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Mr. Robinson is a graduate of North Carolina State University from which he received his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and his master of Civil Engineering degree. He has over 30 years of experience in the structural engineering field and has been in private practice for over 24 years. Prior to establishing his own practice Mr. Robinson worked for Bechtel Petroleum in San Francisco and for various structural engineering firms in the Raleigh area. Mr. Robinson is a licensed professional engineer in 16 states. He has taught structural analysis classes at the community college level and has conducted numerous seminars over the last 20 years. He also served on a sub-committee for the North Carolina Building Code Council tasked with reviewing the provisions of the North Carolina Residential Code for interior moisture control and water intrusion. Mr. Robinson’s practice includes design, analysis and evaluation of steel, concrete, masonry and timber structures. He has investigated over 1,500 wood frame buildings for damage, and he has developed plans of repair for structures and finishes.

Mr. Robinson is a graduate of North Carolina State University from which he received his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and his master of Civil Engineering degree. He has over 30 years of experience in the structural engineering field and has been in private practice for over 24 years. Prior to establishing his own practice Mr. Robinson worked for Bechtel Petroleum in San Francisco and for various structural engineering firms in the Raleigh area. Mr. Robinson is a licensed professional engineer in 16 states. He has taught structural analysis classes at the community college level and has conducted numerous seminars over the last 20 years. He also served on a sub-committee for the North Carolina Building Code Council tasked with reviewing the provisions of the North Carolina Residential Code for interior moisture control and water intrusion. Mr. Robinson’s practice includes design, analysis and evaluation of steel, concrete, masonry and timber structures. He has investigated over 1,500 wood frame buildings for damage, and he has developed plans of repair for structures and finishes.

Principal at Martin/Martin, Inc.
Ms. Guglielmo earned her bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from UCLA, and her master’s degree in Structural Engineering from UC Berkeley. She has 15 years of structural engineering experience, all with Martin/Martin, Inc. Ms. Guglielmo began her career in their Denver, Colorado, area office, and is currently a principal with the firm, managing their San Francisco Bay Area office. She has lectured on wind and seismic provisions across the nation. Ms. Guglielmo is the vice chair for the ASCE 7 seismic committee and a voting member of the ASCE 7 wind, seismic, and main committee. A licensed structural engineer, Ms. Guglielmo has received a number of awards, including SEI Fellow and the Susan M. Frey NCSEA Educator Award, for effective instruction for practicing structural engineers.

Senior Project Manager at Integral Engineering Co & Quality Control Manager at Studio NYL Structural Engineers
Ms. Jorgensen graduated from the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. She has 30 years of experience in structural design and project management. Ms. Jorgensen has served as a managing principal and director of operations for an architectural and engineering office. She currently is a senior project manager for Integral Engineering in Centennial, Colorado, and a quality control manager for Studio NYL in Boulder, Colorado. Ms. Jorgensen serves as the vice president of the National Council of Structural Engineers Associations and has been a speaker at the SEI Structures Conference. A licensed professional engineer in 16 states, Ms. Jorgensen has earned a number of awards and recognitions including the W. Gene Corley Award from SEI, the Service Award from NCSEA, and she is a Fellow in SEI and ASCE.

Jerald W. Kunkel Consulting Engineers, Inc. in ArlingtonMr. Kunkel is a registered professional engineer in 37 states. He received his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and his master’s degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Texas – Arlington. He specializes in the design and investigation of commercial and residential structures. His design experience includes bridge design, steel and concrete design of commercial buildings, and concrete and wood framing design of residential structures. He has been involved in the design of slab-on-grade foundations in the expansive clay soils of north central Texas and at various locations nationwide for the past 34 years. Mr. Kunkel currently conducts seminars and lectures at trade schools on residential construction, remodeling and repair. He is also a professor in practice at the University of Texas at Arlington, an adjunct professor at Tarrant County College and a fellow and lifetime member in the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Kunkel is also a Texas certified windstorm engineer.

Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.

