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Greenbriar Undergraduate Fellows

NUTC and BAC member Greenbriar Equity Group created the Undergraduate Transportation Research Fellowship to support summer research internships in transportation and logistics for NU undergraduate students.

The Summer 2026 Greenbriar Application is closed. 

Please join NUTC in congratulating the previous recipients...

2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2024 | 2025

Summer 2026 Fellows

Damianos Koliarakis-Bridges
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Title: Predicted vs. Perceived Walking Access to Parks with Summer Programs in Chicago
Advisor: Amanda Stathopoulos 

Andrew Oh
Economics
Title: An Investigation into Iowa City's Bus Fare Elimination
Advisor: Ian Savage

Stephen Walsh
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Title: Realizing regional rail: Developing a framework for optimizing stations, lines, schedules, frequencies and other service factors for higher frequency regional rail service in Chicago's Metra rail system
Advisor: Ian Savage

Summer 2025 Fellows

• Ariana DeVito
  Industrial Engineering and Management Science + Economics
  Title: Predictive Modeling of Traffic Accidents in Chicago: a Machine Learning Approach
  Advisor: Ying Chen
• Matthew Jamil
  Policy, History & Political Science
  Title: The Politics of Transit: The Decline and Future of Public Transportation in Detroit
  Advisor: Ian Savage
• Mirabelle Reinhardt
  Mechanical Engineering
  Title: Feasibility and Impacts of Fare-free Public Transit in Urban Areas: The Future of Transit Fairness
  Advisor: Marco Nie
• Derrick Zhao
  Civil & Environmental Engineering
  Title: Impact of Trucking Routes and Infrastructure on Community Health and Economic Success in Chicago
  Advisor: Amanda Stathopoulos

Summer 2024 Fellows

• Buck Arney
  Industrial Engineering and Management Science
  Title: Forecasting Ridership and Revenue for a proposed New York to Chicago High Speed Rail
  Advisor: Ian Savage
• Tim Chen
  Mathematics and Economics
  Title: Imagined: Inter Modal Analytics for Green Infrastructure Network Energy Decarbonization
  Advisor: Hani Mahmassani
• Ali Lee
  History and Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences
  Title: The Transformation of the American Private Vehicle throghout the 1970s Energy Crisis
  Advisor: Keith Woodhouse

Summer 2021 Fellows

• Jada Anderson
  Civil and Environmental Engineering
  Title: Mobility Trends and COVID-19: The Future of Transit Equity
  Advisor: Amanda Stathopoulos
• Tony Luo
  Computer Science and Statistics
  Title: Evanston / Skokie School District 65 Bus Project
  Advisor: Karen Smilowitz / Jill Wilson
• Marcos Rios
  Industrial Engineering and Management Science
  Title: To What Extent Does Bike-Sharing Data Reflect Historical Racial Redlining in Major Metropolitan Regions?
  Advisor: Marco Nie
• Noah Slosberg
  Industrial Engineering and Management Science
  Title: Lane Protection: The Cost of Bus Rapid Transit
  Advisor: Joseph Schofer
• Aliyah Tenner
  Computer Science
  Title: Evanston / Skokie School District 65 Bus Project
  Advisor: Karen Smilowitz / Jill Wilson

2020 Greenbriar Fellows

• Joshua Kim
  Chemical Engineering
  Title: Data Analytics Tool Used to Improve Transportation Systems for Public School District
  Advisor: Karen Smilowitz
• Victor Limotitla
  Title: Social Effects of Social Distancing
  Advisor: Amanda Stathopoulos
• Taylor Miyamoto-Kim
  Title: Views on Autonomous and Alternative Delivery Solutions
  Advisor: Amanda Stathopoulos
• Olivia Sackitey
  Title: Minimizing Bus Transportation While Providing Equitable Education
  Advisor: Karen Smilowitz

2019 Greenbriar Fellows

• Aidan David Sheehy
  Industrial Engineering & Management Science
  Title: EAA Air Show Access Logistics
  Advisor: Karen Smilowitz
• Ayobami Sheriff Bolaji
  Computer Science
  Title: Developing Data Analytics for Improved Public School Transportation
  Advisor(s): Karen Smilowitz & Jill Wilson
• Huangda Shang - Travel Award
  Industrial Engineering & Management Science / Economics
  Title: Operations Research to Fight Against Counterfeit Drug Supply Chains in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
  Advisor: Karen Smilowitz

2018 Greenbriar Fellows

• Dipayan Banerjee
  Industrial Engineering & Management Science
  Title: Model Generalization for the School Bus Routing Problem
  Advisor: Karen Smilowitz
• Robert Belson
  Computer Science
  Title: Malolo, an Inflight Wi-Fi Characterization Tool
  Advisor: Fabian Bustamante
• Othman Muhammad
  Industrial Engineering & Management Science
  Title: Using Operations Research for School Bus Transportation
  Advisor: Karen Smilowitz
• Emmanuel Proussaloglou
  Political Science
  Title: Lessons from Transit System Equity across the United States
  Advisor: Amanda Stathopoulos