Steven Ball

Background

About Steven Ball

Steve Ball is Executive Principal and Director of Aviation with AGE-SE. He received his BS and MS degrees with high honors from West Virginia University. He completed additional graduate courses in structural engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. He has over 35 years of experience with prestigious firms in Houston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Austin. He has distinguished himself nationally and internationally in the structural engineering field with award winning designs, many of which involved creative first-time structural solutions. He was the lead structural designer for numerous iconic and landmark structures across the United States and in Europe for high-rise buildings, hospitals, museums, sports arenas, convention centers, airport expansions, seismic retrofits, and structures using glass as the primary structural system. His numerous awards are a result of unique and bold solutions for complex geometries and loadings without compromise to architectural or functional intents. He received the prestigious AISC Special Achievement Award for the first-time use of non-orthogonal moment frames for the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX, which was an unconventional solution with geometry never used before in the United States in high seismic regions. Steve is licensed in all 50 states and is active in several professional organizations. He contributes to the advancement of his profession through publications, presentations, and educational seminars.