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University of Washington PhD student Kristian Henrickson is the 2014 PacTrans University Transportation Center Student of the Year. The award is given to students for accomplishments in technical merit and research, academic performance, and professionalism and leadership. His nominator stated that Kristian is “a very determined and dedicated young man” whose analytical skills and collaborative research experience have “well prepared him to be a future leader in transportation.”

Kristian is a graduate research assistant at the UW Smart Transportation Applications and Research Laboratory (STAR) Lab, directed by Dr. Yinhai Wang, and he also serves as the lab manager. Kristian completed his undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering at the University of Idaho, where he worked as an undergraduate research intern with the National Institute for Advanced Transportation Technology under the direction of Dr. Ahmed Abdel-Rahim. His major research fields include traffic sensing, sensor data management, and data quality control. In his first two years at the UW, Kristian has been very active in research, teaching, and outreach. Kristian has contributed to a number of research projects at the STAR Lab on topics including traffic safety, network analysis, and data quality control. He has also been visible in the academic and professional communities, giving talks and technology demonstrations at conferences and developing collaborative research with other northwest universities.