About Brian Gilmore

Brian Gilmore of Allen, Texas, earned bachelor’s and Ph.D. degrees in ceramic engineering from Missouri S&T in 1997 and 2001, respectively. A linebacker on the Miner football team, Gilmore was a three-year starter, four-year letterman, and team captain in his junior year. His honors include MIAA Honorable Mention, MIAA Second Team honors, MIAA All-Academic Team, national recognition as a GTE/College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) First Team Academic All-America, National Football Foundation/College Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Burger King Scholar-Athlete of the Week. His career total of 382 tackles is just shy of the record of 397. Gilmore has held both engineering and management positions with MEMC Electronic Materials, Texas Instruments, and Pioneer Natural Resources. He holds six patents and the technical distinction of Associate Fellow. Gilmore also earned the technical distinction of Member, and Technical Staff while at Texas Instruments. Currently, he is a staff engineer at Pioneer, an active member and past board member of Keramos Fraternity, and an active member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers and the American Rock Mechanics Association.