Notable Alumni

Bio

Fin Bonset '96, '99 MSA has been involved with the College of Aeronautics as a full-time and part-time professor for over 13 years, was awarded the 2006 James Constantine Faculty Excellence Award, and currently teaches classes in airport design as an adjunct professor. He is also a flying enthusiast, holding an FAA-certified commercial pilot license with an instrument rating in both single and multiengine aircraft, also obtained at Florida Tech.

Bonset has been an aviation planning and design consultant for 18 years and has worked at over 160 airports worldwide. Currently, he holds the position of sector manager of aviation planning for Atkins North America, a large multinational design firm where he is responsible for all national planning projects ranging from passenger terminal capacity studies to taxiway design projects at airports such as Philadelphia International Airport, Las Vegas McCarran International and Southwest Florida International Airport. Before joining Atkins, his career path fueled his desire to travel and span the globe, having completed airport projects in countries including Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, Taiwan, Vietnam, Croatia, and China. During that time, he created and operated his planning consultancy firm and also worked for airport design software firm Simtra AeroTech/Transoft Solutions and international design firm Louis Berger Group.

His active involvement in aviation planning industry trade organizations, FIT alumni programs, and his goals of implementing real-world airport design methodologies in his design classes have resulted in many of his FIT students being able to obtain that first foot in the door at the world’s best design firms. He is known for helping students fulfill their full potential by mentoring them on résumé writing, technical writing, interview skills, and placement within airport-related job pipelines.

Bonset was born in The Netherlands, raised in Australia and Aruba, and is now a 24-year loyal Melbourne resident. He enjoys the Florida lifestyle with his artist wife Jennifer and their two crazy Boxer dogs Mollie and Gage.