STEPHEN A. CURTIS, P.E., D.PE, M.ASCE
AT-LARGE DIRECTOR NOMINEE
EDUCATION
B.S., Civil Engineering, University of Maine, December 1974
WORK EXPERIENCE
Collins Engineers Inc., Newport News VA, Program Lead – Waterfront Services,
Aug. 2010 – Present
Unemployed, Jan. – Aug. 2010
Tetra Tech EC Inc., Norfolk VA, Vice-President/Program Lead - Ports, Harbors &
Waterways, Feb. 2007 – Jan. 2010
PB Americas, Norfolk VA, Senior Supervising Marine Engineer, Sept. 2005 –
Feb. 2007:
CH2M HILL-Lockwood Greene, Hampton VA, Senior Project Manager, Newport,
Sept. 2004 – Sept. 2005
Self-Employed, Chesapeake VA, Construction Manager, Dec. 2003 – Sept. 2004
CH2M Hill Inc., Houston TX & Newport News VA, Senior Project Manager, Sept.
2000 – Nov. 2003 (Full-time) & Dec. 2003 Jun. 2003 (Flex-time)
TranSystems Corp. Inc., Port Arthur TX, Construction Manager, Feb. 1997 –
Aug. 2000
Virginia Port Authority, Norfolk VA, Director of Engineering, Director of Port
Development & Chief Engineer, Aug, 1990 – Feb. 1997
U.S. Navy NAVFAC Atlantic Division, Assistant Brach Head-Overseas
Construction (GM-13), Norfolk (VA) Naval Operating Base, Feb. 1988 – Aug.
1990
U.S. Navy NAVFAC Atlantic Division, Deputy Resident Officer-Construction (GS-
12), Lajes Air Force Base Azores - Portugal, Sept. 1986 – Feb. 1988
U.S. Navy NAVFAC Northern Division, Assistant Resident Engineer –
Construction (GS-11), Brunswick (ME) NAS, Feb. 1985 – Sept. 1986
Kimball-Chase Associates, Bath ME, Project Manager, Feb. 1984 – Feb. 1985
State of Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Augusta ME Engineer I
& II, Jun. 1978 – Feb. 1984
State of Maine Department of Transportation, Augusta ME, Engineer I, Dec.
1976 – Jun. 1978
Callahan Brothers Construction Co., Mechanic Falls ME, Project Engineer,
Mechanic Falls ME, May 1975 – Dec. 1976
Auburn Water & Sewer District, Auburn ME, Project Engineer, Auburn ME, Mar.
– May 1975 (CETA Position)
ASCE INVOLVEMENT
ASCE, Member, 1995 – Present
ASCE Committee on Annual & Specialty Conferences, Member, 2007 - Present
ASCE Coasts, Oceans, Ports & Rivers Institute (COPRI), Member, 2000 –
Present; Past – President Governing Board; Governing Board Member, 2005 –
2008
ASCE – COPRI Past Presidents Committee, Member 2008 - Present
ASCE - COPRI Membership Committee, Member, 2006 – Present
ASCE - COPRI 2010 Congress (Inaugural), Chair, Organizing & Planning
Committee, 2009 - 2010
ASCE - COPRI Awards Committee, Member, 2006 - 2008
ASCE - COPRI Policy Committee, Member, 2006 – 2008
ASCE – COPRI Hurricane Katrina Assessment Ports, Harbors and Marine Team,
Team Leader, 2005
ASCE – COPRI Hurricane Katrina Assessment Ports, Harbors and Marine Team,
Editor, Team Publication, 2006 -2007
ASCE – COPRI Ports & Harbors (P&H) Technical Committee, Honorary Member
& Member, 1995 – Present; Committee Chair & Vice-Chair, 1996 – 2000
ASCE – COPRI, P&H Committee Sponsored Ports 2013 Conference, Senior
Adviser, Organizing & Planning Committee, 2010 - Present
ASCE – COPRI, P&H Committee Sponsored Ports 2010 Conference, Senior
Adviser, Organizing & Planning Committee, 2007 - 2010
ASCE – COPRI, P&H Committee Sponsored Ports 2007 Conference, Organizing
& Planning Committee, Senior Adviser/Member, 2004 - 2007
ASCE – COPRI, P&H Committee Ports 2004 Conference, Chair, Organizing &
Planning Committee, 2001 – 2004
ASCE – COPRI, P&H Committee Ports 2004 Conference, Editor, Conference
