“Direct Tension Testing” by Luke Pinkerton ’97, CEO Helix Steel
Bio: Luke Pinkerton ‘97, PE (ME) is CEO and founder of Helix Steel. He has a BS in engineering physics from Hope College and an MS in structural engineering from the University of Michigan in 1999. He earned an MBA from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2004.He is an active member of ASTM Committee C09 (chair of direct tension task group), Secretary of ACI 380, consulting member of ACI 332 (residential construction) and associate member ACI 551(tilt-up panels). He was awarded the Concrete Foundations Association Associate of the year in 2018 and Tilt Up Concrete Association’s Robert Aiken Award for Innovation in 2018.