Education
M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Davis
B.S. in Civil Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

Specialty Areas
Water Rights and Modeling of Water Resource
Aerial Photography and Interpretation
Remote Sensing, Satellite Imagery and GIS

Mr. Thompson has recently taken a job as modeler for the Colorado Division of Water Resources. However, Kelley is still supporting some water right, modeling, and aerial photography needs. Mr. Thompson worked as a project engineer with Agro Engineering for 11 years with a background in Civil Engineering specializing in water resources, modeling, hydraulics, hydrology, water quality, remote sensing, and GIS. While at Agro, Mr. Thompson developed the digital infrared aerial photography system and image processing software for Agro.

As a graduate student, Mr. Thompson was responsible for the deployment of instruments in Lake Tahoe and surrounding streams and modeled lake and stream hydrodynamics. Coursework emphasized sediment transport, open channel and closed-conduit hydraulics, lake hydrodynamics, and water quality of natural systems. Prior to this, Mr. Thompson was a water and sanitation engineer in the U.S. Peace Corps in Honduras, where he was responsible for the planning, design, construction and management of rural drinking water system projects and was involved in watershed reforestation and the education of community water boards.

Mr. Thompson is a native of the San Luis Valley.

Special Projects
Rio Grande Decision Support System - Developed Irrigated Land Coverages and on Model Peer Review Team
Rio Grande Headwaters Restoration Project
Alamosa River Restoration Master Plan
Willow Creek Flood Control and Stream Stability Study

Languages
Fluent in Spanish.