Kristen Peterson

Kristen Peterson is a Senior Consulting Engineer at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH), with a career spanning from September 2013 to the present, focusing on condition assessment, failure analysis, and repair of buried pipelines and various structures. Prior to this role, Kristen served as a Graduate Research Assistant at Lehigh University, where research involved developing a finite element model for an effective instrumentation plan for damage detection in large-scale shear walls. Additionally, Kristen contributed as a Teaching Assistant, creating instructional materials for an undergraduate Construction Management course. Kristen holds a Master’s Degree in Structural Engineering and a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Lehigh University.