Associate, Civil Engineer

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering

Washington State University, December 1993

Professional Registrations

Licensed Professional Engineer

#15373 - State of Kansas

#37165 – State of Washington (Inactive)

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Kansas Society of Professional Engineers

• Past-President, Wichita Chapter, Wichita Society of Professional Engineers (WSPE)

• KSPE Director, Wichita Chapter, WSPE

• Past Chairman, WSPE “Engineer for a Day” Program

• Member, “Project Lead the Way” Technical Advisory Board

Ken began his engineering career with the Washington State Department of Transportation in the summer of 1992.  He worked on a 45 mile, $125 million highway upgrade in rural Washington, starting first in the office assisting with preliminary design, working in the field as a survey crew member, and finally inspecting various portions of the construction.

Ken began practicing engineering in the Wichita - Sedgwick County area in September of 1994 with HWS Consulting Group.  His duties included construction inspection, Phase I and Phase II environmental site assessments, as well as paving and sewer design.

Ken began working for Ruggles & Bohm in December 1995 and has design experience in arterial street design, residential street design, storm and sanitary sewer sizing and design, water main extensions, and stormwater detention facility design.  Ken made a brief excursion back to Washington in April 2000.  There, he gained experience in storm water quality treatment design as well as expanding his experience in small site development.  He returned to Ruggles & Bohm in February 2001.  His current duties include design of subdivision related site improvements, arterial street design, and sewer and water main projects.  His recent projects include Emerald Springs; Southwest Passage; Bellechase Addition; Main 4, Northwest Interceptor Sewer; Buckner Street- K-15 to Meadowlark; Central- Woodlawn to Rock Road; and Harry Street- Greenwich to 127th Street East.

Ken is comfortable working with a variety of communities, having done work for the cities of Wichita, Derby, Maize, Newton, Clearwater, Hesston and Andover.