Brent Maxfield, SE has 35 years of experience in the field of structural and seismic engineering. He has spent many years trying to build a bridge between structural engineering and earthquake ground motions. He has written several articles on this topic, including articles in Structure Magazine (Are You Communicating Seismic Concepts Correctly? March 2016) and Modern Steel Construction (Let’s Talk Seismic, March 2018). He has also presented at the NASCC Steel Conference. Brent graduated Magna Cum Laude with a degree in Civil Engineering from Brigham Young University and received a Master of Engineering Management from the same university. Brent has been employed for 27 years as a structural engineer for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints where he has worked on projects across the United States and around the world. He has reviewed projects and worked with structural engineers in Canada, Mexico, Europe, Africa, Asia, South America, and other areas of the world. He is currently reviewing the engineering for the base isolation and seismic upgrade of the historic Salt Lake Temple.

Brent is an active member of the EERI Utah Chapter and the Structural Engineers Association of Utah (SEAU) and expends considerable effort to help promote earthquake awareness and preparedness to engineers and the Utah community. He was instrumental in getting the Building Occupancy Resumption Program (BORP) adopted in several cities in Utah. He was the EERI Chapter President and assisted the chapter in the publishing of Scenario for a Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake on the Wasatch Fault – Salt Lake City Segment, Hazards and Loss Estimates in 2015. In 2012, Brent was awarded the Utah Engineer of the Year by the Utah Engineers Council.

Brent has written three books on the use and application of PTC Mathcad.