Our Team
John Parkin
President, Parkin Engineering, Inc.
John leads an experienced team of structural engineers who have been designing in wood frame, masonry, concrete, steel and aluminum, including bridges, commercial, industrial and residential structures. Parkin Engineering has been serving its clients in these fields since 1982, and continues consulting for its clients while as a subsidiary of Smith-Root it is expanding into the fisheries field where Smith-Root is a respected supplier of scientific equipment and fish guidance systems. Before 1982, John was the project manager for VSL Corporation, a post-tensioning contractor, on the Glenn Jackson Bridge over the Columbia River, Portland. He graduated in 1964 from the University of Adelaide, South Australia, and in 1966 from the University of Washington, Seattle.
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Michael Daubenberger
Senior Structural Engineer
Mike joined Parkin Engineering after graduating from the University of Portland in 2003. Since then he has been involved in a wide variety of projects, including buildings (see Robinson 2), form travelers (Elwha, Eel River, Jeremiah Morrow), forensic analysis (La Plata traveler), bridges (Longmire, Hill Ranch), and many wood-framed commercial and residential structures. He is an experienced user of RISA and other specialist structural design software. Mike is a licensed PE, SE in Washington, Oregon, Hawaii, Ohio, and several other states. Mike controls our design office in Vancouver, Washington, and would be pleased to arrange to meet your engineering needs.
Mike is on a sabbatical and will return in 2012. Follow his boating trip on www.sailingthetanqueray.com.
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Britt Killian
Senior Structural Engineer
After eight years as a construction contractor, Britt went back to earn his engineering degree from Portland State in 2005. With his framing and contracting experience he is a valuable resource for many of our contractor clients. Britt is a licensed PE in Washington and Oregon and is working towards qualifying for his specialist SE license. He was our lead engineer for the Folsom Bridge traveler and has participated in our designs for wood-framed, steel-framed, and concrete buildings, including the post-tensioning design for the Robinson 2 concrete flat slabs.
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Jacob Christensen
Staff Structural Engineer
Jacob joined Parkin Engineering in the fall of 2011 after relocating from California. He previously worked over nine years in the San Francisco Bay Area where he was responsible for a variety of structural engineering and project management duties. Some of the many projects he was involved with were new designs, additions, remodels, studies, and upgrades of private, commercial, and public structures, reviews of structural systems and anchorages for solar arrays, mechanical equipment, and electrical equipment. Jacob is currently licensed as a PE and SE in California (with other states to follow shortly). Prior to living and working in California for almost a decade, he graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington in 1998 and worked as an engineer for a few years outside Seattle.
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Bryan Hamilton
Mechanical Engineer
Bryan has worked at Smith-Root since 1999 and graduated from Washington State University in 2008. He has been responsible for the design and detailing of the Smith-Root series of electrofishing boats, the electroanaesthesia units, many barriers, and also the strand falsework lowering devices developed by Parkin Engineering for C.C. Myers. He has been a pioneer with SolidWorks and provides us with great design and detailing depth.
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Aaron Murphy
Civil Engineer / Hydrologist
Aaron brings to Parkin Engineering and Smith-Root over eight years of knowledge with an extensive background in surface water analysis and control engineering. This has particular application in the design of fish guidance systems in streams, rivers, and estuaries, where the success of electrical and other guidance and deterrence strategies depends on understanding and modifying water velocities. Aaron is also available for consulting opportunities where you have water issues. Aaron graduated from the University of Southern Queensland in 2010 and is currently completing a Master’s degree at the same institution. He comes to us from Townsville, Australia with experience from the municipal and mining industries.
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Steven McDonald
Lead Drafter/Detailer
We have been fortunate to have the services of Steven since 2006. He came to us with experience from civil detailing, and has rapidly become an expert in the intricacies of structural detailing, not only for buildings, but also for the steel assemblies and shop details required for our form traveler work. He has standardized our detail library and formats. He has coordinated and consolidated the structural, electrical, and mechanical drawings for the large Smith-Root Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal invasive species electrical barriers. Most comfortable with AutoCad, Steven has also worked in SolidWorks and MicroStation. He is a graduate of ITT, Portland, 2006.
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Pam Coffer
Office Manager
Pam is the office manager at Parkin Engineering. Her job entails keeping track of all new engineering jobs and those in progress. Pam is responsible for invoicing, notifying clients that the job is complete and processing accounts payable. Pam has expertise in proofreading bringing that experience over from a court-reporting job in Colorado. Pam has a degree in art education and is interested in all forms of design.
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