Bryan Katz, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Featured Researcher and Award Winner: Bryan Katz, Civil and Environmental Engineering
Recent Awards: 2023 Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award
Bryan Katz is an Associate Professor of Practice in the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He was awarded the Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers. This award is one of ITE’s top honors, recognizing an educator who has made an outstanding contribution to the transportation profession by relating academic studies to the actual practice of transportation. The award is named after ITE’s 11th President, Wilbur S. Smith.
“It’s an honor to be selected for the Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award. I initially learned about Mr. Smith’s accomplishments in our industry when taking my very first transportation engineering course at Virginia Tech in the late 1990s, so to be selected for this prestigious award is very meaningful. I am very appreciative of my leadership and colleagues at Virginia Tech, the support of the Virginia Section of ITE, and all the students I’ve taught over the years for giving me the experiences and opportunities that led to this honor,” said Katz upon receiving the award.
Katz is a three-time alumnus of the Charles E. Via, Jr. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. His research is in Traffic Engineering, Transportation Safety and Operations, Traffic Control Devices, Human Factors, and Transportation Infrastructure and Systems Engineering. He has over 20 years of professional experience as a practicing Transportation Engineer and is well known as one of the nation’s most respected researchers in traffic control devices. Katz is also President of Toxcel, LLC, where he leads a team of engineers and scientists in the areas of engineering, life science, and behavioral science.
Published papers by Katz can be found at Google Scholar.