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: mbronzin@gmu.edu |
Stanford University
The Pennsylvania State University
Master of Science, June 1969
Major: Civil Engineering
(Transportation)
The Pennsylvania State University
Doctor of Philosophy, June 1973
Major: Civil Engineering
(Transportation)
Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania
George Mason University, Fairfax, VA. August 1999 to present. Dewberry Chair Professor, Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering, School of Information Technology and Engineering. Teaching and research in the general field of transportation systems engineering, planning, and operations.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN. December 1990 to July 1999. Director, Center for Transportation Analysis, Energy Division.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. August 1991 to July 1999. Adjunct Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering.
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. August 1986 to December 1990. Professor and Head, Department of Civil Engineering.
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN. August 1978 to August 1986. Director of the Transportation Center and Professor of Civil Engineering. (Associate Director, August 1978 to December 1982; Associate Professor, August 1978 to June 1983).
CACI, Inc., Arlington, VA. September 1975 to August 1978. Senior Associate and Manager, Transportation Analysis Group.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA. January 1973 to September 1975. Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering.
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. March 1967 to December 1972.
Research Assistant in Civil Engineering and in the Pennsylvania Transportation Institute.
Dr. Bronzini
has over 35 years of experience in transportation research. He is particularly well versed
in transportation planning, traffic engineering, network analysis, simulation, marine
transportation and inland waterways, freight transportation, transportation of hazardous
materials, and transportation education and training.
Major projects performed and the years of completion are listed below.
Remote
Sensing Applications in Transportation Flow Measurement, Ohio State University and the
U.S. Department of Transportation (in progress).
Commute to
Work Trips Patterns of the Northern Virginia Technology Industry, Northern Virginia
Technology Council (in progress).
Planning for
Operations Series: Guidance for the Application of the National ITS Architecture to
Regional Planning for Operations, SAIC, Inc. and the Federal Highway Administration
(2001).
Ohio River
Navigation Investment Model, Huntington District, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1996-1999).
Research and
Analysis Support for the Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S. Department of
Transportation (1992-1999). Includes work on
the 1993 and 1997 Commodity Flow Surveys, the 1996 American Travel Survey, the National
Transportation Atlas Database and its Intermodal Terminals Database, and BTS special
studies and reports.
Intelligent
Transportation Systems Program, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, for Federal Highway
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (Acting Program Manager, March 1998 to
July 1999; Deputy Program Manager, 1994-1998).
Concepts
Study for Panama Canal Alternatives, Pittsburgh District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
for Panama Canal Commission (1997).
Prototype
Training Center for Advanced Transportation Management, Federal Highway Administration,
U.S. Department of Transportation (1997).
Mode-Distance
Estimates for 1993 Commodity Flow Survey, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, U.S.
Department of Transportation (1996).
Effect of
Truck Size and Weight Policy Options on Carrier and Shipper Productivity, Federal Highway
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (1994).
Cost
Estimates for Deployment of Advanced Traffic Management Systems (ATMS), Federal Highway
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (1993).
Panama Canal
Operating Characteristics and Capacity Evaluation Study, TAMS Consultants, Inc., for the
Commission for the Study of Alternatives to the Panama Canal (1993).
Expanding
the Civil Engineering Pool, National Cooperative Highway Research Program, National
Research Council (1991).
Simulation
Study of Traffic Management Alternatives for Winfield Locks, Jack Faucett Associates, for
Huntington District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1989).
Waterway
Transportation Information Service, National Waterways Foundation and Maritime
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (1987).
Transportation
of Spent Nuclear Fuel, Tennessee Governor's Safe Growth Cabinet Council (1986).
Transportation
Network Models for Energy Supply Analysis; Coal Routing and Costing System; and
Transportation Cost Estimates for Sodium Compounds; Electric Power Research Institute
(1986).
Integrated
Operations Planning and Vessel Performance Measurement System, Ingram Barge Company and
Maritime Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (1986).
