GeoDesign's Kelley Named UMASS Outstanding Junior Alumni

Shawn P. Kelley, Ph.D., an associate and shareholder with GeoDesign Inc., was recognized on October 27 as an Outstanding Junior Alumni by the University of Massachusetts-Amherst’s College of Engineering. Recipients of this award are considered worthy ambassadors for the College and have shown extraordinary effort and notable success in their careers. Kelley graduated from the University of Massachusetts with a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in civil engineering.
Kelley specializes deep and shallow foundation design, earth retention and slope stabilization projects and in-situ soil testing, among others. He works out of GeoDesign’s Windsor, VT office, where he manages the soil-testing laboratory and a number of different projects, including geotechnical engineering design work, construction observation services and geotechnical instrumentation.
Kelley has been active in the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) since his undergraduate career at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst, MA, when he served as student chapter treasurer and was the team leader for the concrete canoe team. In 2009, Kelley was named Governor for Region 1 of ASCE. He represents civil engineers in the Northeast United States, including Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Puerto Rico.
Kelley has served on various board-level positions, culminating in president of the Vermont Section in 2007-2009 and was on the formation committee of the Geo-Institute Chapter for Vermont.
As a volunteer, Kelley has worked on Habitat for Humanities projects, Listen Community Center Dinners, and the board of directors for the Stony Creek Condo Association.
Established in 1995, GeoDesign with offices in Vermont, Connecticut and New York, is a privately held engineering consulting firm that completes geotechnical projects, construction engineering services, and environmental investigation and remediation projects throughout the Northeast for private clients, industry, developers, contractors and municipalities.