Gary Noble Curtis: Curriculum Vitae - 2004

Education:

• Benson Polytechnic High School, Portland, OR, 1955
• BS Civil Engineering, Minor in Math, Walla Walla College 1959
• Selected structural engineering extension classes-UCLA/USC

Professional:

• Civil & Structural Engineer Licenses in the following states: California SE1484, CE 14035, Washington SE 14715, Oregon SE 9152, Nevada CE & SE 11615, Hawaii SE 8829, Illinois PE &SE 081-005382
• Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers
• Structural Engineers Association of Southern California
• American Concrete Institute
• International Association of Shell Structures
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute
• National Trust for Historic Preservation

Committees:

• Wind Load Committee-Structural Engineers Association
• Ad Hoc Committee-Minimum Compensation Standards, SEAOSC
• Hearing Board-Long Beach Department of Building and Safety
• Design Competition Advisory Panel-Astronaut Memorial
• Vice President - The Metal Boat Society

Employment:

• Chief Engineer, John K. Minasian SE, 1960-1967
• General Manager, Minasian Associates, 1967-1973
• Consulting Engineer in Private Practice, 1973-Present
• Manager Special Projects, TEMCOR (part time R&D) '86-'88
• A Founder & Principal, Gossamer Space Frames 1999
 

Experience:

• Space Needle for Seattle Worlds Fair
• Queens Way Bridge and Aproaches Long Beach (winner of the 1971 AISC Long Span Prize Bridge Award), project manager & chief engineer
• Structural analysis of large cable supported towers
• Structural analysis of South Pole Station Geodesic Dome-NSF (follow up inspection and repair of foundation settlement, 1983, 1988 &1989)
• Spruce Goose Dome, Long Beach
• Queen Mary Structural Modifications (code compliance review)
• Saturn Rocket Engine Test Stand (structural analysis)
• Structural rehabilitation of earthquake hazardous buildings
• Expert witness consulting for construction failures including tall guyed TV towers, bridges and soil movement affecting structures
• Design of many steel, concrete and wood frame structures
• Schools, Churches, Apartments, Office & Industrial Buildings and Residences (includes both engineering and architectural design services)
• Dome erection guyed towers; 300 feet with 1,000,000 pound lift capacity ("Design and Construction of 120m Aluminum Domes for Salt and Coal Storage Applications" by Lopez and Curtis for the International Association of Shell Structures)
• Design of the "Roller Coaster Bridge" Long Beach
• Consultant for TEMCOR; domes and structural support services
• Consultant for CELLEX; cellular concrete building products
• Design and construction of steel sail boats; a profitable hobby