• Does Proximity Matter in Shopping Behavior? (2025)
• Insights from Driver Parking Decisions in a Truck Simulator to Inform Curb Management Decisions (2023)
• Analysis of Online Shopping and Shopping Travel Behaviors in West Seattle (2023)
• Biking the Goods: How North American Cities Can Prepare for and Promote Large-Scale Adoption of E-Cargo Bikes (2023)
• Ecommerce and Environmental Justice in Metro Seattle (2023)
• Insights from Driver Parking Decisions in a Truck Simulator to Inform Curb Management Decisions (2023)
• How Many Amazon Packages Get Delivered Each Year? (2022)

• Excellence in Education – Norwalk Public Schools (2021)

• Ph.D., Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Washington (in progress)
• B.S., Operations Research and Engineering (Minors, Computer Science and Music), Cornell University

I hold a BS in Operations Research and Engineering from Cornell University, with minors in Computer Science and Music. After graduating, I became a Teach For America corps member, and spent two years teaching Mathematics at West Rocks Middle School in Norwalk, Connecticut. Currently, I am pursuing a Ph.D. in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the University of Washington and am serving as a research assistant in the Urban Freight Lab.

• Measuring Delivery Route Cost Trade-Offs Between Electric-Assist Cargo Bicycles and Delivery Trucks in Dense Urban Areas (2019)
• Rails-Next-to-Trails: A Methodology for Selecting Appropriate Safety Treatments at Complex Multimodal Intersections (2018)
• Measuring the Cost Trade-Offs Between Electric-Assist Cargo Bikes and Delivery Trucks in Dense Urban Areas (2018)
• Rails-Next-to-Trails: A Methodology for Selecting Appropriate Safety Treatments at Complex Multimodal Intersections (2018)
• Rails-Next-to-Trails: A Methodology for Selecting Appropriate Safety Treatments at Complex Multimodal Intersections (2018)
• Preparing Cities for Package Demand Growth: Predicting Neighborhood Demand and Implementing Truck VMT Reduction Strategies (2018)
• From the Last Mile to the Last 800 Feet: Key Factors in Urban Pick-Up and Delivery of Goods (2017)
• An Evaluation of Bicycle Safety Impacts of Seattle’s Commercial Vehicle Load Zones (2015)

Polina Butrina Butrina holds a BS in Intermodal Transportation from the Saint Petersburg State University of Civil Aviation, Russia, and a Master of Science in Transportation Engineering from the University of Washington. She wrote her Master’s thesis on Preparing cities for package demand growth: predicting neighborhood demand and implementing truck VMT reduction strategies.

• Autonomous freight vehicles
• Urban freight
• Sustainability
• Zero-emissions freight

• Long-Term Planning for a Mixed Urban Freight Fleet with EVs and ICEVs in the USA (2024)
• Urban Delivery Companies’ Needs and Preferences for Green Loading Zones’ Implementation: A Case Study of NYC (2022)
• Understanding and Mitigating Freight-Related Impacts from the West Seattle Bridge Closure (2022)
• Urban Delivery Company Needs and Preferences for Green Loading Zones Implementation: A Case Study of NYC (2022)
• NYC Zero-Emissions Urban Freight and Green Loading Zones Market Research (2022)

• Gerondelis Foundation Scholarship, Florida Atlantic University

• Ph.D., Transportation Engineering, University of Washington (in progress)
• M.S., Transportation Engineering, Florida Atlantic University
• B.S., Architectural Engineering, Technical University of Crete (Greece)Teaching Assistant, Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Master’s degree program

Panagiota (Nota) Goulianou holds a bachelor’s in architectural engineering from the Technical University of Crete and a Master of Science in Transportation Engineering from Florida Atlantic University. She is currently continuing her studies in Transportation Engineering as a Ph.D. student at the University of Washington.

During her master’s studies, Nota worked as a graduate research assistant for the Freight Mobility Research Institute (FMRI), where her research focused on intermodal freight transportation and port resilience. She served as the president of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) student chapter (May 2019 – February 2020) and the vice president of the WTS student chapter at FAU.

