Horner & Shifrin, Inc.
Utkarsh Vankatesh Kode, P.E. is an engineer at Horner & Shifrin, Inc. since May 2021, with prior experience as a graduate student and research assistant at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from August 2018 to December 2020, where Utkarsh completed a Master of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering. Utkarsh's academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering from the University at Buffalo. Relevant coursework encompasses fatigue analysis, control systems, and photovoltaics, alongside participation in collaborative research resulting in the publication of two papers and hands-on fieldwork involving live load testing of bridges. Additional engineering projects include wind engineering, highway bridge design, and various design projects during undergraduate studies, coupled with tutoring in calculus and engineering courses.
Horner & Shifrin, Inc.
Horner & Shifrin, Inc., is a multidisciplinary professional services firm with offices in St. Louis, O'Fallon, and Poplar Bluff, Missouri, Chicago, Marion, and O’Fallon, Illinois, and Bentonville, Arkansas. As a 100-percent employee-owned corporation with a staff of more than 100 engineers, technicians and support personnel, our firm has the experience and capability to serve a wide variety of clients in Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas and throughout the Midwest, including city, county, state and federal government agencies, industries, utilities and commercial enterprises. Founded in 1933 by W.W. Horner and H. Shifrin, we offer engineering services in all phases of a project, including feasibility, planning, development, design and construction services for the design of wastewater or water treatment plants and/or collection or distribution systems, flood protection, storm drainage, pump stations, roads, highways, bridges, grade separations for railroads, port facilities, health care facilities, industrial and business park developments, and GIS Systems / hosting, and surveying. In addition, we provide mechanical and electrical engineering services, including plumbing; fire protection; heating, ventilation and air conditioning; energy audits and energy conservation; electrical distribution and backup power supply; lighting and alarm systems.