Gessler Promotion Reinforces Alden's Commitment To Hydraulics, Western Region
Holden, Mass. - Daniel Gessler, P.E., Ph.D., was promoted to Principal and Owner by Alden Research Laboratory, Inc. on Dec. 11. Dr. Gessler, who heads Alden's Fort Collins, Colo. office, will be a practicing principal as he continues his hands-on role with physical and numeric modeling projects while providing leadership in the company's hydraulics and fish passage areas.
Dr. Gessler will lead Alden's renowned program in hydraulic modeling, including sedimentation, erosion, and fish passage studies. Dr. Gessler has 18 years of numeric and physical modeling experience, including work on numerous hydroelectric projects. Dr. Gessler, a recipient of B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from Colorado State University, has been Director of Colorado Operations since Alden opened its Fort Collins office in 2008. "This gives our Western office representation at the highest level of the company," Dr. Gessler says. "It also strengthens Alden's commitment to providing high-quality flow-related and environmental services to clients in the Rocky Mountain states and on the West Coast."
"Dan will provide top-level leadership as the Fort Collins office continues to grow," says Stuart Cain, Alden President. "We expect to add two positions in Colorado in 2010, and expand further in subsequent years."
Alden (Alden Research Laboratory, Inc.) (www.aldenlab.com) is an acclaimed leader in solving flow-related engineering and environmental problems. The firm has 80 employees and over 150,000 sq feet of indoor lab space on a 32 acre campus. Alden provides engineering, physical and computational flow modeling along with environmental and flow meter calibration services.