Proceedings, 2003 – 2004
OTHER VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES
American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA), Organizational Member, 1998
– Present; Facilities Engineering Committee, Member 1991 – 1997; Facilities
Engineering Committee Seminar, Chair, Local Organizing & Planning Committee,
1996 – 1997; Environmental Sub-Committee, Chair, 1995 – 1997; Pavement
Maintenance Sub-Committee, Chair, 1995 – 1997
National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE), Member, 1979 - Present
Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Member, 1986 – Present;
Hampton Roads & Peninsula Posts’ Readiness Homeland Security Committee,
Member, 2007 - Present
PERSONAL
Married (36 years) to Rosemary E. Curtis, Math Department Chair, Deep Creek
High School, Chesapeake (VA) Public Schools; no children
Diplomate – Port Engineering, Academy of Coastal, Ocean, Port & Navigation
Engineers, Earned Apr. 2010
Distinguished Engineer, UMAINE College of Engineering’s Francis Crowe
Society, Inducted April 2007
Professional Engineer, Civil, ME, Number 3892, Earned February 1979
Professional Engineer, Civil, TX, Number 82385, Earned Mar. 1997
Professional Engineer, Civil, VA, Number 0402-019726, Earned May 1989
Publications:
Hurricane Katrina Damage Assessment Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi
Ports and Coasts by Hurricane Katrina Assessment Ports, Harbors and Marine
Team of Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute of the American Society of
Civil Engineers, Edited by Stephen A. Curtis, P.E., Published by ASCE 2007.
The Coasts, Oceans, Ports and Rivers Institute, by Stephen A. Curtis, P. E.,
Published by PB Network, Issue 64, November 2006.
Ports 2004 Conference Proceedings, Edited by Stephen A. Curtis, P. E.,
Published by ASCE 2004.
Innovative Container Handling Facility, Norfolk International Terminals, North
Expansion, by Stephen A. Curtis, P.E., Chief Engineer for Port Development &
Director of Engineering, Virginia Port Authority and Co-Contributors Kenneth K.
Kramer, P.E., PBQD Inc. and Richard A. Woodman, P.E., M.ASCE, Principal,
JWD Inc., Published by ASCE 2001.
Ports of Virginia Wetlands Mitigation Project, by Stephen A. Curtis, P.E., Chief
Engineer for Port Development & Director of Engineering, Virginia Port Authority,
Published by Virginia Port Authority, July 1994.
Model Sewer Use Ordinance, by Stephen A. Curtis, P.E., Engineer II, Published
by Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water Quality
Control, Division of Municipal Services, 1982.
Model Industrial Pre-Treatment Ordinance, by Stephen A. Curtis, P.E., Engineer
II, Published by Maine Department of Environmental Protection, Bureau of Water
Quality Control, Division of Municipal Services, 1982
City of Virginia Beach (VA) Youth League Basketball, Assistant Head Coach,
1996
City of Chesapeake (VA) Pony League Baseball, Assistant Head Coach, 1992-94
City of Chesapeake Youth League Football, Assistant Head Coach, 1989
Brunswick (ME) High School, Freshman Football Team, Head Coach, 1984-85
Cony High School (Augusta ME), Varsity Football Team, Offensive/Defensive
Line Coach, 1983
Cony High School, Freshman Football Team, Assistant Head Coach, 1981-82
Augusta (ME) Youth Football, Head Coach, 1980
Augusta Youth Football, Assistant Head Coach, 1978-80