Rodney Rinehart
Rodney attended Texas A & M University from 1986-1990 graduating in Agricultural Engineering with an emphasis on the structures and Environment Division. While attending College, Rodney was employed Part time with Texas A & M University. He aided with design and development of structural testing equipment. Assisted in the laboratory testing of solid lumber and jointed lumber to be used in commercial glued-laminated beams and trusses and in the analysis and preparation of test data. He also assisted in the fabrication of various prototype farm implements in the University machine shop.
After Graduation in 1990, Rodney was employed full time with Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, Facilities and Planning. Consultation, design and layout for various agricultural research facilities such as: laboratories, greenhouses, small scale feed mills, animal husbandry facilities for large, small, and exotic animals and some aquatic species, Grade B dairy processing, muscles food laboratories, research abattoirs for small animals, large animal, poultry and animal surgery units including pre and post operative areas. Design of agricultural systems including structures, foundations, drainage, waste management, plumbing, HVAC and electrical. During this time Rodney also served as a Part time Consultant with Hunt Correctional Institute. Rodney consulted with the maintenance staff to solve drainage, HVAC, and electrical problems.
In 1998 Rodney came to work full time with Curry-Wille & Associates as a Professional Engineer and Project Manager. Consultation, design and layout of commercial, research and federal agricultural facilities and systems including grain bin foundations, grain storage systems structural analysis, research animal isolation and disease research and diagnostic containment facilities, small and large animal abattoir, poultry abattoir, meat processing areas and whole farm dairy facilities. Performance of structural, mechanical, electrical, plumbing and waste management design and analysis within a multitude of project types.
email rrinehart@currywille.com
