Chris Shultz, PE
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Credentials
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Professional Engineer (PE)
Kansas Board of Technical ProfessionsJun, 2021- Sep, 2024
Experience
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JEO Consulting Group, Inc.
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United States
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Civil Engineering
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200 - 300 Employee
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Water Resources Engineer
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Feb 2022 - Present
• Perform bridge/culvert design including 1D HEC-RAS modeling and permitting. • Develop and QC a variety of 2D HEC-RAS models for watershed management and complex hydraulic situations. • Develop custom GIS tools to assist in RAS geometry processing. • Perform GIS work on a variety of projects. • Perform bridge/culvert design including 1D HEC-RAS modeling and permitting. • Develop and QC a variety of 2D HEC-RAS models for watershed management and complex hydraulic situations. • Develop custom GIS tools to assist in RAS geometry processing. • Perform GIS work on a variety of projects.
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Independent
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Uganda
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International Trade and Development
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Various Independent Software Development
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Jun 2015 - Present
Completed several software projects outside of work including various games developed from scratch as windows form applications in Visual Basic (in Visual Studio) and an Android game (written in Java in Android Studio). Links to Brick Breaker (VB), Klondike Solitaire (VB), and Word Reaper (Java) are included below; play and share as you please. Visit projects page for more information: https://sites.google.com/view/shultzprojects Completed several software projects outside of work including various games developed from scratch as windows form applications in Visual Basic (in Visual Studio) and an Android game (written in Java in Android Studio). Links to Brick Breaker (VB), Klondike Solitaire (VB), and Word Reaper (Java) are included below; play and share as you please. Visit projects page for more information: https://sites.google.com/view/shultzprojects
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Technical Professional 3 - Water Resources
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Jun 2020 - Feb 2022
• Performed floodplain modeling for projects in Kansas and Missouri. • Developed and update 2D models using HEC-RAS 5/6. • Developed tools and programs (generally within python toolboxes and toolbars for ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro) to assist engineers and GIS staff to facilitate pre-processing and modeling. • Managed a series of applications used for survey data, from field data collection to structure incorporation in RAS. • Source control using Azure DevOps. • Performed floodplain modeling for projects in Kansas and Missouri. • Developed and update 2D models using HEC-RAS 5/6. • Developed tools and programs (generally within python toolboxes and toolbars for ArcMap and ArcGIS Pro) to assist engineers and GIS staff to facilitate pre-processing and modeling. • Managed a series of applications used for survey data, from field data collection to structure incorporation in RAS. • Source control using Azure DevOps.
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Kansas Water Office
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United States
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Associate Engineer
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Aug 2017 - Jun 2020
• Maintained and operated the state of Kansas's MEKRO (Multi-basin Evaluation of Kansas Reservoir Operations) OASIS DSS model, used for determining user's required storage for drought. • Performed a top-down audit and rewrite of the OASIS model operations code (OCL) to ensure the proper simulation of written and unwritten rules in reservoir operations and water allocations in cooperation with state of Kansas reservoir operations staff. • Served as technical supervisor for engineering interns, providing day to day tasks and supervision. • Created ResView, an animation tool used to view historical and simulated reservoir and stream data (For more information visit https://sites.google.com/view/shultzprojects). • Conducted Bathymetric surveys of state and federal reservoirs. • Presented to and worked with local stakeholders to convey and discuss modeling and technical details in an understandable way and assist in long-term planning and management of river basins.
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Colorado State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Graduate Research Assistant
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Aug 2015 - Aug 2017
• Research involved managing irrigation induced agricultural water problems in Lower Arkansas River Basin in southeastern Colorado. • Refined and calibrated a stream-aquifer flow and solute transport model (MODFLOW and RT3D-OTIS). • Analyzed best management practices to improve water quality and lower water tables. • Research involved managing irrigation induced agricultural water problems in Lower Arkansas River Basin in southeastern Colorado. • Refined and calibrated a stream-aquifer flow and solute transport model (MODFLOW and RT3D-OTIS). • Analyzed best management practices to improve water quality and lower water tables.
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Kansas State University
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Undergraduate Research Assistant
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Dec 2013 - May 2015
• Assisted M.S. and Ph. D students in asphalt research including mixing, compaction, the Hamburg Wheel Tracking Test, and other testing. • Helped in conducting the Superpave Training Program. • Assisted M.S. and Ph. D students in asphalt research including mixing, compaction, the Hamburg Wheel Tracking Test, and other testing. • Helped in conducting the Superpave Training Program.
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United States Department of Agriculture
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United States
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Environmental Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Biological Science Aid
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Jun 2012 - Dec 2014
• Helped implement several experiments involving soil analysis and vegetative cover in correlation with WEPS (Wind Erosion Prediction System). • Worked in contact with several aides, soil scientists, and agricultural engineers. • Performed field soil collection and laboratory tests. • Helped implement several experiments involving soil analysis and vegetative cover in correlation with WEPS (Wind Erosion Prediction System). • Worked in contact with several aides, soil scientists, and agricultural engineers. • Performed field soil collection and laboratory tests.
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Education
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2015 - 2017
Colorado State University
Master's degree, Civil Engineering -
2011 - 2015
Kansas State University
Bachelor's degree, Civil Engineering
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