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Mr. Righellis has 29
years of experience as a site, utility, and roadway design civil engineer
and flood plain specialist including studies, designs, land-use
processing, and the administration of public and private projects. He
received his M.S.C.E. (specialty in hydraulics) from Utah State University
in 1978 preceded by his B.S.C.E. Cum Laude from University of the Pacific,
in 1976. Mr. Righellis is a Professional Engineer in
California, Illinois, Mississippi, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington.
Mr. Righellis has been the lead engineer for over one hundred land
developments and public improvement projects. The projects have included
large residential developments, industrial parks, arterial road
expansions, retaining walls, small structures, water lines, trunk sewers,
and storm drainage.
Mr. Righellis has analyzed over 600 miles of rivers, creeks, and lakes in
Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, and Idaho and performs this work
on a regional basis. Two letters of commendation have been received from
the Corps of Engineers for his Mt. St. Helens post-eruption hydraulic
modeling of the Cowlitz and Toutle Rivers and one from the Federal
Emergency Management Agency for several studies in Oregon. Mr. Righellis
has performed numerous post-flood damage analyses to determine causes and
remedies. Mr. Righellis is determining damage causes of Hurricane Katrina
in Mississippi.
Mr. Righellis is the co-author of CIVIL TOOLS. With thousands of copies
sold since 1986, it is one of the more popular civil engineering computer
software packages on the market. Civil Tools PRO achieved National
Finalist status by ACEC in their 2006 Engineering Excellence Awards
competition. Mr. Righellis was part of the software team that developed
the stress analysis programs for the first flights of the B-1 bomber. |
