Courtney Marie King, M.S.
she / her
Civil Engineer I · Mobility & Resiliency Group, MassDOT
Somerville, Massachusetts
she / her
Civil Engineer I · Mobility & Resiliency Group, MassDOT
Somerville, Massachusetts
About
I am a civil engineer and GIS specialist at MassDOT's Highway Division, where I lead statewide geospatial initiatives and infrastructure resiliency programs. My work sits at the intersection of transportation planning, data analytics, and environmental equity.
At MassDOT, I lead the Statewide Culvert Mapping Program—coordinating georeferencing of historical plans, developing and maintaining GIS datasets, and supporting the ArcGIS Online Culvert Mapping Viewer used across the Commonwealth. I also manage the statewide Interstate and Non-Interstate Pavement Programs and build automated reporting tools in Python, Power BI, and SQL.
Before engineering, I spent nearly three years as a middle school Life Science and Robotics teacher, where I built a robotics program from scratch, raising over $10,000 in fundraisers and $8,000 in grants.
I hold an M.S. in Environmental Engineering, Urban Policy & Planning from Tufts University (4.0 GPA) with a Certificate in Spatial Data Analytics, and a B.A. in Biology from SUNY Geneseo (Summa Cum Laude).
I am a WTS Boston Emerging Professional and hold the ENV SP credential from the Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure.
Featured Research
Evaluating the Impact of Flood Model Selection on Roadway Vulnerability Assessments: An Example from Massachusetts
Experience
Assistant program manager overseeing statewide infrastructure resilience programs. Leads the Statewide Culvert Mapping Program—georeferencing historical plans, developing GIS datasets, and maintaining the ArcGIS Online Culvert Mapping Viewer. Manages the statewide Interstate and Non-Interstate Pavement Programs, coordinating project scoping, programming, and funding across district offices.
Full-time · HybridAudited and monitored programs for compliance and effectiveness. Developed automated systems for tracking project progress using Python, Power Query, SQL, Power BI, and Microsoft Access. Identified process improvements and risks to drive continuous improvement across the organization.
Part-time · HybridSupported instruction in RStudio-based environmental data analysis for graduate students.
Part-time · On-sitePromoted to Head of the Life Science Department. Designed and executed all Life Science and Robotics curriculum for 6th grade. Advisor to the STEM Ingenium Club, participating in NASA's Growing Beyond Earth project and VEX Robotics Competitions. Raised over $10,000 in fundraisers and secured $8,000 in grants to build the robotics program.
Full-timeSkills & Tools
Education
Joint MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering and Urban & Environmental Planning. Certificate in Spatial Data Analytics. Thesis presented at TRB Annual Meeting 2026.
Graduated Summa Cum Laude.
Recognition