• April 26, 2023

    PacTrans Welcomes Three New Fellows for 2022-2023 Academic Year

    Several PacTrans consortium partner institutions offer graduate student fellowships in partnership with their respective universities. These fellowships vary in focus. For example, the University of Washington identifies master’s student applicants who are geared toward practice, while Oregon State University identifies graduate students focused on academic research. This year we are excited to announce three new Fellows. They include:

    Bryce Beason (UW)

    Bryce is a first-year transportation engineering master’s student at the University of Washington graduating from the UW in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. He is interested in traffic operations, intelligent transportation systems, shared mobility, and traffic safety. He is also currently an intern at SDOT working on transit safety projects, and plans to join the STAR Lab on campus to further his research efforts.

    Sarah Carr (OSU)

    Sarah Carr earned a BS in Civil Engineering at Kansas State University in 2022. She is currently in the first year of the master’s program in Transportation Civil Engineering at Oregon State University. She is interested in autonomous vehicles and signalized intersections. Carr is currently working on a research project for the Oregon Department of Transportation, SPR 861, which focuses on the development of a Signal-Controller-in-the-loop Simulation for Testing and Deploying Advanced Signal Operations on Arterial Roadways.

    Olivia Potash (UW)

    Olivia Potash obtained her Bachelor’s in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Davis in 2018. She has since worked on a wide variety of transportation planning and roadway design projects at two consulting firms, Kimley-Horn and Wood Rodgers. Those projects supported her interests in data analysis, active transportation modes, and safety. During her Master’s Program she is eager to expand her perspective of the transportation engineering industry and better understand how she can best contribute to the advancement of sustainable and equitable transportation systems. She is excited to live in Seattle and explore all the city has to offer.