Robert W. Barnes

Civil and Environmental Engineering
Professor (Structural)
Associate Chair for Undergraduate Studies
219 Harbert Center
334.844.6281
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Education

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, University of Texas-Austin
M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Texas-Austin
B.S. Civil Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology

Research Interests

Structural Concrete
Prestressed Concrete
Bridges
Strengthening of Structures
Anchorage of Prestressed Reinforcement in Concrete

In The News

CEE graduate, faculty recognized for structural engineering excellence

The American Concrete Institute (ACI) Board of Direction recently presented the Mete A. Sozen Award for Excellence in Structural Research to Andy Nowak, chair of Auburn University’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Robert W. Barnes, professor in civil and environmental engineering and Victor Aguilar Vidal, an assistant professor in civil engineering at the Universidad de Concepción in Concepción, Chile who earned a master’s degree in civil engineering from Auburn in 2018 and a doctorate in civil engineering in 2020.
Barnes talks Advanced Structural Engineering Laboratory on #GINNing Podcast

Associate professor Robbie Barnes weighs in on the wonders of civil engineering, and marvels at the latest monument to Auburn's structural engineering empire.
Doctoral defenses must go on for the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering

Years of work and preparation go into defending one’s doctoral dissertation and the Samuel Ginn College of Engineering is not letting the transition to remote instruction halt doctoral candidates’ progress toward earning their Ph.D. on schedule.