Education & Training

B.S. Mathematics, Eastern Mennonite University, 1989
B.S. Civil Engineering and Appropriate Technology, Drexel University, 1994
Graduate Courses - Closed Channel Hydraulics & Surface Water Hydrology, Villanova University
Advanced Water Distribution Modeling using WaterCAD, 2000

Certifications

Registered Professional Engineer – Indiana and Michigan

Affiliations/Memberships

American Water Works Association
American Society of Civil Engineers
Engineers Without Borders

Professional Summary

Mr. Kurtz has eighteen years of experience in the water engineering field, specializing in distribution system model construction, maintenance, calibration and analysis, along with master planning studies and operational evaluations for drinking water systems. He has performed a range of analyses for water systems of varying size and complexity.

Mr. Kurtz has worked for a large investor owned water utility in the corporate asset planning department, where he was responsible for and managed master planning studies and hydraulic modeling efforts for the subsidiary water companies. He also worked for a consulting engineering firm before founding Kurtz Engineering in 2003, where he has further developed his experience in the areas of water utility master planning and distribution system modeling.

Employment History

Owner/Consulting Engineer, Kurtz Engineering, Goshen, IN, Oct 2003 to present
Project Engineer, Dynamic Engineering, Inc., Sturgis, MI, Feb 2002 to Oct 2003
Engineer, American Water Works Service Company, Inc., Voorhees, NJ, Nov 1998 to Jan 2002
Water Resource Engineer, Mennonite Central Committee, Mozambique, Africa, Sep 1994 to Sep 1998