Biography

Kevin Dickens earned his degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Missouri and has been in involved with building systems design for the last 35 years. Kevin contributes regularly to Engineered Systems Magazine, is a LEED Accredited Professional (BD+C) and a registered Professional Engineer in multiple States. Starting as a drafter for Bill Coad at McClure Engineering in the 1980’s, since 2000 Kevin has served Jacobs as a Design Principal and Mission Critical subject matter expert.At Jacobs he has had the honor of working on some very interesting projects with equally interesting people, including commercial data centers, facilities for the intelligence community as well as DoD command and control centers. Kevin loves his wife, his boys, his dogs and his career (in that order) and values collaboration, mentoring, and integrated design.Most of all he seeks simplicity in his life and his designs and works to have fun on every project that comes along.