Electric Vehicle Demonstration
Project, U.S. Department of Energy (1984).
Inland Waterway Port Model, Maritime
Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation (1982).
Upper
Mississippi Navigation Lock Capacity Analysis, North Central Division, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, and Upper Mississippi River Basin Commission (1981).
National Energy Transportation Study,
U.S. Departments of Transportation and Energy (1980).
Railroad
Educational Needs Study, Federal Railroad Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation (1980).
Freight
Transportation Energy Use, Transportation Systems Center, U.S. Department of
Transportation (1978).
Impacts of
Inland Waterway User Charges, U.S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, and Office of Management and Budget (1976).
Inland Navigation Systems Analysis,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1976).
Accidents of
Elderly and Handicapped Pedestrians, Federal Highway Administration, U.S. Department of
Transportation (1975).
Energy Use in Urban Transportation
Networks, National Science Foundation (1975).
A Regional Transportation Systems
Analysis Model, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (1972)
Planning for
Coastal Ports on a Systems Basis, Institute for Water Resources, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (1972).
Waterway Systems Simulation, North
Central Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1971).
Highway Lighting Needs Study,
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (1970).
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
In his university positions,
Dr. Bronzini has taught courses in transportation engineering, transportation planning,
transportation system modeling, and construction management. He serves as thesis advisor to graduate students
pursuing the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees. He also
has taught continuing education courses in intermodal transportation, traffic engineering,
transportation planning, traffic safety, traffic signalization, traffic signal systems,
waterway transportation, rail transportation, engineering economy, and engineering
management.
David Miller
Associates
Schneider
Engineers
URS
Corporation
Fieldston
Company, Inc.
Tennessee Valley Authority
CONSAD
Research Corp.
Battelle
Memorial Institute
Auburn
University
Electric
Power Research Institute
Arthur D. Little, Inc.
CACI, Inc.
Transportation Research Board
Nuclear
Waste Projects Office, State of Nevada
Argonne National Laboratory
National
Waterways Conference, Inc.
Louis
Berger International
Jack Faucett
Associates
U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers
MITRE
Corporation
The
Pennsylvania State University
Transportation Research Board
Sigma Xi
Dr. Bronzini referees papers submitted to Transportation Research, Logistics and Transportation Review (now Transportation Research--E), Transportation Journal, Transportation Research Record, Journal of the Transportation Research Forum, Journal of Transportation Engineering, Journal of Transportation and Statistics, and Interfaces.
Proposal Review for National Science Foundation, National Sea
Grant Program, and National Research Council.
Dr. Bronzini has produced over 200 journal articles, research reports, reviews and editorial works, conference papers, and presentations. Representative contributions are cited below.
Journal Articles and Books
Bronzini,
M.S. Supply Chain Statistics. Handbook of Logistics and Supply-Chain
Management, edited by A.M. Brewer, K.J. Button, and D.A. Hensher. Pergamon, Elsevier Science Ltd., Ch. 33: 501-511
(2001).
Committee to
Review the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway Navigation System Feasibility Study. Inland Navigation System Planning; The Upper
Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway. Natiopnal
Academy Press, Washington, DC (2001).
Venigalla,
M.M., A. Chatterjee, and M.S. Bronzini. A
Specialized Equilibrium Assignment Algorithm for Air Quality Modeling. Transportation
Research Part D 4: 29-44 (1999).
Bronzini,
M.S., et al. Ohio River Navigation Investment
Model: Requirements and Model Design. Transportation Research Record 1620: 17-26 (1998).
Bronzini, M.S. Inland Waterways: Still or Turbulent Waters Ahead? Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 553: 66-74 (September 1997).
Research Reports
Bronzini,
M.S., R. Gomez, and A. Choudhary. Using
Remote Sensing to Monitor Truck Rest Area Availability and Utilizaton. NCRST-F Synthesis Report #5, National Consortia on
Remote Sensing in TransportationFlows, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH (April
2001).
