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May 2013 Main Speaker

Mrs. Hattan’s education includes a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington (1994) and a Master’s of Science in Water Resources (2012) from UTA. Shelly is a registered professional engineer in Texas and has over 20 years of experience located in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. She currently works for the Tarrant Regional Water District as a Project Manager and is primarily assigned to the Integrated Pipeline Project, a joint effort of TRWD and Dallas to build a 149 mile, $2.3 billion dollar transmission pipeline.  For ten years, she owned her own firm called CivilGrrl Engineering, Inc. and briefly worked for the City of Fort Worth and the City of Arlington.  Her interests have varied from beer brewing, to high powered rocketry, to roller derby. Shelly has one daughter (11) and a husband who writes computer games.