Profiles (259)
I work as a
consultant engineer (structural to be precise) and my job has taken
me to different parts of the world.
I am structural engineer, who actually does not fit the
stereotype of an engineer, you be the judge.
Currently, I'm a full-time graduate student and am working on my
masters degree in structural engineering. I work at a great
structural engineering firm during the week that specializes in the
design of commercial buildings.
guidebook and how-to book, and some structural
engineering-related books/articles)Career-RelatedEngineering design
of: supertall skyscrapers, long-span bridges, architecturally
significant buildingsSeismic and wind engineeringResearch
(Structural forensic investigations, preventative blast and
Quizzes (2)
by vastierfawn
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by quizgrrrl
Find out if you'll survive the zombie attack. ...
Journal Posts (12)
by eliteromance
Kilsheimer was the first
structural engineer to arrive at the Pentagon after the crash and
helped coordinate the emergency response. "It was absolutely a
plane, and I'll tell you why," says Kilsheimer, CEO of KCE
Structural Engineers PC, Washington, D.
by Thinkerer
lighting, programmatic adaptation and
structural simplicity. Each panel’s uniqueness is afforded by the
efficiency of digital fabrication while coded parametric
relationships allow an emergent structural efficiency, from a ... the currently separated roles
of engineer, designer, and contractor.
Journal Comments (15)
Comment by zzyzx_xyzzy
keeping the scare quotes on 'scientist' and 'engineer' because
I'm not sure how Balbanes' ... The existence of structural phenomena must be shown using
what we can observe, which are individual actions; carrying
structural arguments to the individual, observable level is why
sociologists were
Comment by D_Vorsay
People are throwing around the words structural and individualist
long after it is ... to this new concept
using the words Scientist and Engineer, people who weren't in this
discussion will have no idea what I mean. On the other hand, they
know the words Scientist and Engineer, and will make a guess.
Forum Comments (35)
Comment by Brothab
, a Vermont structural engineer,
expects fire-induced failures to be “tilting, erratic and
twisting.” while Ronald Brookman, S.E., a licensed structural
engineer from Novato, California, figures on “a partial collapse to
the side.
Comment by Brothab
, a Vermont structural engineer,
expects fire-induced failures to be “tilting, erratic and
twisting.” while Ronald Brookman, S.E., a licensed structural
engineer from Novato, California, figures on “a partial collapse to
the side.
Comment by Brothab
Ground Zero and stated
in The Structural Engineer,‘They showed us many fascinating slides’
[Eaton] continued, ‘ranging from molten metal which was still red
hot weeks after the event, to 4-inch thick steel plates sheared and
bent in the disaster’. (Structural Engineer, September 3, 2002, p.
Comment by
The American
Society of Civil Engineers is sponsoring several studies of the
site. Meanwhile the Structural Engineering Institute of the
American Society of Structural Engineers has established an
investigative team to analyze the disaster and learn from the
failure ( http://www.
Comment by Brothab
the South Tower fell and why the
concrete was pulverized"A number of structural engineers have
questioned the government's explanation for the collapse of the
Twin Towers . As just two of many examples, two structural
engineers at a prestigious Swiss university said that, on 9/11,
World Trade