About Scott Cole, PE

Scott Cole of Fort Worth, Texas, vice president and principal for Freese and Nichols Inc., earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Missouri S&T in 2001, followed by a master’s degree in engineering management from the University of Kansas. Cole leads a team of over 100 engineers, scientists, and technical professionals for the 127-year-old full-service engineering firm. He has led more than 100 water and wastewater projects including hydraulic studies, master plans, capital improvement plans (CIPs) and cost recovery studies and is a nationally recognized specialist in water system modeling and a member of the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Engineering Modeling Applications Committee that establishes standards for hydraulic modeling. Cole, who co-authored AWWA’s “M32 Computer Modeling of Water Distribution Systems” manual, has conducted hydraulic model workshops for utilities across the United States and presented over 40 technical papers at various conferences and seminars. He is a licensed professional engineer in Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Texas.