Courtney Marie King

Courtney Marie King, M.S.

she / her

Civil Engineer I  ·  Program Management Group, MassDOT

Somerville, Massachusetts

Program Management Analyst (Civil Engineer 1)

I am a civil engineer in the Program Management Group within MassDOT's Highway Division, where I manage the statewide Interstate and Non-Interstate Pavement Programs and various geospatial and data analytics initiatives supporting infrastructure programs across the Commonwealth. My work sits at the intersection of transportation planning, data analytics, and environmental equity.

In my role I build automated reporting tools in Python, Power BI, and SQL, and 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.

My master's thesis—comparing FEMA and First Street flood models across every MassDOT roadway segment in Massachusetts—was selected for presentation at the 2026 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.

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.

Master's Thesis

TRB Annual Meeting  ·  Washington, D.C.  ·  2026

Evaluating the Impact of Flood Model Selection on Roadway Vulnerability Assessments: An Example from Massachusetts

Courtney Marie King  ·  Rahul Soma  ·  Maximillian Petersen  ·  Farshid Vahedifard, Ph.D.  ·  Shan Jiang, Ph.D.

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Professional Background

Aug 2025 – Present

Civil Engineer I

MassDOT  ·  Program Management Group, Highway Division

Project Management Analyst overseeing the statewide Interstate and Non-Interstate Pavement Programs—coordinating project scoping, programming, and funding across district offices. Leads the Statewide Culvert Mapping Program—georeferencing historical plans, developing GIS datasets, and maintaining the ArcGIS Online Culvert Mapping Viewer. Assists managing the Mobility and Resiliency Modernization Statewide Programs.

Full-time  ·  Hybrid
Jan 2024 – Aug 2025

Co-Op in Program Management

MassDOT  ·  Chief Engineer's Office

Audited 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.

Internship  ·  Hybrid
Aug – Dec 2023

Teaching Assistant — Environmental Data Analysis & Visualization

Tufts University  ·  Somerville, MA

Supported instruction in RStudio-based environmental data analysis for graduate students.

Part-time  ·  On-site
Nov 2020 – Aug 2023

Middle School Science Teacher

Somerset Academy Charter Schools  ·  Pembroke Pines, FL

Promoted 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-time

Technical Expertise

Geospatial
ArcGIS ArcGIS Online GIS Spatial Analytics
Programming
Python R / RStudio SQL
Data & Reporting
Power BI Power Query Excel Microsoft Access
Domain
Infrastructure Resilience Transportation Planning Program Management
Research
Environmental Data Analysis Flood Modeling Grant Writing
Certifications
ENV SP Spatial Data Analytics Python for Data Science

Academic Background

Master of Science
Tufts University
Environmental Engineering, Urban Policy & Planning  ·  2023–2025  ·  GPA 4.0

Joint MS in Civil & Environmental Engineering and Urban & Environmental Planning. Certificate in Spatial Data Analytics. Thesis presented at TRB Annual Meeting 2026.

Bachelor of Arts
SUNY Geneseo
Biology  ·  2015–2018  ·  GPA 3.6

Graduated Summa Cum Laude.

Honors & Awards

WTS Boston Emerging Professional (2025)
ENV SP — Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (Dec 2025)
TRB Annual Meeting Presenter (2026)
D3M@Tufts Fellowship
Graduate Summa Cum Laude — SUNY Geneseo
Teacher of the Month — Somerset Academy (Mar 2021)