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==Education== | ==Education== | ||
Ken earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of University of Manitoba. Ken then pursued a PhD at Colorado State University in Fort Collins while raising a young family. | Ken earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of University of Manitoba. Ken then pursued a PhD at Colorado State University in Fort Collins while raising a young family. | ||
==Academic Career== | |||
Doc Adam as Ken was known as by his students from the popular TV show at the time ''Gunsmoke'', taught Civil Engineering for 10 years with the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Engineering in the Civil Department before he left to embark on a 42-year career in consulting engineering. | |||
==Consulting Career== | ==Consulting Career== | ||
Ken worked at five Canadian based firms as the lead on projects that took him to all seven continents on environmental engineering and his specialty, cold regions engineering on roads and pipeline work pads made from snow and/or ice. | |||
His signature project was the design and onsite administration of an airport runway and support facilities for the British Antarctic Survey for its research station at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Previously, the only way in was by BAS ship, a harrowing experience he much enjoyed. The project was completed in 1990 by Pelly Construction Ltd. out of Whitehorse, YT. | |||
==Reference== | ==Reference== | ||
Revision as of 10:24, 16 October 2026
Kenneth Morgan Adam (1940-2023). Born in Elkhorn, Manitoba, and raised in Fleming, Saskatchewan.
Education
Ken earned his bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of University of Manitoba. Ken then pursued a PhD at Colorado State University in Fort Collins while raising a young family.
Academic Career
Doc Adam as Ken was known as by his students from the popular TV show at the time Gunsmoke, taught Civil Engineering for 10 years with the University of Manitoba's Faculty of Engineering in the Civil Department before he left to embark on a 42-year career in consulting engineering.
Consulting Career
Ken worked at five Canadian based firms as the lead on projects that took him to all seven continents on environmental engineering and his specialty, cold regions engineering on roads and pipeline work pads made from snow and/or ice.
His signature project was the design and onsite administration of an airport runway and support facilities for the British Antarctic Survey for its research station at Rothera Point, Adelaide Island, Antarctica. Previously, the only way in was by BAS ship, a harrowing experience he much enjoyed. The project was completed in 1990 by Pelly Construction Ltd. out of Whitehorse, YT.
Reference
A In Memoriam was posted in the October E-Bulletin of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering prepared under the direction of Jim Kells (jim.kells@usask.ca) and Peter Wright (peter.wright@utoronto.ca) with the assistance of Mike Bartlett and Dave Ennis. This posting was supplemented with information from his obituary posted in the Winnipeg Free Press on July 15, 2023 at https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-317670/ADAM_KENNETH
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Glen N. Cook, PEng (SM), FEC
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