Alumnus to discuss solving complex problems you can’t see

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On February 8, 2021

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Brent Massey will present an American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) lecture titled “Invisible Engineering – Solving Complex Problems You Can’t See: Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 10, via Zoom.

Brent Massey portrait

Massey, a member of S&T’s Academy of Civil Engineers, earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from S&T in 1995. He will discuss some of the challenges he encountered as the Engineer of Record for the Walton family’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. The building is a 210,000-square-foot museum on steep, rocky terrain at the bottom of a ravine in a floodway in the middle of a natural forest.

Massey is principal and vice president of operations for CEI Engineering Associates Inc, a 100-person firm. He joined CEI after graduation and has worked on engineering designs for development projects throughout the county. He is licensed in 23 states and has worked on projects in 49 states. His projects include public streets, watermains, trails and commercial developments for corporations such as McDonald’s, Auto Zone, Walmart and Kohl’s. He is the Engineer of Record for the Walton family’s Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville.

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