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Member Spotlight - Spenser Harvey
Member Spotlight - Spenser Harvey

Spenser Harvey, P.E.

TSPE Panhandle Chapter | Civil Engineer, Parkhill



Why are you involved in TSPE? 

I see TSPE as an instrumental part of the future of the professional engineering license. Both in our efforts to maintain the Engineering Practice Act and to foster the next generation of engineers. In this past year I have been able to participate in both of these efforts. I attended TSPE’s PE Day at the Capitol where I was able to interface with senators, representatives, and their staff on the importance of engineering and the preservation of the Engineering Practice Act. I also was able to help found the student chapter of TSPE at West Texas A&M to help inspire the next generation of licensed professional engineers. 



What accomplishments are you most proud of?

I am very proud of everything we have done in the last two years that I have served as president of the Panhandle Chapter. Through our annual golf tournament, we have raised our scholarship endowment at West Texas A&M to a total over $50,000 and can award two $1,500 scholarships, in perpetuity. We also founded an officially chartered student chapter of TSPE at the West Texas A&M campus. I have also been able to serve as head proctor of our local MATHCOUNTS competition and the Master of Ceremonies for the Countdown Round and Awards Presentation. I am also proud to have been able to volunteer and proctor at the State MATHCOUNTS Competition. 

Outside of TSPE, I am proud of my other volunteering efforts. I volunteer my time at the new Dumas South Elementary to run an afterschool roleplaying game for the kids. The kids get to pretend to be superheroes as we use dice rolls to learn about probability, outcomes, and other foundational math principles, while also telling a communal story controlled by the children but where I present obstacles to be overcome by creative storytelling and tense dice rolling!  

I am also proud of my volunteer efforts at High Plains Food Bank (HPFB). I have volunteered (almost) every Friday for the last two years. I started just based on schedule and convenience. My firm Parkhill has a regular schedule that we close on noon on Friday’s, and HPFB is only 3 minute from our Amarillo office with an afternoon shift that starts at 1pm. So as long as I am not out of town, I volunteer for the afternoon shift. While I love working there and the people I have met, I am most proud of the two grants I have helped HPFB receive. Last year our work has lead to HPFB receiving $9,500 for evaporative coolers and industrial fans for their Senior Adult Food Program warehouse for preparing the boxes for distribution during the summer afternoons and evenings. And last year HPFB has received $10,000 for general warehouse improvements, such as new shelving, 25 cubic foot bulk containers, pallets, and all the other unglamourous things a food bank needs to achieve the glamourous mission of food distribution and reduction of hunger in our community. 

Spenser and Parkhill's efforts acknowledged in the HPFB newsletter.

 

Bio

Spenser J. Harvey, PE, has been an engineer for Parkhill’s environmental sector for eight years. His experience includes design and construction services for MSW cell expansion projects, design and permitting of Type I, Type IV, Type V facilities, as well as regional Type IAE (Arid Exempt) and Type IVAE. Spenser prides himself in working with a client-centered focus delivering solid waste as a service to each community he works in, recognizing no solution is one-size fits all.