phd ReCipients - Department of Civil Engineering - The University of ...

H. Douglas Steadman
Sparks Engineering, Inc.
Douglas Steadman is one of the most respected structural engineers in the city of San
Antonio. He attended the University of Texas in the Navy V-12 Program and received his
B.S.C.E. and Commission as an Ensign in 1946. After discharge from the Navy, Steadman
received his M.S. degree from UT-Austin in 1948. He was hired by W.E. Simpson Co.,
Inc. in San Antonio, Texas, becoming Chief Engineer and Administrative Vice President
of the company, and later Executive Vice President in 1979 and President in 1985.
With more than 50 years of civil and structural engineering experience, he is widely
recognized for his project direction and attention to detail. The San Antonio Airport’s
expansion project as well as the Alamodome’s design was completed under Steadman’s
leadership.
Thomas W. Taylor
Principal Design Engineer, Datum Engineers
Thomas Taylor has been a leader and innovator in the building industry throughout
his 49 year career as a structural engineer. He joined Frank Chappell & Associates after
graduating and assumed leadership of the company in four years. Taylor incorporated the
company as Datum Engineers and has helped it grow into a nationally recognized firm.
A student of both art and architecture, he has built a successful practice by creatively
applying structural engineering to support the artistic vision of architectural clients.
Taylor was a pioneer in the development of several new structural systems, including
the “stack wall” concept for precast parking structures, slender slip-formed concrete cores
for bracing high rise buildings, and a versatile reinforced brick cavity wall system.
2007 outstAnding young Alumnus
Melissa C. Seib Moran, MSCE ‘92
After graduating from UT Austin, Melissa Moran joined the firm of Malcolm
Pirnie, Inc., where she quickly became responsible for a host of complex drinking
water projects, ranging from cutting edge ultraviolet disinfection applications to
construction management of two drinking water reservoirs for a water treatment facility
in San Diego, California. Moran also remained actively engaged in research activity
as a project leader and manager for research funded by the American Water Works
Association (AWWA). Additionally, she has been heavily involved in the Society of
Women Engineers, serving as President of the Central Indiana Chapter and helping to
establish a college scholarship fund for women.
Moran is currently in San Marcos, Guatemala, where she is helping underprivileged
communities develop alternative water supplies in the Rio Naranjo Watershed, which
sustains over 70 communities and 340,000 people.
H. Douglas Steadman
Thomas Taylor
Melissa Seib Moran
CAEE ANNUAL REPORT 2007-08
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