Vlad is a specialist chartered structural engineer and co-founder & director of Define Engineers. He is regarded as one of the key designers and innovators in the special structures field and has designed and delivered a number of award-winning projects world-wide. Vlad enjoys collaborating on highly challenging briefs which involve first principle thinking combined with rigorous analytical approach.Educated and operating out of London, Vlad has worked for a number of household names in the building engineering industry and most recently as a leader of the structural glass team at Arup in their headquarters in London. Vlad is currently a honorary lecturer in Civil Engineering at Imperial College London and teaches materials at the Architectural Association, London. He believes in research as a key driver for success and is closely involved at all levels of academic research both in Imperial College and Cambridge University.