AMARILLO, TX  Wes Kimmell, P.E. has been named the new Area Engineer for the Pampa area office in the Amarillo District.  Kimmell will lead the construction and maintenance of state system roadways in Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Roberts, Hemphill, Carson and Gray Counties.

Kimmell is a native of the Texas panhandle, growing up in Stinnett, Texas. He is a graduate of Texas Tech University where he received his Bachelor of Science in civil engineering in May, 2009. 

Kimmell joined the Texas Department of Transportation in 2004 as a Summer Engineering Tech in the Lubbock District, and worked as a summer employee for the Amarillo District for two other summers, while attending college.  Kimmell started full time in 2009 as an EIT working several rotational assignments.  After receiving his professional engineering license, he became the Assistant Area Engineer in Pampa.