• Teaching Assistant, Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Master’s degree program

• The Impact of Commercial Parking Utilization on Cyclist Behavior in Urban Environments (2020)
• Developing Design Guidelines for Commercial Vehicle Envelopes on Urban Streets (Technical Report) (2020)
• Developing Design Guidelines for Commercial Vehicle Envelopes on Urban Streets (Paper) (2019)
• Measuring Delivery Route Cost Trade-Offs Between Electric-Assist Cargo Bicycles and Delivery Trucks in Dense Urban Areas (2019)
• Factors Impacting Bicyclist Lateral Position and Velocity in Proximity to Commercial Vehicle Loading Zones: Application of a Bicycling Simulator (2019)
• Observing Goods Delivery Activities and Identifying Opportunities to Improve the Design of Commercial Vehicle Load Zones in Seattle (2018)
• Rails-Next-to-Trails: A Methodology for Selecting Appropriate Safety Treatments at Complex Multimodal Intersections (2018)
• Measuring the Cost Trade-Offs Between Electric-Assist Cargo Bikes and Delivery Trucks in Dense Urban Areas (2018)
• Rails-Next-to-Trails: A Methodology for Selecting Appropriate Safety Treatments at Complex Multimodal Intersections (2018)
• Rails-Next-to-Trails: A Methodology for Selecting Appropriate Safety Treatments at Complex Multimodal Intersections (2018)
• Multimodal Intersections: Resolving Conflicts between Trains, Motor Vehicles, Bicyclists and Pedestrians (2017)
• An Examination of the Impact of Commercial Parking Utilization on Cyclist Behavior in Urban Environments (2016)

Manali Sheth holds a Bachelors degree in Ethnomusicology from UCLA and a Master of Urban Planning, with a focus on Transportation, from the University of Washington.

• Supporting Comprehensive Urban Freight Planning by Mapping Private Load and Unload Facilities (2023)
• Characterization of Seattle’s Commercial Traffic Patterns: A Greater Downtown Area and Ballard/Interbay Vehicle Count and Evaluation (2021)
• Bringing Alleys to Light: An Urban Freight Infrastructure Viewpoint (2020)
• Commercial Vehicle Parking in Downtown Seattle: Insights on the Battle for the Curb (2019)
• Understanding the Use of the Curb Space and Alley for Unloading and Loading Operations: A Seattle Case Study (2018)
• Safe Truck Parking in PacTrans Interstate Corridors: I-5 and I-90 (2018)
• Mapping Urban Freight Infrastructure for Planning: A Demonstration of a Methodology (2018)
• Are Cities’ Delivery Spaces in the Right Places? Mapping Truck Load/Unload Locations (2018)
• From the Last Mile to the Last 800 Feet: Key Factors in Urban Pick-Up and Delivery of Goods (2017)

• Rising Star, Carnegie Mellon University’s Civil and Environmental Engineering Rising Stars workshop (2020)
• Thomas D. Larson Fellow, Eno Center for Transportation Future Leaders Program (2019)
• Recipient, Women’s Transportation Seminar Puget Sound – Scott White Memorial Scholarship (2018)
• First Place, Washington State Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Student Night Competition (2017)
• Scholarship Recipient, Fulbright Student Scholarship Program (2015)

• Ph.D., Transportation Engineering, University of Washington (in progress)
• ​M.S., Civil Engineering (Transportation Track), University of Washington
• B.S., Civil Engineering, Technological University of Panama

Gabriela Girón-Valderrama holds a BS in Civil Engineering from the Technological University of Panama and an MS in Civil Engineering (Transportation Track) from the University of Washington. She is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Transportation Engineering from the University of Washington as well as serving as a research assistant for the Urban Freight Lab. She works for the Portland Bureau of Transportation (PBOT) as an Urban Freight Coordinator.

She is a member of the Urban Freight Transportation Committee (AT025) of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Transportation Research Board (TRB).

• Transportation Logistics (CET 587)

• Member, Urban Freight Transportation Committee (AT025) of the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Transportation Research Board (TRB)