Nicole Peterson

Nicole Peterson is a senior project engineer within Thornton Tomasetti's sustainability practice, where she integrates engineering and environmental design into every project with her balance of analytical and creative perspectives. Nicole has academic and consulting expertise in building performance analysis, with specialties in daylighting, facade optimization, building science, thermal comfort, water, and operational and embodied energy. Prior to her current position, she worked at Atelier Ten in New York City and the University of Washington Integrated Design Lab at the Bullitt Center in Seattle while pursuing a master of science in architecture-design computing with a focus in daylighting. She holds bachelor's degrees from The Pennsylvania State University in mechanical engineering, Spanish, and international studies.