Nickolaus is a Professional Structural Engineer located in New York City. He specializes in advanced structural analysis methods and has experience in the design of large-scale stadiums and performance-based seismic design of high-rise buildings in the United States as well as the Middle East. His ability to leverage computational techniques placed him as a vital contributing member of research and development initiatives both internal and external to Thornton Tomasetti.
Education
M.S. Structural Engineering
Columbia University, New York
B.S. Civil Engineering
University of Minnesota, Minnesota
B.S. Theoretical Physics and Applied Mathematics,
Bethel University, Minnesota
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Publications
P. McDonald, J. Janssen, N. Sundholm, (2020). ”Computational Fluid Dynamics Integration with Bioclimatic and Design Toolkit.” Engineering Mechanics Institute Conference and Probabilistic Mechanics and Reliability Conference.
O. Ihtiyar, H. Choi, N. Sundholm. (2019, July). ”MOT Tower: Stacking Innovation by the Caspian Sea”. Structure Magazine.
N. Sundholm. (2015). ”A Cohesive Finite Element Formulation Using the Finite Cell Method.” University of Minnesota DigitalConservancy.
D. Schillinger, V. Varduhn, L. Nguyen, N. Sundholm, M. Hsu, F. Xu. (2015). ”Immersogeometric Analysis: The Role of Geometric Fidelity in Immersed Domain Finite Element methods.” US National Congress on Comp. Mechanics.