Dr. Steven Fulmer is a licensed Civil Engineer in multiple states who specializes in forensic engineering investigations. Although classically educated as a structural engineer in building response to earthquake accelerations, his professional career has focused well beyond structural behavior to include the response of building envelope systems to water-based demands, roofing system behaviors related to events such as high winds and hail, the response of foundation systems to expansive soil demands, and the behavior of structures subjected to loads during improper construction sequencing.

Dr. Fulmer provides in-depth field investigations and documentation, historical review of building behaviors and various construction methods, field testing of building envelope components, as well as high-fidelity, finite element analysis where determined necessary. Additionally, his skill set includes high level consulting with insurance-based clients to help them navigate loss-related building code upgrade demands.

Dr. Fulmer earned his Ph.D. at North Carolina State University in Civil Engineering, where his research experience focused primarily on performance- based seismic design of structures. This work involved increasing the lateral displacement capacity of steel bridge pier systems by improving connection performance during earthquakes. Dr. Fulmer has also conducted research on the reverse cyclic flexural behavior of hollow steel pipe piles, seismic performance of a truss-style steel bridge pier, and the use of a direct displacement-based design procedure as a tool to investigate relationships between structural characteristics, performance limit states, and seismic hazard demands.