Brian S. Bourgeois, son of Floyd and Bertha Bourgeois from Lafayette, Louisiana, was born in 1957 in Puerto Rico while his farther was serving in the U.S. Navy.  He graduated from Westover High School in Albany, Georgia and enlisted in the Navy after 1 year of college in 1975.  After being on active duty for 2.5 years in the navy’s nuclear power program and serving on board the USS Nimitz, he received a NROTC scholarship and enrolled in the Electrical Engineering Dept. of Tulane University, New Orleans in 1978.  Brian graduated in 1982, Summa Cum Laude with Honors in Electrical Engineering, and was commissioned an Ensign in the Navy. 

 Brian completed a 4 year tour of active duty on the USS McInerney as the Main Propulsion Assistant and transferred to the Navy Reserve in 1986.  He is presently a Captain in the navy reserve and has served in multiple positions including Commanding Officer of a San Diego Ships Intermediate Maintenance Activity (SIMA) unit, Commanding Officer of a Naval Embarkation Assist Team (NEAT), Executive Officer for the Naval Support Activity New Orleans unit and both Executive Officer of the Headquarters unit and Assistant Chief of Staff Manpower for the Office of Naval Research (ONR) reserve program. 

 After leaving active navy service in 1986, Brian returned to Tulane University to attend graduate school where he worked under Dr. Andrew Martinez, now Associate Dean of the Engineering School.  He completed his Masters in 1989 and Ph.D. in 1991, both in Electrical Engineering, and became a registered Professional Engineer in Louisiana in 1994.  Brian started working full time at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) detachment located at Stennis Space Center, MS in 1991 and has been there since.   

Brian is presently the head of the Position, Navigation and Timing section (code 7440.5) of NRL, specializing in underwater positioning and autonomous navigation.  He has received 3 technology transition awards and the Berman publication award, has 5 patents and has published over 50 journal and conference papers.   

Brian is married to Dr. Edit Bourgeois, Associate Chair of  the Electrical Engineering Department of the University of New Orleans.  He has two children, Vincent Alexander and Natasha Marie Bourgeois.