Event Date: Thursday, April 16, 2026
Old Post Office, 433 W Van Buren St.
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
SEAOI is pleased to announce the 2026 SEAOI Super Symposium, a newly enhanced, one-day event featuring two separate education tracks—Bridges and Buildings. Held on April 16, this expanded program brings together the very best of our long-running Bridge Symposium and Structures Symposium while preserving the distinct technical focus each audience values.
This new structure honors the uniqueness of each discipline while amplifying the professional community that connects them.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Exhibitor Opportunities
Program
Full program details for the Building Track are TBD.
7:30am-8:00am Registration/Breakfast
11:30am-12:20pm Lunch
5:00pm Adjorn
Location
The Old Post Office
433 W Van Buren St
Chicago, IL 60607
Parking information can be found here.
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Registration
Registration:
Early bird (ends 12pm Central on 3/15/26)
$325 - Member
$450 - Nonmember
After 3/15
$400 - Member
$525 - Nonmember
Government employees:
$200
Students:
$150
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Group Registration: Companies with 5+ attendees will receive $30 off each registration fee. Complete list of attendees' names and addresses must be submitted to fheinzel@seaoi.org to qualify and for registration.
A huge thank you to all of our sponsors and exhibitors!
Lanyard Sponsor:
Moment Connection Partners:
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Landmark Partners:
Bridge
Bridge
Bridge
Blueprint Breakfast Sponsors:
Design Build Partners
Bridge
Superstructure Partner
Buildings
Bridge
Bridge
Foundation Partner
Bridge
About the Speakers
Timothy J Dickson, PE, SE
Principal - Dickson-Schaefer, Ltd.
Timothy J Dickson, PE, SE is the principal of Dickson-Schaefer, Ltd. in Indianapolis. Mr. Dickson has a wide range of experience in the field of structural engineering that includes structural design, field investigations and laboratory studies. His design and evaluation experience includes commercial and residential buildings and bridges constructed of reinforced concrete (conventional, pre-stressed and post-tensioned), structural steel, masonry and timber.
Kristen Fuentes
Director of Virtual Construction - Pepper Construction
Kristen Fuentes specializes in creating highly intricate models utilized for design, coordination, estimating, detailing, fabrication, erection, and facilities management. With nearly 20 years of experience, Kristen has worked both in design and construction firms, embodying a true integrated design-construction approach. She has rebar, structural steel, and cold-formed metal framing detailing experience. A licensed California PE and Illinois SE, Kristen is committed to finding simple, efficient solutions that optimize both project schedules and budgets.
Ezra Hilton, SE., PE
Structural Engineer - Meyer Borgman Johnson
With over 15 years of experience, Ezra brings a passion of collaboration and the built environment, understanding the key role structural engineers have in transforming a project form vision to reality. His expertise spas a range of materials, with a focus on complex steel structures, reinforced concrete, mass timber, and masonry, applied across diverse sectors such as healthcare, education, government, sports, cultural, residential, and commercial.
Kurt P. Holloway, P.E., S.E. and Tracy R. Naso, PE, SE
Associate Principal and Principal - Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc.
Kurt Holloway is an Associate Principal structural engineer in WJE’s headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois. He has more than 15 years of experience with investigation and repair of all types of existing structures, including concrete, steel, aluminum, masonry, and timber. He excels at incorporating testing and materials evaluation methods to complement assessment to inform designs, particularly of historic and antiquated structural systems.
Tracy Naso is a Principal structural engineer and Unit Manager in WJE’s downtown Chicago office. She has more than two decades of experience solving problems with existing building structures of all types, with particular expertise in prestressed and post-tensioned concrete construction.
Cathleen Jacinto, PE, SE
Principal - FORSE Consulting / Steel Tube Institute
Cathleen has 25 years of experience practicing structural engineering on a variety of projects while at Thornton Tomasetti, T.Y. Lin, and currently at FORSE Consulting. At FORSE, she also contributes to seminars and publications. One topic Cathleen highlights is structural steel HSS design, as a technical consultant to the Steel Tube Institute. She contributes as a Board Member to SEAOI, serves on committees with AISC & ASTM, and is a licensed SE, PE in Illinois.
Christian Parker, PE
Project Engineer - Thornton Tomasetti
Christian Parker is a Project Engineer with Thornton Tomasetti. He holds his MS and BS in Architectural Engineering from Drexel University, and has experience in aviation, government, restoration and reuse, public assembly, and higher education. Christian is active in the Skyline Council of Landmarks Illinois, and the ACE Mentorship program for high school students.
Mohit Rathi, EIT
Structural EIT - Berkey Engineering
Mohit Rathi is a Structural EIT at Berkey Engineering, based in Chicago. He began his career at 18 as a structural engineering intern, contributing to calculations, inspections, reports, forensic investigations, and litigation support. He passed the FE exam in summer 2024, becoming one of the youngest worldwide. In summer 2025, at age 19, he passed the PE Civil: Structural exam—the youngest ever to do so.
Marc Rivard
Director of Engineering - Sterling Structural
Marc Rivard is a licensed Structural and Professional Engineer in California, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire and serves as Director of Engineering at Sterling Structural, providing technical project support, sales, and design assistance for cross-laminated timber projects. From 2014 to 2023, he was Regional Director for WoodWorks, supporting light-frame and mass timber projects and delivering continuing education for AEC professionals. From 2000 to 2014, he practiced in California specializing in seismic structural design.
Dan Swiatek
Principal - Meyer Borgman Johnson
As Co-Leader of MBJ’s Chicago office, Dan is responsible for leading a team of engineers in structural analysis and design, coordination with project architects, construction administration and production of structural drawings. He is experienced with a wide variety of projects from small tenant improvements to complex and fast-track projects in market segments such as residential, aviation, healthcare, education, and others.
Ann Sychterz, Ph.D., P.Eng
Assistant Professor - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Ann Sychterz is an assistant professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a professional engineer from Ontario. With her team at SMARTI lab, they harness geometrically nonlinear systems, such as tensegrity structures and origami, for adaptive civil infrastructure. She obtained her PhD from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL).
Olivia Voskuil and Kathleen Strnad, RA
Associate II and Associate Principal - Klein & Hoffman
Olivia Voskuil works as a structural engineer at Klein & Hoffman in Chicago, Illinois. She has more than two years of experience across a diverse range of project types, with much of her work focusing on renovation, restoration, and adaptive reuse. She earned her B.S. in Civil Engineering from Hope College and her M.S. in Structural Engineering from the University of Michigan. Apart from structural engineering she enjoys staying active – especially playing basketball.
Kathleen Strnad, RA, is an Associate Principal in Klein & Hoffman’s Structural Engineering Department. Since 2005, Kathleen has led and collaborated on adaptive reuse and structural restoration projects. Prominent clients include the Shedd Aquarium and the Chicago Board of Trade Building. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Architectural Studies with Honors from UIUC in 2003, studied abroad in Versailles (2001–2002), and received her Master of Architecture – Structures Option from UIUC in 2005.
Bradley Young PE SE And Mark Nagis AIA
Associate Principal and Principal - Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
Brad Young is an Associate Principal and Structural Engineer in the Chicago office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Brad received a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Southern Illinois University in 1998 and a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University in 2000.
As a Design Principal in SOM’s Chicago office, Mark serves as team leader and oversees design strategy for commercial, hospitality, residential, and mixed-use projects.
