Datum Engineers
Swarna Karuppiah, PE, currently serves as an Associate at Datum Engineers, focusing on sustainability initiatives aimed at achieving carbon neutrality by 2050 and implementing embodied carbon reduction plans. With experience in project engineering for significant construction projects such as a 99,000 square foot elementary school and a 190,000 square foot church renovation, Swarna's expertise includes structural analysis, design, and project management. Previous roles include a summer internship at Gilsanz Murray Steficek, where Swarna contributed to wind, seismic design, and structural analysis for various structures, as well as internships at Chennai Metro Rail Ltd. and Gujarat Energy Research and Management Institute, focusing on construction techniques and sustainable development. Swarna holds an MBA from the University of California, Berkeley, and degrees in Civil and Structural Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and the University of Southern California.
Datum Engineers
Datum Engineers, founded in 1937, is a Texas-based firm devoted exclusively to the practice of structural engineering. Datum serves a client base of corporate, institutional, public and private development owners and architectural firms primarily in Texas but across the United States as well. Completed projects range up to 60-stories in height and more than two million square feet in size. More than fifty of our projects have had a construction budget of $50 Million or more. We maintain structural design offices in Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio, and have a highly experienced and motivated engineering staff, most of whom have worked together at Datum for many years. Several of our principals and project managers have been with Datum for 20 years or more. The majority of our engineers have master's degrees from highly rated universities, and all have gained broad experience while at Datum. We take great pride in our reputation as innovative designers and creative problem solvers who collaborate with architects to help them create finely detailed buildings.