Kilian Krauss

Structural engineer and timber researcher specializing in seismic design of mid- and high-rise mass timber structures.

Experience in experimental testing, computational modelling, and industry R&D. Passionate educator with graduate-level teaching experience. Seeking research/engineering roles focused on resilient timber systems.

Graduate Teaching Assistant at University of British Columbia (2023-10 – Present)

• Delivered lectures, tutorials, and graded assignments for classes in Forestry and Civil Engineering

Research & Development Engineer at Timberlab Solutions Ltd (2021-11 – 2024-06)

• Contributed to a government-funded R&D project to develop modular timber moment frame connections for multi-storey mass timber buildings
• Planned testing and analysis of nine full-scale beam-to-column connections
• Published and presented the findings at the World Conference on Timber Engineering in Australia

Structural Engineering Intern at Holmes Aus & NZ (2022-09 – 2022-12)

• Assisted with seismic assessment of historically and publicly significant New Zealand buildings, like the Christchurch Arts Centre and the Michael Fowler Centre in Wellington

Intern at Krebs und Kiefer Engineers GmbH (2019-11 – 2019-12)

• Assisted one of the senior structural engineers in his current projects
• Supported structural engineers with peer review of three major commercial projects in central Germany

Research Assistant at University of Canterbury (2018-11 – 2021-02)

• Completed experimental testing on 42 small-scale hold-down connections
• Conducted a community outreach program with researchers at the New Zealand Centre for Earthquake Resilience
• Co-authored a conference research paper about seismic building performance in Wellington

Teaching Assistant at University of Canterbury (2017-11 – 2022-06)

• Developed a new quiz & test base for 1000+ students in the first-year Engineering Mechanics course
• Assisted with tutoring four first-/ and second-year civil engineering courses

PhD in Wood Science – University of British Columbia (2023 – 2026)

Certificate Program in Advanced Teaching and Learning – University of British Columbia (2025 – 2026)

Master of Civil Engineering in Civil Engineering – University of Canterbury (2017 – 2021)

Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Civil Engineering – University of Canterbury (2017 – 2020)

Diploma in Global Humanitarian Engineering – University of Canterbury (2018 – 2020)

Exchange Program in Civil Engineering – Delft University of Technology (2020 – 2020)

Humanitarian Design Summit in Humanitarian Engineering – EWB Australia (2019 – 2019)