2025       Independent consultant - New York, USA
(ongoing)     

2011-2024     Robert Silman Associates – Structural Engineering – New York, USA

(13 years)      Associate – Simultaneously manages and designs new and old construction projects

Key projects:   Domino Refinery, PAU, and Park, James Corner Field Operations

                      15 James, Newark, Audible research facility with Perkins Eastman

                      Guest House, Steven Holl Architects

Saint John the Divine, the Dome Restoration, Ennead

Bridge Hampton Private Residence, Selldorf Architects

Feasibility studies for installation of greenhouses on existing public schools

Flood proofing of NYCHA projects

                       Key roles:      Founder of the XLab: repository of in-house technical design tools

                                             Founder of the CoLab: in-house management of computational design skills

                                             Founding member of the Technical Advancement Group (TAG)

2011              Volunteer with Dragonfly – NGO – Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

(4 months)    Site Engineer – Hands-on design/construction for a neglected public school and local non-profit

Key projects:   Nature study – mud construction under a traditional wooden roof structure

Guest house – experiment with straw-bale and bamboo construction

Developed curriculum and taught two-days long seminar on mud construction

2007-2011     Buro Happold – Structural Engineering – New York, USA

(4 years) Structural Engineer – Innovative engineering from concept design to construction administration

Key projects:   Project Honor, Foster and Partners - 70,000 ft²

World Trade Center Visitor Center, Snohetta - 48,000 ft²

King Abdullah Financial District p.407-408, Fxfowle – 88 and 133 m tall towers

2006             SNSH/Eiffage – Civil Engineering - Paris, France

(10 weeks)    Assistant to Construction Manager– Management and supervision of construction workers and multiple operations during the construction of a 600,000 ft2 office building

2020-present Columbia GSAP - New York, USA

                     Visiting Assistant Professor

                     A4114 Architectural Technology IV: Integrated Building Systems.

2016-present PRATT Institute - New York, USA

                     Adjunct Associate Professor

                     ARCH-632 (07 and 08): Materialities and Qualities

                     ARCH-631 (07 and 08) Structures 1: Structure as Medium

                     ARCH-763-03: Integrated Building Systems

                 ARCH 853C.01 The History of Structural Design

2014-2017     New York Institute of Technology - New York, USA

                             Assistant Professor for Advanced Structures II

                     ARCH-412M11 Advanced Structural Concepts

2008-2010     PRATT Institute - New York, USA

(5 semesters)   Teaching Assistant for History of Structural Art 

2006-.6/2007 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, USA

                     Master of Engineering in High Performance Structures, GPA 4.9/5.0

Thesis: Design of a Low Cost Bamboo Footbridge

Relevant course work: Structural Analysis and Control, Advanced Structural Dynamics, Structural Systems, Motion Based Design, Design for Sustainability

2004-6/2007 École Spéciale des Travaux Publics, Paris, France

     Engineering school (Grande École) specialized in Civil Engineering, minor in Architecture

2003             University of California, Berkeley CA, USA

                     Summer Session, Environmental Design