Senior Structural Engineer at AECOM and Adjunct Associate Professor at West Virginia University
Dr. William is a professional structural engineer with over 25 years of academic and consulting experience in the structural analysis, design, long-term monitoring, and condition assessment of highway bridges and pavement structures. His experience has also extended to the design and construction of water-front structures, as well as industrial and high-rise residential buildings. Dr. William has published over 120 articles in international journals and conference proceedings. He is a member of several national technical committees and has participated in writing four design codes/guidelines published by the American Concrete Institute.
Dr. William has extensive experience with 3D nonlinear finite element analysis of diverse complex structures using LS-DYNA. He has dealt with problems involving mesh construction of complicated geometries, contact, nonlinear material behavior, fracture and failure analysis, and validating results with experimentally measured data. He has experience with lightweight composite structures with an emphasis on automotive lightweighting technologies and lightweight dense hydrogen storage systems. He has also worked on the structural characterization of lightweight composite materials including polymer-reinforced composites and metal matrix composites.
Starting his career as a structural/geotechnical engineer, followed by long experience with long-term field monitoring of the performance of various types of bridges, Dr. William has been exposed to many problems associated with bridge construction and design specifications such as early age full-depth longitudinal cracks in empirically designed bridge decks, transverse deck cracking, out-of-plane web distortion of steel I-girders, and restrained bridge expansion at integral abutment or expansion joints. Dr. William has provided expert assistance in several issues such as early age longitudinal cracking of empirically designed bridge decks and out-of-plane distortion of steel girders through WVDOT/FHWA task force in 2006-2007.

Senior Structural Engineer at AECOM and Adjunct Associate Professor at West Virginia University
Dr. William is a professional structural engineer with over 25 years of academic and consulting experience in the structural analysis, design, long-term monitoring, and condition assessment of highway bridges and pavement structures. His experience has also extended to the design and construction of water-front structures, as well as industrial and high-rise residential buildings. Dr. William has published over 120 articles in international journals and conference proceedings. He is a member of several national technical committees and has participated in writing four design codes/guidelines published by the American Concrete Institute.
Dr. William has extensive experience with 3D nonlinear finite element analysis of diverse complex structures using LS-DYNA. He has dealt with problems involving mesh construction of complicated geometries, contact, nonlinear material behavior, fracture and failure analysis, and validating results with experimentally measured data. He has experience with lightweight composite structures with an emphasis on automotive lightweighting technologies and lightweight dense hydrogen storage systems. He has also worked on the structural characterization of lightweight composite materials including polymer-reinforced composites and metal matrix composites.
Starting his career as a structural/geotechnical engineer, followed by long experience with long-term field monitoring of the performance of various types of bridges, Dr. William has been exposed to many problems associated with bridge construction and design specifications such as early age full-depth longitudinal cracks in empirically designed bridge decks, transverse deck cracking, out-of-plane web distortion of steel I-girders, and restrained bridge expansion at integral abutment or expansion joints. Dr. William has provided expert assistance in several issues such as early age longitudinal cracking of empirically designed bridge decks and out-of-plane distortion of steel girders through WVDOT/FHWA task force in 2006-2007.

Jerald W. Kunkel Consulting Engineers, Inc. in ArlingtonMr. Kunkel is a registered professional engineer in 37 states. He received his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and his master’s degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Texas – Arlington. He specializes in the design and investigation of commercial and residential structures. His design experience includes bridge design, steel and concrete design of commercial buildings, and concrete and wood framing design of residential structures. He has been involved in the design of slab-on-grade foundations in the expansive clay soils of north central Texas and at various locations nationwide for the past 34 years. Mr. Kunkel currently conducts seminars and lectures at trade schools on residential construction, remodeling and repair. He is also a professor in practice at the University of Texas at Arlington, an adjunct professor at Tarrant County College and a fellow and lifetime member in the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Kunkel is also a Texas certified windstorm engineer.

Project Manager at DH Glabe & AssociatesMr. Hizer has worked on a number of large scale projects including structural inspections of power plants, metal refineries and mass material conveyors. After years of work with residential and commercial building design, he moved into heavy industrial design and renovation. He has also worked in research and development, working with more exotic materials such as aluminum, fiberglass and carbon fiber-reinforced plastics (FRP). Mr. Hizer is an expert in structural analysis as well as finite element analysis (FEA). He currently works at DH Glabe and Associates, assisting contractors with temporary structures including shoring, scaffolding, formwork, anchorage, fall protection, product analysis, bridge erection plans, anchor testing and more. Mr. Hizer completed his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees concurrently in four years through an accelerated program at Utah State University. He is a licensed structural engineer in Utah, Hawaii, Colorado, and Illinois.

