Jett selected as Missouri Department of Natural Resources Team Member of the Month

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Kelsey Jett, a professional engineer with the Missouri Geological Survey, a division of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, has been selected as the department’s Team Member of the Month for January 2025. She was selected for her service to the department and her efforts to assist the city of Hannibal.

Jett, who works within the division’s Dam and Reservoir Safety Program, recently worked with the city of Hannibal on a construction permit application. She collaborated with the city’s engineer of record to verify that proposed changes to the project were adequate to achieve a permit. She used her own hydraulic and hydrologic calculations, and expanded her efforts to include schematics while working directly with the engineer to ensure success.

Jett took it upon herself to create a series of tools to assist her colleagues and the public. She completed a spreadsheet tool that allows fellow engineering team members to appropriately account for culverts and outlets that are submerged in backwater. She also put together a web publication that educates the public about freeboard at dams. The publication is a valuable tool for consulting engineers and dam owners.

Jett joined the Missouri Department of Natural Resources in February 2023 and resides in Rolla.