Kenny Tam
Structural Engineer at Thornton Tomasetti
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKenny Tam is a structural engineer in New York with a decade of experience blending software development and structural design expertise. He holds a Master’s in Structural Engineering (3.81 GPA) and began a focused role at Thornton Tomasetti contributing to both Advanced Computational Modeling and Building Structure groups. His background includes high-performance software development for trading systems and hands-on surveying and field inspection, giving him uncommon fluency in both computational workflows and practical construction realities. Kenny’s experience spans reinforced/prestressed concrete, masonry, steel, and light-gauge systems, and he has contributed to major projects such as the Facebook Prineville Data Center. He brings a rare combination of coding pedigree and structural engineering judgment to complex, computation-driven building challenges.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
San José State UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.0, Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, 3.0 at State University of New York at Buffalo
Github Skills (6)
plug9
beacon9
revit8
visualization6
linux5
data-visualization5
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
Konstru/release-builds
Apr 2018 - Apr 2025
releases and latest patches
Contributions:64 pushes, 2 branches in 7 years 1 month
linuxpatches
ThorntonTomasetti/Beacon
Dec 2019 - Oct 2022
Beacon is a Revit plug-in for structural engineers that provides quick, high level feedback and clear data visualization of structural system's embodied carbon performance.
Contributions:7 releases, 55 commits, 11 PRs in 2 years 10 months
visualizationhigh-levelstructural-engineersembodied-carbonplug-in
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