Jake BlairKPA Engineers is pleased to welcome Jake L. Blair, EIT to our staff. Mr. Blair received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University in December 2012.

Jake served as an Undergraduate Research Assistant at Texas A&M University from September 2011 to December 2012. He worked under Dr. Gary Fry in the Center for Railway Research where he participated in construction and data analysis of strain gauges used for estimating the high and low impacts of ships and waves on Port Aransas docking areas. Other projects included material analysis for different types of metals and database preparation.

Jake also worked for the Highway Safety Division at Texas A&M Transportation Institute in summer of 2012 where he performed modeling and structural analysis for crash test vehicles and road signage.

Jake will join KPA’s civil design team in our Temple Office.