Ms. McInerney’s background includes structural design and analysis, with a particular interest in structural performance evaluation.
Prior to joining Exponent, Ms. McInerney attended Virginia Tech in the Structural Engineering graduate program, where her master’s degree studies included advanced design of reinforced concrete, prestressed concrete, hot-rolled steel, and cold-formed steel structures. Additionally, she studied the computational analysis of structures considering the nonlinearity and other complexities associated with large deformations and materials stressed beyond their elastic limits. As part of her master’s program, Ms. McInerney evaluated state-of-the-art techniques currently used to investigate the disproportionate, progressive collapse of structures and associated design guidelines.
Ms. McInerney prior experience includes an engineering internship with Thornton Tomasetti, where she modeled, analyzed, and designed structural components of high-rise buildings. She also has undergraduate research experience at the University of Notre Dame, where she participated in the full-scale monitoring and performance evaluation of a tall building in Korea subject to dynamic loads.