Senior Water Resources Engineer
Years of Experience: 26
Education/Training
- B.S., Agricultural Engineering, 1994
Registrations
- Professional Engineer: Maryland, 2000
- Professional Engineer: Pennsylvania, 2021
- Professional Engineer: West Virginia, 2021
- Professional Engineer: Virginia, 2020
- Professional Engineer: District of Columbia, 2019
- MDE Erosion & Sediment Control Responsible Personnel Certification, 2016
- MD SHA Erosion & Sediment Control Yellow Card, 2016
Highlights of Experience
Katie has extensive technical experience as a Water Resources Engineer, working for City, Federal, State and County governments. She has performed the hydrologic and hydraulic computations necessary for obtaining permits, including those for Stormwater Management (SWM), Erosion & Sediment (E&S) Control and stream restoration construction.
Stormwater Management (SWM)
- designs and evaluates Environmental Site Design (ESD) practices
- performs BMP site searches for stormwater management retrofits
- prepares SWM reports, plans, specifications and estimates for construction and grant applications
Stream Restoration and Wetland Mitigation
- stream restoration using natural channel design and threshold channel design
Highway and Site Development
- performs design and analyses of drainage ditches and linings, ponds, culverts and energy-dissipating devices
- designs storm drain systems including developing inlet spacing; storm drain calculations; and pipe profiles
- erosion & Sediment Control permitting and design, including phased construction
- prepares milestone submittals including plans, specifications and estimates for planning and construction
- develops existing and proposed hydrology and hydraulics
- prepares Floodplain analyses and reports to obtain FEMA CLOMR for increase to the 100-yr floodplain due to development