The Barbers Hill High School addition adds 98,000 square feet to the exiting high school to accommodate 500 additional students in Mont Belvieu, Texas.  The addition was broken up into 4 locations around the existing high school, including a new central plant. The additions were constructed using structural steel framing supported on drilled pier.

The Brazos Center is a new workforce and student services center on the Texas State Technical College campus in Rosenberg, Texas. The center is 420,000 square feet and two stories. The Brazos Center was constructed using structural steel framing and concrete tilt wall panels supported on drilled piers.

Lone Star College's Energy and Manufacturing Institute is located on the University Park Campus in Tomball Texas. The institute is 72,000 square feet and two stories. The facility was constructed using structural steel framing and concrete tilt wall panels supported on spread footings.

The Coleman College of Health and Sciences Building is located in the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. The seven story educational facility is 250,000 square feet. The building was constructed using a cast-in-place pan formed beam system spanning to cast-in-place columns supported on auger cast piles. A 170 feet long pedestrian bridge will connect the building to the current Coleman campus over Pressler Street. The pedestrian bridge was constructed using structural steel trusses.

The Academic Building at Texas A&M University Galveston is the first phase of a three phase academic complex. The Academic Building is 91,000 square feet and four stories. The Academic Building was constructed using a cast-in-place pan formed beam system spanning to cast-in-place columns supported on auger cast piles.

The Human Clinical Research Facility is located at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. The facility is two stories and 21,500 square feet. The building was constructed using structural steel framing supported on drilled piers.

Associate

As an Associate at Rogers DeSimone, Noran Abdel-Wahab provides technical leadership and oversight on projects of various scales, including day-to-day leadership and mentorship of our team of engineers. Since joining our team in 2024, Noran has been primarily focused on Aviation and Education projects. Prior to that, her experience included mixed-use buildings and historic renovations/conversions.

She has managed the design and engineering of new construction, building expansions, structural retrofitting, and the enhancement of structural resiliency. Her project experience spans reinforced and prestressed concrete, steel, and fiber-reinforced polymers. Her current major aviation projects include the United Airlines Terminal B Processor at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston and the Terminal C Redevelopment at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW).

Previously, Noran led the structural design for the El Paso Water Administration Building—a mid-rise administrative building with cross-laminated timber (CLT) and steel framing. She also managed the design and review of terraced, low-rise buildings for a resort property in Austin, a project involving mixed development buildings. Additionally, Noran played a pivotal role in the conversion of the Alamo Visitor Center in San Antonio, into the Alamo Education Center, providing structural guidance for its transformation into a state-of-the-art educational and research facility.

Noran holds a PhD in Structural Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada, and both an MSc and BSc in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt. In addition to her project leadership, she is an active contributor to the engineering community, having written numerous papers and delivered presentations on key topics within the industry.

Principal

Since joining Rogers DeSimone in 2008, Vivek Gurjar has been an integral part of the team and has overseen a diverse range of projects, including K-12 schools, airports, mixed-use developments, office towers, healthcare facilities, industrial warehouses, and residential towers. As firm's principal and a licensed professional engineer, Vivek ensures optimal project staffing, the timely achievement of project goals, and the highest quality control standards, making all management and technical decisions for the projects he oversees. In his position, Vivek helps with the smooth operations of the Houstin Office.

Specializing in modular construction, Vivek currently leads the team for such projects as Terminal F at the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), a new 400,000 SF airport terminal utilizing modular methods estimated at $1.6 billion; a $2.6 billion transformation of Terminal B at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston, a 765,000 SF concourse with 22 mainline gates that is now home to world’s largest United Fly Club. He is also a principal-in-charge for the $460 million addition at Houston’s Hobby airport.

Vivek’s significant past projects include the structural design of the High C Gate Renovation and Addition at DFW airport, the first U.S. airport terminal built using a modular approach, the Ballistic and Missile (BAM) Testing Facility at Texas A&M University, which when complete ranked as the largest laser and missile testing facility in the U.S., and the Ritz Carlton Residence in Woodlands, Texas, which features 111 condominiums.

He holds an MS in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington and a BS Civil Engineering from Gujarat University. He is a member of the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI).

Founding Principal, President

Elaine Rogers is a founding principal and current president of Rogers DeSimone, a position she has held since the founding of the firm as Henderson Rogers Structural Engineers in 2005. Throughout Elaine’s decades of experience in the design of building structures, she has helped build the firm’s reputation for excellence by providing consistent, responsive service to owners, architects and design-build clients.

Elaine brings a wealth of expertise across a broad spectrum of sectors, including educational, healthcare, commercial, and civic/community buildings, as well as mixed-use facilities. Her deep knowledge and innovative approach extend to complex and specialized projects, particularly in aviation. She approaches each project with a keen understanding of both the technical and aesthetic demands, earning her firm a stellar reputation for excellence in the industry.

Elaine has led such projects as the award-winning Discovery Green, an 11-acre public parks development that included three major buildings and various ornamental feature structures; the $2.6B United Airlines Terminal B Southside Expansion at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston; and the Dallas-Fort Worth Internation Airport (DFW) Terminal C High Gates project, which was first use of modular construction at an airport.

Elaine has served in the Houston area for 25 years and has had her own firm for the past 20 years. She holds a Bachelor of Architecture and a BS in Civil Engineering from Texas Tech University and is a licensed professional engineer in several states. Elaine is certified LEED AP BD+C with the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) and a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Structural Engineers Association of Texas (SEAoT), and the American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC).

The Stephen F. Austin Middle School Addition and Renovation was a two phase project. In the first phase of the project, three existing buildings on the site were connected to create a new three story middle school. The new middle school is 126,000 square feet and provides space for 949 students. The new school was constructed using structural steel framing supported on drilled piers. The second phase of the project involved renovating the original 1930s middle school into the new Bryan ISD Administration building. The original school building had been renovated several times throughout the years using cast-in-place concrete and structural steel systems. Henderson Rogers were responsible for analyzing the existing structure for new uses and retrofitting where necessary.