Brian Knight, SE presenting at ETS ’18

Our very own President and Founder, Brian Knight, is presenting this week at the Electrical Transmission & Substation Structures Conference in Atlanta, GA. He’ll be presenting a group paper on the Seismic Design of Substations – IEEE Std 693 Gets a Major Update. Brian was fortunate to be able to co-author this paper with three highly respected members of the engineering community. Eric Fujisaki, P.E.,  Leon Kempner Jr. PhD., P.E, and Craig Riker, P.E.

Brian received his Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Washington and a Master’s Degree in Structural Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His 20+ year professional career has focused on earthquake performance and resiliency of critical infrastructure, especially in the area of power and transmission infrastructure performance. Brian is a highly valued consultant providing his seismic expertise to Power Utilities, High-Voltage Equipment Manufacturers, EPC contractors. Brian’s experience includes seismic qualification of equipment, substation vulnerability assessment, seismic strengthening of buildings and power system seismic risk assessment, and the design of new substation structures and foundations.  This unique cross section of experience gives him valuable insight into the holistic needs of every project he is engaged in. Brian’s professional commitment to advance the state-of-the-practice for earthquake engineering in the electric power industry is demonstrated by his involvement in numerous national committees including IEEE Std. 693 (Recommended Practice for Design of Substations), IEEE Std. 1527 (Design of Flexible Buswork Located in Seismically Active Areas) and ASCE 113 (Substation Structure Design Guide).  Brian has served for the past 8 years as the Secretary for the IEEE Std. 693 Committee.