Bell

Glenn Bell is a research civil engineer at the National Institute of Standards of Technology. He received his bachelor's degree in civil engineering from Tufts University and a master's degree in structural engineering and structural mechanics from the University of California, Berkeley.

Glenn spent 45 years at Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. (SGH), a structural engineering firm headquartered in Boston, MA, starting as an intern and rising to CEO, a position he held for 22 years. At SGH he was responsible for major works in structural design, investigation of structural distress and failure, and building repair and rehabilitation. Glenn retired from SGH in 2020. In 2021 he joined NIST and is now associate lead of NIST’s investigation of the collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, FL.

Glenn is a Distinguished Member of ASCE. He has received numerous recognitions, including the ASCE Forensic Engineering Award and the Institution of Structural Engineers Keith Eaton International Award. He is a board member of the Charles Pankow Foundation and former president of the Structural Engineering Institute.