• Equitable and sustainable cities
• Technology, policy, and urban transportation

At the Urban Freight Lab, Wylie is working to identify strategies in both the public and private sectors to reduce pollution from freight transportation in urban areas.

• B.S., Industrial & Systems Planning; minor in Urban Design & Planning, University of Washington (in progress)

Wylie Cleugh is a third-year undergraduate student at the University of Washington studying Industrial & Systems Planning with a minor in Urban Design & Planning. His interests focus on the intersection of technology, policy, and urban transportation systems, particularly how cities can design more equitable and sustainable communities.

At the Urban Freight Lab, Wylie contributes to research identifying strategies across the public and private sectors to reduce pollution from urban freight transportation. Prior to joining the Lab, he worked on large-scale solar energy development projects across the West Coast at BayWa r.e., a global renewable energy company. He is also a member of UW Solar at the Urban Infrastructure Lab, where he supports the development of on-campus solar projects.

Outside of his academic work, Wylie enjoys running, exploring Washington’s parks and trails, playing board games, and cheering on the Huskies in the Dawg Pack.

• Supply Chain Network Optimization
• Operations Research for Logistics Systems
• Urban Freight and Last-Mile Delivery
• Data-Driven Transportation Systems

Jeongjoon supports research on urban freight systems and curb management at the Urban Freight Lab, including the SMART Curb Loading Zone (CVLZ) Data Program and Low Pollution Neighborhood (LPN) freight strategy research with the Seattle Department of Transportation. His work focuses on integrating and analyzing curb regulation and loading zone datasets across multiple U.S. cities to better understand urban freight operations and support data-driven transportation policy and planning.

• Presidential Science Scholarship (Korea) – Recognized as one of Korea’s top STEM students and awarded a national full-tuition scholarship
• IPESK Future Engineer Selection – Selected by the Institute for Promotion of Engineering and Science Korea as an outstanding undergraduate engineer
• Undergraduate Research Grant – Advanced Manufacturing Challenge (KAIST)
• Social Value Award (3rd Place), Tech for Impact Project – “WheelCity,” an accessibility mapping platform using computer vision and community-driven data
• Army Commendation Medal (U.S. Army)

• KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
  B.S. Industrial & Systems Engineering
  Double Major: Computer Science
  Mar 2020 – (Expected) Feb 2027
• Sejong Academy of Science and Arts
  High school for specialized students in math and science, Sejong, South Korea
  Mar 2017 – Feb 2020

Jeongjoon Gwon is an undergraduate student at KAIST (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), majoring in Industrial and Systems Engineering with a double major in Computer Science. His research focuses on optimization and operations research for large-scale logistics and supply chain systems. He is particularly interested in developing data-driven models and algorithms to improve the efficiency and resilience of complex logistics networks, including urban freight and last-mile delivery systems.

At the Urban Freight Lab, he contributes to research on curb management and urban freight policy, including the SMART Curb Loading Zone (CVLZ) Data Program and Low Pollution Neighborhood (LPN) freight strategy projects conducted in collaboration with the Seattle Department of Transportation. Previously, he conducted research on project scheduling optimization using genetic algorithms and on simulation-based evaluation of electric vehicle manufacturing systems.

Christopher is currently contributing to the Leveraging a Connected Network of Unattended Micro-Pantries to Reduce Food Waste and Improve Food Security project, creating a large database of all the micro-pantries in the Greater Seattle Area.

Christopher is an undergraduate student at the University of Washington, majoring in Civil Engineering and minoring in Geography.

In the past, Christopher has worked at the Bellevue Department of Transportation where he designed different routes for debris vehicles to navigate after major disasters.

Outside of his academic work, Christopher enjoys hiking, photography, and playing the viola for the UW Philharmonic Orchestra.

• Equity
• Electric vehicle
• Transit data analysis
• Geospatial analysis
• Data visualization
• Traffic safety modeling
• Last-mile delivery

At the University of Washington, Arsalan is involved in several research projects. His works include investigating equity and accessibility of EV charging stations, analyzing transit data, using AI tools to understand the safety of autonomous vehicles, studying public acceptance of autonomous delivery vehicles, and improving curbside access for commercial vehicles.

• Autonomous delivery vehicle acceptance: The moderating role of perceived risk of theft (2025)
• Boston Delivers: Cargo Bike Pilot Evaluation (2025)
• Seattle SMART: Digitizing the Last Mile of Urban Goods to Improve Curb Access and Utilization (2025)
• Advancing Zero- and Low-Emission Zones: Local Levers to Decarbonize Urban Freight Using Existing Authority (2025)

• Best Academic Paper, Transportation Research Board (TRB) Freight Planning and Logistics Committee (2025)

Arsalan received his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and Master’s degree in Transportation Engineering, both from the University of Tehran. His Master’s thesis focused on analyzing crash datasets and investigating pedestrian risky behavior.

Arsalan is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Transportation Engineering) at the University of Washington.

Arsalan’s research interests include promoting equity and fairness in transportation, conducting geospatial data analysis, developing data visualization tools, and applying machine learning and artificial intelligence to solve transportation challenges.