Structures Workshop, Inc - Erik Anders Nelson

ERIK ANDERS NELSON, PE, SE

Erik Anders Nelson has worked in the engineering and construction industry since 1996
and started out as an estimator for a large contractor and soon after as a bridge
engineer. He then went on to work as a structural engineer in the building industry.   He
has since helped design several hundred structures over the past 12 years ranging in
scale from small projects such as houses and one story commercial structures to large
projects such as baseball stadiums and high rises.

Erik has worked on numerous projects that have complex geometries with innovative
structural systems such as the Linked Hybrid project in Beijing. Although most of his
work involved new buildings and renovations, he has extensive experience in forensic
investigations and failure analysis including non-linear analysis. He has also been
involved in the design of large dynamic structures for the entertainment industry such as
Cirque du Soleil's show Ka and the Crane Ballet.

Erik is an adjunct professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. He has been
teaching one class per semester to architects (RISD) and engineers (Brown / UMass)
over the past four years.   These include Steel, Concrete, Masonry, High Performance
Structures, BIM Revit Architecture and Revit Structure, Statics and Strength of Materials.
He continues to publish articles in Structure Magazine and Modern Steel Construction.

Erik is the Vice President of the Structural Engineers Association of Rhode Island
(SEARI), and member of ASCE, AISC, and AIA.   He is a modal law structural engineer
and registered professional engineer in Illinois, Rhode Island, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine and New York.

Erik Nelson holds a masters degree from M.I.T. (Structural Engineering) and two
bachelors degrees from Lake Forest College (Physics) and Washington University in St.
Louis (Civil Engineering) .

Curriculum Vitae