Engineer and Manager at KPFFMr. Buccola is a professional structural engineer with more than 14 years of experience in the industry. Currently, he manages the Louisville office of KPFF—part of a nationwide firm with over 1,100 employees and 20 offices across the country. Mr. Buccola is a transplant from Los Angeles where he started his career with KPFF and simultaneously taught undergraduate structural engineering courses at Cal Poly Pomona. He spent the last seven years in Louisville overseeing design teams on a host of projects throughout the U.S. He recently left a Louisville-based A/E firm where he was vice president, to open and manage the KPFF Louisville office in 2017 where they are now 16 people-strong. They specialize in the rehabilitation of existing buildings, and in the construction of medical office buildings, industrial facilities, design-build projects, and housing/hospitality projects. He is a licensed professional engineer in 36 states.
In his spare time, Mr. Buccola enjoys travelling with his wife Valerie, who is responsible for introducing him to the second love of his life: her home state of Kentucky. Weekends are spent together with their four kids, discovering all that Louisville has to offer. Mr. Buccola is also a cancer survivor, a foster parent, and a Louisville Business Journal “2012 Forty Under 40” honoree.

Mr. Daley is a professional structural engineer with 4 years of experience in the industry. He currently works at the Louisville office of KPFF Consulting Engineers and is experienced in rehabilitation of existing structures, design of industrial facilities, and wood-framed construction. Mr. Daley enjoys a wide variety of projects, and has on-the-job experience in seven states ranging from New Mexico to Florida to Ohio. KPFF has given him endless learning possibilities and professional resources, given their national status as a leading structural firm with over 1,100 employees and 20 offices in nine states. Mr. Daley received in PE license in June 2017 and is always looking forward to his next design challenge.
A proud alumnus of Western Kentucky University (BS, ’13) and The University of Kentucky (MS, ’14), Mr. Daley enjoys college sports and loves to make visits back to both campuses for football and basketball games. After starting work in Lexington, Kentucky after graduation, he jumped at an opportunity to get back to Louisville, where he and his wife grew up. Mr. Daley spends his free time outdoors hiking, biking, and gardening. He is also invested in high school STEM outreach, serving as a judge and mentor in several local science camps and competitions.

Mr. White is a professional structural engineer with more than 13 years of experience in the industry. Currently, he is a senior structural engineer in the Louisville office of KPFF – part of a nationwide firm with over 1,100 employees and 20 offices across the country. They specialize in the rehabilitation of existing buildings, and in the construction of medical office buildings, industrial facilities, design-build projects, and housing/hospitality projects. After graduating from Clemson University in 2005, Mr. White started his career in Myrtle Beach, SC designing reinforced concrete high rise structures, multi-family condominiums, and office buildings. He spent the last nine years designing structures throughout the country for the Department of Defense, ranging from small CMU training buildings to full compounds, as well as Army Reserve Training Centers. In his spare time, Mr. White and his wife Allyson enjoy spending time outdoors hiking, kayaking, and exploring local areas. They have a one-year-old daughter that fulfills their lives. Mr. White also loves watching and attending college football games and cheering on his alma mater Clemson Tigers.

Jerald W. Kunkel Consulting Engineers, Inc. in ArlingtonMr. Kunkel is a registered professional engineer in 37 states. He received his bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and his master’s degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Texas – Arlington. He specializes in the design and investigation of commercial and residential structures. His design experience includes bridge design, steel and concrete design of commercial buildings, and concrete and wood framing design of residential structures. He has been involved in the design of slab-on-grade foundations in the expansive clay soils of north central Texas and at various locations nationwide for the past 34 years. Mr. Kunkel currently conducts seminars and lectures at trade schools on residential construction, remodeling and repair. He is also a professor in practice at the University of Texas at Arlington, an adjunct professor at Tarrant County College and a fellow and lifetime member in the American Society of Civil Engineers. Mr. Kunkel is also a Texas certified windstorm engineer.

PhD, PE, M.ASCE, AIA, ENV_SP
Dr. Charalambides earned his B.A. degree in Architecture at the University of California at Berkeley. He possesses a CEAA graduate degree in History and Theory of Architecture from the École d’Architecture de Paris Villemin (France), an M.A. degree in Urban Rehabilitation and City Politics from the École Supérieure De Commerce Marseille-Provence (France), and a Master of Architecture and a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. The subject of his doctorate dissertation was on the design automation for tensegrity structures. Dr. Charalambides has been involved in higher education since 1999, teaching at institutions such as the University of Texas at Austin and Frederick University in Cyprus. Recently he is faculty at Morgan State University in Baltimore, teaching courses in Steel Design, Reinforced concrete Design, Masonry, and Architectural Design Studio, and he conducted research and experiments on concrete mixtures and additives. He is a recipient of a number of awards including a Fulbright scholarship, and he participated in numerous projects as practicing architect in Europe and in the US. He is a registered architect, civil engineer, and sustainability professional ENV_SP in Europe and in the US. His research interests are on design automation, numerical methods for construction professionals, space structures, construction materials, and sustainable design, focusing specifically on passive energy control and building materials.

