Profile: Dr. Giacomo Dalla Chiara
I’m originally from Vicenza, a city in the north-east of Italy, and I love olive oil on freshly baked bread!
After taking a windy academic path through economics, statistics and system engineering, I found that the field of transport and logistics combines all these disciplines to study modern pressing issues related to the sustainability and livability of urban mobility systems.
I am working on three main projects:
- I am studying and testing an intelligent parking system for commercial vehicles in urban areas, under the Department of Energy funded project Technology Integration to Gain Commercial Efficiency for the Urban Goods Delivery System
- I am closely following the new UPS E-Bike Delivery Pilot Test in Seattle: Analysis of Public Benefits and Costs of electric cargo bikes in Seattle to study the impacts of this new delivery mode
- I am working on the Dynamically Managed Curb Space Pilot studying the effect of Transport Network Companies on urban traffic, and the impact of increasing the number of passenger loading zones and the introduction of geofencing by Uber and Lyft in a central area in Seattle
Bio
Dr. Giacomo Dalla Chiara is a Research Associate at the Urban Freight Lab. Before moving to Seattle he was postdoctoral research fellow at the Singapore University of Technology and Design in 2018 and visiting scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2017. He holds a PhD in Engineering Systems from the Singapore University of Technology and Design (Singapore), a MSc in Statistics from ETH Zurich (Switzerland) and a BSc in Economics from LUISS University (Italy).
His research focuses on statistical methods applied to urban mobility problems. In his work he develops models and simulations to study and develop new sustainable urban logistics practices.
Awards
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President's Graduate Fellowship, Singapore University of Technology and Design (2013-2018)
Research Publications
Questions and Answers
What is your hometown and favorite food?
I’m originally from Vicenza, a city in the north-east of Italy, and I love olive oil on freshly baked bread!
What inspired you to pursue a career in supply chain, transportation and logistics?
After taking a windy academic path through economics, statistics and system engineering, I found that the field of transport and logistics combines all these disciplines to study modern pressing issues related to the sustainability and livability of urban mobility systems.
What research projects are you working on?
I am working on three main projects:
- I am studying and testing an intelligent parking system for commercial vehicles in urban areas, under the Department of Energy funded project Technology Integration to Gain Commercial Efficiency for the Urban Goods Delivery System
- I am closely following the new UPS E-Bike Delivery Pilot Test in Seattle: Analysis of Public Benefits and Costs of electric cargo bikes in Seattle to study the impacts of this new delivery mode
- I am working on the Dynamically Managed Curb Space Pilot studying the effect of Transport Network Companies on urban traffic, and the impact of increasing the number of passenger loading zones and the introduction of geofencing by Uber and Lyft in a central area in Seattle