51, 2015.

Gillis, W., Cudney, E., “A New Methodology for Eco-Friendly Construction: Utilizing Quality Function Deployment to Meet LEED Requirements,” Azevedo, S., Brandenburg, M., Carvalho, H., Cruz-Machado, V., Editors, Eco-Innovation and the Development of Business Models: Lessons from Experience and New Frontiers in Theory and Practice, Springer, 2014.

Gillis, W., Cudney, E., “Applying the House of Quality to the New-Building Construction Commissioning Process,” Freund, L., Cellary, W., Editors, Advances in the Human Side of Service Engineering, AHFE Conference, 2014.