TAMS
Consultants, Inc., and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Panama Canal Operating Characteristics and
Capacity Evaluation Study. Commission
for the Study of Alternatives to the Panama Canal, Panama City, Panama, Executive Summary,
38 pp, Final Report, 366 pp. (May 1993).
Mason, J.M.,
Jr., J.P. Tarris, E. Zaki and M.S. Bronzini. Civil
Engineering Careers: Aswareness, Retention, and Curriculum. NCHRP Report 347, Transportation Research Board,
Washington, DC, 118 pp. (May 1992).
Bronzini,
M.S., et al. Monitored Retrievable Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel: Transportation Studies. Transportation Center, University of Tennessee,
for Safe Growth Team, State of Tennessee, Nashville, TN, 350 pp. (October 1986).
Baxter, W.,
M. Bronzini, D. Limaye, D. Sherman. Transportation Network Models for Energy Supply
Analysis. Electric Power Research
Institute, Palo Alto, CA EA-2324, 5 Volumes (March 1982).
Bronzini,
M.S. and R. Miller. Freight Transportation Energy Use. CACI, Inc., for U.S. Department of Transportation,
Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA, DOT-TSC-OST-79-1, I to IV, 4 Volumes, 574
pp. (July 1979).
Bronzini,
M.S., et al. Potential Impacts of Selected Inland Waterway User
Charges. CACI, Inc., for U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Washington, DC, 194 pp. (December 1976).
Bronzini,
M.S., et al. Inland Navigation Systems Analysis. CACI, Inc., for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Washington, DC, 8 Volumes (July 1976).
Conference Papers
Bronzini,
M.S., R.G. Gomez, and A.D. Choudhary. Feasibility
of Using Remote Sensing to Monitor Truck Rest Area Availability and Utilization. North American Travel Monitoring Exhibition and
Conference, Madison, WI (August 2000).
Bronzini,
M.S. Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure in the United States: Measuring the
Benefits and Overcoming Obstacles to Deployment. APEC Urban Transportation Forum on Energy, Technology
and the Environment, Auckland, New Zealand (April 1996).
Middendorf,
D.P., M.S. Bronzini, J. Jacoby, and J.J. Coyle. Effect
of Longer Combination Vehicles on the Total Logistics Costs of Truckload Shippers. Proceedings--36th
Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Forum, Daytona Beach, FL: 107-125 (November
1994).
Rosselli,
A.T., M.S. Bronzini, and D.A. Weekly. Computer
Simulation and Capacity Evaluation of Panama Canal Alternatives. 28th
International Navigation Congress, Seville, Spain, Section II, Subject 2: 153-159,
Permanent International Association of Navigation Congresses, Brussels, Belgium (May
1994).
Bronzini, M.S. and D.B. Clarke. Estimating Rail Line Capacity and Delay by Computer Simulation. Proceedings--19th Annual Meeting, Canadian Transportation Research Forum, Jasper, Alberta, Canada: 594-618 (May 1984).
Presentations
Bronzini,
M.S. Proposed Data Content of Information
Infrastructure. 81st Annual Meeting, Transportation Research Board,
Washington, DC (January 2002).
Bronzini,
M.S. Infrastructure: U.S. Roads and Bridges. Live Television Appearance, Washington Journal,
C-SPAN, Washington, DC (May 30, 2001).
Bronzini
M.S. (Panelist). Comprehensive Truck Size and
Weight Study: A Critique of Selected Issues. Session 217, 78th Annual Meeting, Transportation Research
Board, Washington, DC (January 1999).
Bronzini,
M.S. National Transportation Network and
Commodity Flow Data for Logistics GIS Applications. 1996 Annual Conference, Council of Logistics Management,
Orlando, FL (October 1996).
Bronzini,
M.S. National Waterway and Port Development
as Related to Increased Coal Production. Testimony
before Subcommittee on Water Resources, Committee on Environment and Public Works, United
States Senate, Washington, DC (July 28, 1980).
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