Dr. Michael S. Bronzini, Ph.D., P.E. |
Dewberry Chair Professor Dept. of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering Science and Technology Bldg. II, MSN 4A6 George Mason University Fairfax, VA 22030-4444 Tel. (703)993-1504 Email:mailto:mbronzin@.gmu.edu |
Dr. Michael Bronzini was appointed the first holder of the Dewberry Chair in the School of Information Technology and Engineering at George Mason University in August 1999. Dr. Bronzini holds the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Penn State and a B.S. degree from Stanford University, all in Civil Engineering. He is a registered professional engineer and is a member of the Transportation Research Board, where he has served on numerous committees and panels. He is also a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Institute of Transportation Engineers, and several other societies. In 1982 he was the national president of the Transportation Research Forum.
From 1986 to 1990, Dr. Bronzini was Professor and Head of Civil Engineering at Penn State University. Dr. Bronzini went to Penn State from The University of Tennessee, where he was Director of the Transportation Center and Professor of Civil Engineering. Prior to that he was manager of the Transportation Analysis Group at CACI, Inc., a management consulting firm in Arlington, Virginia. Earlier positions were Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology, and Research Assistant at The Pennsylvania State University.
From 1990 to 1999 Dr. Bronzini was Director of the Center for Transportation Analysis at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, overseeing an interdisciplinary transportation research program with annual expenditures of $12.5 million. He was also Adjunct Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Bronzini has been conducting research on transportation systems since 1970. His current research interests include intelligent transportation systems, national transportation networks and intermodal systems, inland waterways, transportation cost and performance models, and sustainable transportation systems and communitites. He has produced more than 180 papers, reports, and presentations about his research. Now he is continuing his career in research and teaching, with a focus on innovative solutions to complex multimodal transportation systems problems.
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