Kenneth Nilsson, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Largo, Florida, United States

Tampa, Florida, United States

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Project management• Setup and maintain project budgets • Track and analyze expenses • Project costs and profit contribution projections• Client interaction • Project updates • Client meetings• Project personnel • Assign appropriate personnel to specific project tasks • Hire subcontractorsProject Engineering and technical support • Hydrogeologic assessments • Groundwater remediation assessments and system designs • Data… Show more Project management• Setup and maintain project budgets • Track and analyze expenses • Project costs and profit contribution projections• Client interaction • Project updates • Client meetings• Project personnel • Assign appropriate personnel to specific project tasks • Hire subcontractorsProject Engineering and technical support • Hydrogeologic assessments • Groundwater remediation assessments and system designs • Data development and analysis • Conduct feasibility studies to assess remedial strategies for clients • Organize and write project reports Show less

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Project Manager | Civil Engineer• General civil site design and project management• Site drainage and detention pond design• Numerical storm-water modeling• Conduct flood-frequency and rainfall-runoff analyses• Environmental resource and building permit preparation and submission• Conduct hydrologic drainage investigations for litigation supportHydrologic Model Developer• Developed variably saturated steady-state and transient finite difference 3D hydrologic… Show more Project Manager | Civil Engineer• General civil site design and project management• Site drainage and detention pond design• Numerical storm-water modeling• Conduct flood-frequency and rainfall-runoff analyses• Environmental resource and building permit preparation and submission• Conduct hydrologic drainage investigations for litigation supportHydrologic Model Developer• Developed variably saturated steady-state and transient finite difference 3D hydrologic models• Assimilated hydrologic field data to develop and calibrate hydrologic models• Rainfall-runoff modelingPM / Hydraulic and Water Quality Analyst• Coordinated field operations in a water distribution study • Determined distribution system risk factors and water quality impacts during pressure transient events• Optimized monitoring and sampling locations and proceduresSkills: MATLAB, C++, MODFLOW, EPANET, ESRI ArcMap, AutoCAD, numerical modeling, data analytics, Microsoft Office, HACH Instruments, Ultra Filtration System Show less

St. Petersburg, Fl

• New product development and design• Managed and supervised product testing and evaluation• Established research program for product and intellectual property development• Grant proposal preparation• ISO Quality System Manager

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Department of Integrative Biology• Lead researcher on the surface-water storage characteristics of depressional wetlands located in urban and rural settings:• Identified characteristic responses of wetlands due to urban impacts, particularly groundwater pumping• Studied the trajectories of impact and recovery associated with natural and anthropogenic groundwater utilizationSkills: MATLAB, data analytics, ESRI ArcMap, Microsoft Office

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering• Supervised field operations of a multi-disciplinary team tasked to assess the impact of a phosphate mine clay settling area on surface water runoff, groundwater infiltration, and aquifer recharge• Monitored: groundwater and surface water levels, open channel flow (ultrasonic Doppler meter), surface sheet flow, hydro-meteorological data, and soil moisture data • Experimental design and monitoring equipment site layout • Field… Show more Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering• Supervised field operations of a multi-disciplinary team tasked to assess the impact of a phosphate mine clay settling area on surface water runoff, groundwater infiltration, and aquifer recharge• Monitored: groundwater and surface water levels, open channel flow (ultrasonic Doppler meter), surface sheet flow, hydro-meteorological data, and soil moisture data • Experimental design and monitoring equipment site layout • Field equipment calibration and installation• Organized and evaluated the hydrologic data to adjust the monitoring and sampling strategies Show less

Tampa/St. Petersburg, Florida Area

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering• Developed analytical methods and models to predict wetland stage-storage relationships to enhance the accuracy and predictive capabilities of hydrologic models (HSPF, MODFLOW)• Developed probability models and frequency distributions representing surface and subsurface water-level characteristics of wetlands to enhance the accuracy of regional scale hydrologic models and aid in model calibrationSkills: MATLAB, C++, data mining… Show more Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering• Developed analytical methods and models to predict wetland stage-storage relationships to enhance the accuracy and predictive capabilities of hydrologic models (HSPF, MODFLOW)• Developed probability models and frequency distributions representing surface and subsurface water-level characteristics of wetlands to enhance the accuracy of regional scale hydrologic models and aid in model calibrationSkills: MATLAB, C++, data mining, data analytics, numerical modeling, frequency analysis, ESRI ArcMap, Microsoft Office Show less

Cincinnati, Oh

Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering• Developed C++ computer codes to integrate a stochastic water demand generator and EPANET• Simulated bio-chemical assaults on a municipal water distribution system using Monte Carlo experiments• Evaluated contaminant dose delivered to various demand nodes (Risk Analysis)Skills: C++, EPANET, ESRI ArcMap, data analytics, Microsoft Office

Cincinnati, Oh

Project Manager – Evendale Manufacturing Facility• Maintained and upgraded paper treating equipment• Developed maintenance plans and coordinated said plans• Purchased new equipment and parts• Supervised equipment maintenance and inspections• Coordinated experimental paper and resin trialsProject Manager – Research & Development Div.• Project coordinator for development of a new product line• Liaison between R&D and manufacturing groups for production scale… Show more Project Manager – Evendale Manufacturing Facility• Maintained and upgraded paper treating equipment• Developed maintenance plans and coordinated said plans• Purchased new equipment and parts• Supervised equipment maintenance and inspections• Coordinated experimental paper and resin trialsProject Manager – Research & Development Div.• Project coordinator for development of a new product line• Liaison between R&D and manufacturing groups for production scale up• Conducted product and process evaluations, QA/QC Show less

Ph.D., Environmental Engineering

M.S., Environmental Engineering

B.S., Civil & Environmental Engineering