Robin M. Closs has 15 years of experience as a structural engineer designing and analyzing anything from pipes to multistory buildings in fields such as commercial, power, government, institutional, nuclear, industrial, and residential. She traveled to Long Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy as part of a Code Enforcement Disaster Assistance Response Team. Her engineering knowledge in timber, concrete, steel, masonry, aluminum, and light gauge metal has helped her design new buildings, complete renovations and additions, demolish existing structures, produce mechanical platforms, and design appropriate repairs to roofs, walls, floors, and spillways. Ms Closs is the president of The Engineering Society of Buffalo and currently creates, writes, and edits their newsletter. She also regularly spends time tutoring and greatly enjoys assisting young minds to see the benefits of engineering. She has also acted as the principal coordinator for 80-person volunteer teams, judged inventions, and mentored winners of engineering city competitions. Ms Closs graduated from the Milwaukee School of Engineering with a BS degree in Architectural Engineering with a Structural Specialty. She is a licensed professional engineering in multiple states, is a licensed structural engineer in Illinois, and is certified as a NCEES Model Law Structural Engineer. Her goal is to meet client needs in a positive and timely fashion.

Mr. Dance is a director with Ankura Consulting in their Global Construction Practice. With 15 years in the design and construction industries, he has obtained broad experience as a structural engineer on projects ranging from custom wood-framed homes, to multi-story steel and concrete structures, to nuclear power plant modification. His experience includes projects in the industrial, healthcare, aviation, education, multi-family housing and retail sectors throughout North America and abroad. Mr. Dance has experience in the analysis and design of both public and private buildings, working on projects for both state and federal governments. Currently, he provides consulting, analysis and advisory services on design and construction projects. Mr. Dance has experience in the analysis of complex technical disputes involving design and construction issues relevant to owners, designers, constructors, their insurers and counsel. He is licensed as a professional engineer (PE) and a structural engineer (SE) in multiple states. Mr. Dance is also certified as a project management professional (PMP) with the Project Management Institute and as a model law structural engineer with NCEES.

Mr. Thomas is a project manager with Innovative Engineering, Inc. and has over 14 years of experience in providing structural engineering on commercial and federal projects, including significant experience on projects for the DoD, CDC, DHS, USDA and VA. He received his BSCET degree from Southern Polytechnic State University, and he has received specialized training in a diverse range of technical areas including several which are unique to the structural profession. Additionally, Mr. Thomas has significant experience designing new and renovated facilities including secure facilities; explosive ordinance and disposal buildings; laboratories; headquarters/operations facilities including training, office and admin buildings; and housing facilities. He has served as the structural engineer for projects requiring full and partial designs, utilities hardening, master planning, programming, and value engineering. Mr. Thomas’ responsibilities include involvement in preliminary through final design and construction administration, as well as performing a broad range of structural evaluations and assessments.

Mr. Fratinardo is a civil/structural engineer and roof consultant. His over 20 years of experience includes civil and structural engineering analysis, design, construction administration, field investigation, and project management, and 13 years of experience specific to forensic engineering and the investigation and analysis of building damage and failures. Mr. Fratinardo has designed numerous new buildings, building additions, building renovations, and mechanical platforms and supports. He has designed and analyzed roof, wall and floor framing systems utilizing steel, concrete, masonry, and wood construction. Mr. Fratinardo has vast expertise in commercial, industrial, agricultural, municipal, educational and residential building damage investigations, including on-site investigations after 25 different tornado events, and Hurricanes Irene, Sandy, Matthew, Harvey, Irma, Maria and Florence. He has legal experience in depositions, arbitration hearings and trials. He has prepared and performed numerous continuing education presentations, including on an array of topics in forensic engineering, structural engineering and building codes for HalfMoon Education Inc., in multiple states since 2014. Mr. Fratinardo graduated from Michigan State University with a bachelor of science degree in Civil Engineering, and he also holds a master of engineering degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University. He is a registered professional engineer in multiple states and a licensed structural engineer in Illinois.