Dr. Michael S. Bronzini, PE

Past Department Chair and Dewberry Chair Professor Emeritus

Dr. Michael Bronzini retired in 2009 from his full time position as Dewberry Professor and Chairman of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering.  He now holds emeritus status in the department, as the first Dewberry Chair Professor Emeritus, and he maintains his affiliation with the department through research. 

Dr. Bronzini’s professional career since 1970 has focused on transportation systems, including most recently work in the areas of remote sensing applications, freight transportation data, national transportation networks and inter-modal systems, inland waterways, and transportation system security. He has authored more than 230 papers, reports, and presentations about his research.

Dr. Bronzini joined George Mason University’s Department of Civil, Environmental, and Infrastructure Engineering as the first holder of the Dewberry Chair in 1999.  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; simultaneously, he taught as an adjunct professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Tennessee.   Prior to joining Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Dr. Bronzini served as Professor and Head of Civil Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University from 1986 to 1990.   Dr. Bronzini’s previous positions included Director of the Transportation Center and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Tennessee; manager of the Transportation Analysis Group at CACI, Inc., a management consulting firm in Arlington, Virginia; and Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

Dr. Bronzini holds the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Pennsylvania State University and a B.S. degree from Stanford University, all in Civil Engineering. He is a registered professional engineer and a long time 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, and the Institute of Transportation Engineers.  In 1982 he was the national president of the Transportation Research Forum.