Dr. Sillars’ teaching interests focus on the delivery of construction services. His teaching subjects include building construction, alternative contracting forms, strategic planning, estimating, and risk management.

Dr. Sillars' technical and research interests include interorganizational relationships in the construction industry; cultural factors in facility delivering; project delivery alternatives; and strategic organizational structuring at the project and enterprise level. Dr. Sillars is also Director of the Robert C. Wilson Program in Construction Engineering Management, a program designed to increase students' knowledge of engineering and business in preparation for advanced positions in the construction industry.