Grejner-Brzezinska begins tenure as chair of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering

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Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska
The Ohio State University College of Engineering is pleased to introduce Dorota Grejner-Brzezinska as the eighteenth chair of the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering. She succeeds Carolyn Merry, who served as chair from 2004 to June 2013.

Brzezinska obtained her PhD in Geodetic Science from The Ohio State University in 1995 and joined the civil engineering faculty in 1998. Shortly after, she established the Satellite Positioning and Inertial Navigation (SPIN) Laboratory.  Her research focuses on Global Positioning System (GPS) and other space-based location technologies, inertial navigation, and sensor integration for assured location and navigation. Since joining the Ohio State faculty, she has advised 12 PhD students to completion and continues to advise six more. Her publications are numerous, with over 300 peer reviewed and proceedings papers, and five book chapters on GPS and other positioning techniques. 

“Professor Brzezinska is an internationally renowned researcher who understands the importance of top-notch scholarship in raising the reputation of the CEG department and the college,” said David B. Williams, Monte Ahuja Endowed Dean’s Chair and dean of The Ohio State University College of Engineering.  “She is also a talented teacher and administrator and has all the qualifications to become an outstanding academic leader.”

Brzezinska has been principal investigator to many research projects and holds numerous high-level elected offices in national and international organizations including Executive Vice-President of the Institute of Navigation (ION) and President of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) Commission 4 “Positioning and Applications.” She serves as an expert for the National Academies Transportation Research Board and is an ION and IAG Fellow.

"Our department and its research collaborators are uniquely positioned to address a number of Discovery Themes defined by the college and the university,” said Grejner-Brzezinska. “I look forward to working with my colleagues on building more strategic alliances and capitalizing on our interdisciplinary strengths."

In recognition of significant research contributions, Brzezinska has received many honors and awards, including: the ION Thurlow Award for outstanding contributions to the science of navigation;  the U.S. Geospatial Intelligence Foundation Academic Research Award; several ION Best Presentation Awards; an Environmental Science Research Institute (ESRI) Award for Best Scientific Paper in Geographic Information Systems; The Ohio State University College of Engineering Lumley Research Award, Interdisciplinary Lumley Research Award, and Harrison Award for Excellence in Engineering Education; and the NASA New Investigator Program (NIP) Award.

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