Robert E. Nabours, Ph.D., PE, has been involved in the construction industry for more than fifty-five years. During the early 1960s, he was an instructor in electrical engineering at the University of Arizona, a research engineer in advanced communications systems, and the chief engineer for an Arizona electronics manufacturer. Since 1968, he has been engaged full time in the private practice of design electrical engineering, serving clients in the construction industry and providing forensic electrical engineering services to the legal profession.

He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Arizona in 1957, his M.S. in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1959, and his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of Arizona in 1965. He is a registered professional engineer in Arizona, California and New Mexico and is a member of the National Society of Professional Engineers, a life senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and is a Fellow of the National Academy of Forensic Engineers. He is also a member of the technical honorary societies of Sigma Pi Sigma (physics) and Tau Beta Pi (engineering).