The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Michael D. Meyer to the Frederick R. Dickerson Chair. Dr. Meyer serves as director of the Georgia Transportation Institute and professor of civil and environmental engineering. The prestigious $1.5M Chair will serve as the foundation for major interdisciplinary research, education, and service initiatives that advance the technological sophistication of urban transportation systems, particularly the application of advanced communications and computing to facilitate congestion reduction and energy efficiency. The Chair's research will help alleviate traffic and air pollution through real-time communications and data processing that enhances public transit, ride-sharing systems and car rentals. Dr. Meyer is considered one of the world's foremost experts in transportation systems.
The Dickerson Chair was established in 2006 by Georgia Tech Emeritus Professor Stephen L. Dickerson and his wife, Jane. It is the first endowed chair to reside in CEE, named in honor of Dr. Dickerson's late father. Dr. Stephen Dickerson was a member of the Mechanical Engineering faculty who worked in the area of transportation planning. He also spent a year with the office of the Secretary for the U.S. Department of Transportation, started a successful bus and vanpool service in metro Atlanta in 1975, and taught a graduate course in urban transportation in CEE.
"After two international searches conducted by an multidisciplinary committee, it was concluded that Dr. Meyer should hold the Dickerson Chair for a period of no less than three years", said Dr. Joseph Hughes, the Karen and John Huff School Chair and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering. "Dr. Meyer is a former School Chair, has led a number of national and international activities, has maintained active service in research and teaching, and is the current director of the Georgia Transportation Institute. Please join me in congratulating Dr. Meyer on this terrific honor".
Dr. Meyer specializes in transportation systems engineering; multimodal transportation planning and evaluation; transit planning; institutional analysis and project implementation; public works economics and finance; environmental impact analysis; sustainable development and engineering design. He has written over 180 technical articles and has authored or co-authored numerous texts on transportation planning and policy. He is also the recipient of numerous awards including the 2009 Transportation Research Board's W.N. Carey, Jr. Award for Distinguished Service, the 2006 Wilbur Smith Distinguished Educator award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers, the 2000 Theodore M. Matson Memorial Award in recognition of outstanding contributions in the field of transportation engineering, the 1995 Pyke Johnson Award of the Transportation Research Board for best paper in planning and administration delivered at the TRB Annual Meeting, and the 1988 Harland Bartholomew Award of the American Society of Civil Engineers for contribution to the enhancement of the role of the civil engineer in urban planning and development. Dr. Meyer has a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, an M.S. degree in Civil Engineering from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering from M.I.T. He is a registered professional engineer in the State of Georgia.
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