Jerry Wall Professor B.Arch., Oklahoma State S.M., Civil Engineering, M.I.T. Ph.D., Industrial Engineering, University of Arkansas jwall@uark.edu 479/575-5070

After earning a bachelor of architecture degree at Oklahoma State and a science masters degree in civil engineering from MIT, Jerry Wall worked as a structural engineer for two Houston firms, Caudill Rowlett Scott and McDonnell Automation. He taught at the University of Tennessee for five years before coming to the University of Arkansas in 1973. He earned his Ph.D. in industrial engineering from the University of Arkansas.

Throughout his career at the School of Architecture, Wall has taught all five courses in the required technology sequence, focusing primarily on the structural aspects of design. Each year he also teaches an advanced structures seminar where students research, write and present papers on topics related to technology, materials or methods. He strongly believes that design is shaped by technology: the more students understand about technology, the more informed their designs will be.

Wall’s research interests include structural design for extreme environments. His students have developed exercise equipment to combat microgravity stress on astronauts and designed a habitat for Mars, presenting their work to NASA employees at the Johnson Space Center in Houston.

In addition to teaching, Wall consults on structural engineering for architects such as the late Fay Jones, an alumnus and first dean of the School of Architecture who won international acclaim for his designs. Wall is a certified energy auditor for the state of Arkansas. In his spare time, he crafts wooden furniture and sails his 31-foot Hunter sloop on Beaver Lake.