AXIS STRUCTURAL professional ENGINEERS

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Mike received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2007. Mike Bratten joined Axis Structural as an Engineer-in-Training (EIT) and received his Professional Engineering (PE) license in 2015. Previous to joining Axis Structural, Mike worked in the Construction Materials Testing industry from 2008-2012 as a Project Manager gaining valuable experience on typical methods used in building structures and as a structural design EIT from 2012-2015.

Mike has been active in the design of many projects that include wood framed apartment buildings, pre-engineered structure foundations, single and multi-story concrete tilt wall office buildings, and structural steel framed buildings all over the state of Texas. Mike has also been involved in various structural investigations of existing buildings or retro fitting structures to carry additional loads that may be required for renovations. 

Mike has experience designing concrete, steel, masonry, and timber structures while coordinating the structural designs with architects, contractors, and civil, geotechnical, and mechanical engineers on projects of all sizes. 

Mike is an active member in many professional organizations and received the Texas Society of Professional Engineers' Young Engineer of the Year award in 2015. Mike currently serves on multiple professional organization boards in the San Antonio area and stays active outside of the office by spending time with his family and English bulldog Rocky, doing Ironman triathlons, and woodworking amongst other things. 

Nick holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech University and is a nationally honored member of the Chi Epsilon Honor Society.

Nick has over 10 years of Structural Engineering design and construction review experience since graduating from college and has been a licensed, Professional Engineer, in the State of Texas since 2014. 

Nick has served as the Structural Engineer-of-Record and Project manager on numerous projects at Axis Structural since 2015, performing and supervising project design, coordination of document production, and construction administration for municipal, commercial, educational, and health care facilities.

In his Structural Engineering career, Nick has experience designing cast-in-place and tilt-wall concrete, steel, masonry, and timber structures all over the state of Texas. Along with his design experience, Nick has experience with coordinating these structural designs with architects, contractors, civil engineers, geotechnical engineers, and mechanical engineers. Nick also has experience designing industrial power plant structures early in his career. Throughout his years with Axis Structural, Nick has also performed numerous on-site structural observations for all types of structures which he has designed. During these on-site observations, Nick is checking for general conformance with his structural designs throughout the construction process. 

Nick is currently an active member in several professional organizations including the Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SEAoT), serving as the President of the San Antonio chapter in 2016, and the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE). 

 Roger holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio.  Upon graduation from college, Roger immediately began his career in structural engineering.  Roger is a military veteran having served 6-years of active duty in the United States Submarine Force and also an additional 17 1/2 years in the Naval Reserve.  Roger retried as a Lieutenant from the Navy 

Civil Engineering Corps in 2012.  

Roger has over 25-years of experience as a structural engineer.  He serves as Structural Engineer-of-Record (SER) and Project manager performing and supervising project design, coordination of document production and construction administration for many types of projects.  He is experienced in the following: office buildings, hotels, educational facilities, retail centers, parking structures, religious centers, healthcare facilities, military structures, theaters, libraries, warehouses, manufacturing facilities and multi-story tilt wall office buildings.  Utilizing structural steel, concrete, wood, tilt-wall, metal building or any combination thereof, Roger constantly seeks innovative and cost-effective structural systems while respecting the project budget.  He is committed to providing economical but quality structural systems always with client/owner satisfaction in mind.

Roger is active in his community and his professional fields.  He is an active member in the Structural Engineers association of Texas (SEAoT) serving as president of the San Antonio Chapter in 2010 and State Director in 2012 and 2013.  In addition, Roger is an active member of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) and also of the American Concrete Institute (ACI).  Roger is married for 35 years and has three children. He will soon be an empty-nester and he and his wife look forward to traveling.  In addition to his profession, Roger enjoys golfing, camping and fishing.

Thomas received his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 2007. In 2017, Thomas received his Professional Engineering (PE) license with the state of Texas.

In his Structural Engineering career, Thomas has gained valuable experience designing tilt-wall construction, structural steel, masonry and timber structures. Throughout his years as a structural engineer, Thomas has also performed numerous on-site foundation and framing inspections verifying general conformance with the structural design throughout the construction process. 

Prior to joining Axis Structural, he worked as a Structural Engineer performing foundation and framing assessments for residential and commercial buildings on over 2,000 building in the San Antonio, Austin and surrounding areas. 

Thomas has been a member of several professional organizations including the Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SEAoT) and American Concrete institute (ACI).

Thomas is married and has two children. In his off time, he takes great joy in spending time with his wife and kids. He is also an active member of his church and enjoys training Brazilian jiu-jitsu and wrestling. 

Andrew holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering with a focus in Structural Engineering from Texas A&M University that he received in 2017. Andrew joined Axis Structural as an Engineer-In-Training (EIT) and received his Professional Engineering (PE) License with the state of Texas in 2022. 

Before working at Axis Structural, Andrew worked for a consulting firm in College Station where he worked on Civil, Structural, and Geotechnical projects. This gave him valuable experience and understanding of the full scope of a Structural Engineering project which he now uses as a PE with Axis Structural. 

With Axis Structural, Andrew has been active in designing and drafting a wide variety of residential, commercial and industrial projects. This includes wood framed houses,  apartment buildings, masonry commercial buildings, and multistory tilt-wall office buildings.      

Andrew is currently an active member in multiple professional organizations including the Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SEAoT) and the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE).  

Ethan holds a Masters of Science in Civil Engineering degree with a focus in Structural Engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio. Ethan joined Axis Structural as an Engineer-In-Training (EIT) and received his Professional Engineering (PE) License with the state of Texas in 2024. 

Prior to pursuing structural engineering, he interned with a multi-national consulting firm, where he worked on traffic and transportation engineering projects. There he learned how to successfully integrate with a design team to provide quality deliverables. 

Ethan joined Axis Structural in April of 2021 and has since gained experience applying engineering principles and industry-leading software to design and draft a variety of commercial and residential structures. 

Ethan stays active in the civil engineering community, frequenting events organized by the Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SEAoT) and the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).

Outside of the office, Ethan enjoys slam dunking on strangers at the gym, and curling up on the couch with a good book.