March 15, 2012
Back to School
by Shalva Marjanishvili & Brian Katz
The Civil Engineering department at Santa Clara University took a bold leap in the Fall of 2011 and offered its students an Intro to Blast Analysis course taught by Hinman’s Technical Director, Shalva Marjanishvili… Encouraged by the positive response to this class, Marjanishvili is returning to Santa Clara University and offering a second course in the upcoming Spring 2012 school term.
February 28, 2012
The Blast Engineering Artist
by Brian Katz
Oftentimes, the profession that comes to define us is not what our sights were initially set on. This month’s issue of Structural Engineer magazine features an article on Hinman Consulting Engineer’s founder president, Eve Hinman. The article recounts the journey that landed Hinman in the driver’s seat of a woman-ownened small business within the engineering community.
December 09, 2011
Hinman Recognized as an Exceptional Employer
by Diane Fontes
In 2011 Hinman ranked #5 among “The 2011 Best Structural Firms to work for” and was also a “Hot Firm” award recipient by ZweigWhite!
December 09, 2011
Building the Blast Library
by Shalva Marjanishvili & Brian Katz
Shalva Marjanishvili, one of Hinman’s own, recently collaborated with Steven Smith in compiling a design guide for blast resistant design of concrete masonry structures.
October 20, 2011
Hinman Ranked #5 Best Structural Engineering Firm to Work For!
by Caroline Field
On September 29th of this year, Hinman Consulting Engineers was ranked #5 Best Structural Engineering Firm To Work For by ZweigWhite…
September 07, 2011
Engineer Fortifies Buildings’ Defenses
by Eve Hinman
In a recent SF Chronicle article staff writer Meredith May reviewed the state of protective building design through the eyes of our company’s president, Eve Hinman.
March 31, 2011
Finding the “Correct” Solution: Blast Evaluation of Prestress Precast Concrete Panel
by Adam Billek
At this year’s structures congress, I will be presenting a case study contrasting single degree of freedom (SDOF) analysis and finite element (FE) analysis methods for determining blast support reactions for architectural prestressed concrete façade panels. There may be room for us, as engineers, to better understand the assumptions inherent in different analytical approached in an effort to minimize conservative design while optimizing expected system performance.
March 16, 2011
What does the future look like: 2 – How disasters become Catastrophes
by Shalva Marjanishvili
In my earlier blog I have attempted to question the current approach to risk, reliability and safety, I have briefly discussed the development of the Japanese disaster into a large scale catastrophe. This is the second part of the series of blogs I am writing in attempt to uncover the answers to the following question: how one disaster could possibly become a large scale catastrophe?
March 14, 2011
What does the future look like: 1- Current state of Catastrophes
by Shalva Marjanishvili
The recent series of disasters in Japan once again highlights the importance of the discussions we are having at Hinman about definitions of risk, reliability and safety. This blog, I hope, will become one in a series of blogs which I plan to write in order to highlight the importance of disaster management and to uncover the fundamental flaws in the current state of practice. The goal of this blog is to stimulate a discussion about current vulnerabilities and possible solutions.
