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March 28, 2026
UW PI Cynthia Chen Wins 2026 Exceptional Technical Achievement Award
UW PI Cynthia Chen, Grace Jia (CEE Ph.D. ’25), Kaitlyn Ng (MSCE ’24) and Ekin Ugurel (CEE Ph.D. ’25) received the 2026 Exceptional Technical Achievement Award from the Zephyr Foundation for their paper on how telecommuting has changed travel behavior. The research, out of Chen’s THINK Lab, found that remote work reduces vehicle miles traveled and shifts transit needs, with telecommuters making more local trips for non-work activities. The team also included Brian Lee of the Puget Sound Regional Council and Arizona State University Professor Ram Pendyala.
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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.
