About the Instructor

Steven T. Hiner is a California registered Civil Engineer and Structural Engineer, and has been practicing in the field of structural engineering since 1985. He received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from CSU Sacramento in 1985 and 1990, respectively.

For more than eleven years, Mr. Hiner worked in the private sector performing the structural design and analysis of many buildings and other structures. His main focus and area of interest has been in seismic analysis and design, and the study of the response of structures when subjected to earthquake induced ground motion.  Mr. Hiner has been teaching the Seismic Design Review course for the California Civil P.E. Special Seismic Principles examination for more than twenty years. He began teaching in the Sacramento area in September of 1990. As the demand for the course increased, a San Francisco Bay Area course was added in September of 1994.

Registrations & Certificates

• Registered Civil Engineer, California, 1988
• Registered Structural Engineer, California, 1991
• International Code Council (ICC) Plans Examiner, 1996

Professional Associations

• Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC)
• Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)