Shawn P. Kelley, Ph.D., an associate with GeoDesign Inc., has been named a Governor of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Region 1. GeoDesign is headquartered in Middlebury, CT, with regional offices in Windsor, VT and New York City. Region 1 covers all of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico. Founded in 1852, ASCE represents more than 146,000 members of the civil engineering profession worldwide and is America's oldest national engineering society. Kelley, a firm shareholder who works out of GeoDesign's Windsor, VT office, manages civil engineering projects related to geotechnical engineering. He specializes in earth retention and slope stabilization projects, deep and shallow foundation design, geotechnical instrumentation, and in-situ soil testing. Kelley also manages GeoDesign's soil testing laboratory in the company's Vermont office. He has served on the Board of the Directors for the Vermont Section of ASCE for several years, including a two-year term as president from 2007-2009. He also serves on the ASCE national Web Advisory Task Committee.
Established in 1995, GeoDesign is a privately held engineering consulting firm that completes environmental investigation and remediation projects, geotechnical projects and construction engineering services throughout the Northeast for private clients, industry, developers, contractors and municipalities.
