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August 5, 2026

For Engineers. By Engineers. Celebrating Professional Engineers at RISA

Happy National Professional Engineer’s Day to all the licensed engineers! We are excited to celebrate our customers and coworkers today. RISA is a product for engineers brought to you by engineers. With the vast majority of our team coming from an engineering background, RISA is truly an engineering partner to our customers. We value the experience and insights these engineers bring to each and every one of our teams. Today, we highlight just a few of the licensed professional engineers who help make RISA so special! READY TO CONNECT? Explore RISA with an engineer today! Alex Vaughan, PE, SE Job Title Manager, Subject Matter Experts and Software Quality Years with RISA 3 years What's your favorite part of being an engineer? For me, it's getting to understand the "why" behind a problem or a situation. That curiosity shows up in two ways: either by building something from scratch and figuring out how all the pieces need to come together, or taking an existing design and reverse-engineering it to see how someone else solved the same puzzle. Both are incredible ways to learn. One through creation and the other through observation. What really excites me is seeing that curiosity play out…

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September 07, 2021

Defining Connections: Beam to Girder Connections

Member Configuration The connection rule must be applied at the end of the...

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August 03, 2021

Cold-Formed Steel Walls included in RISA-Revit Link 2022

The latest release of the RISA-Revit Link now includes support for...

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July 02, 2021

Improved Functionality in ADAPT-Builder v20.0.1

The latest release of ADAPT-Builder (Version 20.0.1) includes improvements...

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June 29, 2021

Batch Printing & Beam Deflection Ratio Checks Now Available in…

As our team is hard at work updating and improving RISACalc based on...

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June 10, 2021

RISA employees teach 8-week STEM module to students in Orange County

Over the past few years, RISA has been involved with Stand Up for Kids -...

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June 01, 2021

Understanding Unbraced Length in RISA-3D

In this video, learn about the various unbraced length parameters that...

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May 25, 2021

RISA Employee Spotlight: Samiul Alam

Samiul Alam is an Applications Engineer at RISA and has been with the...

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May 05, 2021

Equivalent Uniform Load Method in Steel Joist Design under…

When a steel joist has special loading that requires extra consideration,...

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April 14, 2021

What’s New with RISA and Windows Updates?

RISA software is staying current with all the Windows updates in order to...

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