PROFILE     Shannon McKenna, Associate
  • B.S. General Engineering, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA
  • Engineer-In-Training (EIT), California

Ms. McKenna has experience in systems and signals analysis and strong programming skills. Project experience before joining ATS includes modeling shock attenuation in spacecraft panels with Space Systems/Loral and examining soil liquefaction induced by earthquakes at the University of Buffalo's Structural Engineering and Earthquake Simulation Laboratory. She has also taken part in projects in Australia and Chile, and speaks fluent Spanish. While at ATS, she has worked with the Traffic Noise Model (TNM) for highway noise studies and applied the CadnaA noise modeling software to rail transit projects. Ms McKenna has further developed the company's noise and vibration analysis capabilities using Matlab, and has made major contributions to several rail noise and vibration studies.