Gil Masters

Who is Gil Masters?

Gilbert 'Gil' Masters is a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Stanford University. Though he officially retired in 2002, he continues to teach two classes at the university.

He is the author of six books, including the leading environmental science textbook Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science, now in its third edition. He also recently published Renewable and Efficient Electric Power Systems and Energy for Sustainability: Technology, Planning, Policy.

Within the broad field of environmental engineering, Gil Masters specializes in the interrelationships between environmental quality and energy consumption. His main focus is on the design and evaluation of renewable energy systems and energy efficient buildings, including photovoltaics, wind turbines, distributed generation, combined heat-and-power systems, fuel cells, passive solar design, and solar-thermal technologies.

Masters taught environmental courses at Stanford since the mid-1970s, including CE170, Man and the Environment.

Masters earned a number of teaching awards at Stanford, including the Gores Award for Excellence in Teaching, and the Tau Beta Pi teaching award from the School of Engineering.