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Engineering
Manager-State Bridge Office
Kansas Department of Transportation
Kenneth F. Hurst was born in Shakopee, Minnesota, and raised
in Grand Island, Nebraska. He attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering
in January of 1966. He worked for the USDA Forest Service
while attending college.
The Kansas Highway Commission hired him as an Engineering
Trainee in February of 1966. He has served the KHC and its
successor the Kansas Department of Transportation in various
capacities including designer, load rater, Squad Leader, Assistant
Bridge Engineer, Bridge Engineer, and Engineering Manager.
Kenneth F. Hurst is the Engineering Manager - State Bridge
Office for the Kansas Department of Transportation that oversees
the work of the Bridge Design Section, the Bridge Management
Section, and the Special Assignments Unit. Since 1984 he has
represented Kansas on the AASHTO Bridge Subcommittee. He is
Chairman of Technical Committees for Construction and for
Computers, and is a member of the Technical Committee on Guardrail
and Bridge Rail. He is also a member of the AASHTO Design
Subcommittee Task Force for Roadside Safety, and a former
member of Transportation Research Board committee A2F07 on
Metal Structures.
He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Kansas, and is
a member of the Order of the Engineer, the Topeka Engineers
Club, American Welding Society, Precast/Prestressed Concrete
Institute, and the American Society of Civil Engineers (past
president of the Kansas Section). He is also a very active
supporter of the North Central States Consortium, and ASCE
activities.
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