In September, for the third consecutive year, Scott Adan, Ph.D., S.E., SECB, a Principal with Adan Engineering, was reappointed Steel Subcommittee Chair for the Structural Engineers Association of Northern California (SEAONC).

Dr. Adan has over 20 years of experience as a structural engineer, including investigating existing buildings, designing new buildings, performing earthquake research, and evaluating earthquake risk. He has taught steel design and mechanics of materials at the University of Utah and the University of Washington, respectively.

He has been an active member of SEAONC for the past five years since moving to the San Francisco Bay Area.  Prior to his living in the Bay Area, he was an active member of the Structural Engineers Association of Washington (SEAW), in Seattle.