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January 22, 2016
PacTrans and STAR Lab Researcher Chen Receives Women’s Transportation Seminar Helene Overly Scholarship
PacTrans would like to congratulate STAR Lab researcher Cherie (Xianzhe) Chen for receiving the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) Helene M. Overly scholarship. Congratulations!!! Chen is a second year graduate student majoring in Transportation Engineering at University of Washington. Originally from Shanghai, China, it is her goal to become a professional transportation engineer with hopes of being involved in planning, analyzing, designing and operating transportation systems.
The Helene M. Overly Scholarship was established in 1981 to honor the first Executive Secretary of WTS for her dedicated service to the organization in public service, organizational abilities and a spirit of determination that helped WTS nearly double its membership in two years. To be eligible for this $10,000 scholarship, applicants must meet the above criteria and be enrolled in a graduate degree program in a transportation-related field such as engineering, planning, finance or logistics.
Congratulations Xianzhe!
Commuting to Work: In 2010, a reported 73.03% of Washington State drivers drove alone to work, while 10.48% used car pools and 5.49% used public transit.
Source: U.S. Dept. of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Yinhai WangDr. Wang is a professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Washington. He serves as director for the Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans), USDOT University Transportation Center for Federal Region 10.
