Chris Rockey

Assistant Professor

crockey@uic.edu

Professor Chris Rockey is the principal of Rockey Structures, LLC, in addition to being an Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago, School of Architecture, and has over 10 years of experience in the structural engineering field from initial conception through construction phase services. Prior to teaching and starting his own practice, Professor Rockey served as an Associate for Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, as well as being a Project Engineer for Halvorson Kaye Structural Engineers. His design projects have included office, residential, civic, renovation, urban, and transportation facilities. In coordination with the architectural and building services teams, he incorporates the structural engineering design concepts within project requirements. Professor Rockey, drawing upon his experience in the architectural, engineering, and construction fields, provides engineering consultation that combines aesthetics, constructability, and efficiency. Recently, Professor Rockey was named the Dean E. and Avis F. Hillfinger Faculty Fellow at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and taught an architectural design studio there that focused on the technical aspects of architectural design with a special emphasis on structural engineering.