Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), a Seattle-based Naval Architect and Marine Engineering firm with offices in New Orleans and Ketchikan, Alaska, today announced the hire of Jeff Kelton as its Field Liaison Engineer in Ketchikan.
Kelton is a naval architect with more than 38 years of industry experience. His background encompasses hands-on expertise in shipyards and ship design offices on the West Coast, Gulf Coast and in Japan. His vast experience includes project management, shipyard liaison engineering, structural engineering, high speed aluminum vessel design, structural designing to ABS-USCG-Det Norske Veritas-Japan JG Regulatory Standards, environmental engineering and waterborne transportation planning. Throughout his career, Kelton has participated in numerous projects involving naval and commercial ship design requirements and their associated regulatory bodies.
Kelton served as the Project Manager and co-author of the marine elements of the 1997 Southeast Alaska Transportation Plan. He holds a BS in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the University of Michigan.
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