Deepening Verdantas’ Focus in a Critical Area for Client Success, Dan Gessler Will Bring His 30 Years of Physical and Numeric Modeling Experience to Lead Verdantas Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Fluids Practice Group.
Dublin, Ohio, March 21, 2023—Verdantas has named Dan Gessler, PE, PhD, D.WRE Practice Leader of the Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Fluids (HHF) Group. Dan brings over 30 years of technical leadership experience and oversight for the successful completion of physical and numeric model studies. He has extensive client project experience using computational fluid dynamics and physical models to investigate a wide range of hydraulics and river mechanics challenges, including complex sedimentation studies and spillway studies. Previously, Dan Gessler served as the Vice President/Civil Engineering, Hydraulics, Fluid Mechanics at Alden Research Laboratory, a Verdantas Company.
Chris Rutledge, Practice Group Director, shared, “Dan is a nationally recognized expert in hydraulic modeling and design of hydraulic structures. He is known by his long-term colleagues and clients as a subject matter expert and innovator – making him the perfect choice for this role. Dan’s creativity and leadership will result in exciting opportunities for staff and clients.”
Newly appointed HHF Practice Group Lead, Dan Gessler, commented, “After 20 years in a technical leadership role at Alden, I'm honored to be able to work with this group of talented engineers and scientists to continue to deliver solutions to our clients for their high-profile projects. I look forward to leveraging the people-focused culture at Verdantas to add the best talent to the team and continue to build our robust innovative modeling training programs.”
Hydrology, Hydraulics, and Fluids services are provided by Verdantas to energy, water, transportation, and government clients. This Practice is made up of seven core services: Calibration, Coastal, Gas Flow Engineering, Fluid Systems Performance, Hydrology, Hydraulic Modeling, and Water Resource Management and Planning.
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