Our Lab at TRISTAN XII in Okinawa
June 23, 2025
We participated in TRISTAN XII, the 12th Triennial Symposium on Transportation Analysis, held from June 22–27, 2025, at Okinawa, Japan. Our lab professor, Dr. Sofía Pérez-Guzmán, presented “Optimization of Drone and Truck Operations for Socially Optimal Disaster Relief Distribution”, sharing our research with leading experts in transportation science from around the world.
Lab Visit to Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
June 18, 2025
Professor Sofía Pérez-Guzmán, visited the Urban Freight Research Lab at the Department of Logistics and Information Engineering, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology. She presented our team’s research on urban freight, disaster response logistics, and food systems, fostering valuable discussions and paving the way for future collaboration in urban freight research.
Presentation at CITY LOGISTICS 2025
June 12, 2025
Dr. Sofía Pérez-Guzmán, presented the paper “Consumer Adoption of Sidewalk Autonomous Delivery Robots for Home Deliveries” at the 13th International Conference on City Logistics (CITY LOGISTICS 2025), held from June 11–13, 2025, at the Penang, Malaysia.
The paper, co-authored by Trilce Encarnación (University of Missouri–St. Louis), Julián Arellana (Universidad del Norte, Colombia), and Matias Enz (University of Missouri–St. Louis), explores consumer perspectives on sidewalk autonomous delivery robots (SADRs) and their potential to transform home delivery systems.
Lab presents at TALENT 2025
June 1, 2025
Professor Pérez-Guzmán showcased our lab’s project “Exploring Urban Food and Freight Systems: Access, Collaboration, and Mathematical Models” at the Transportation and Logistics Early-Career North-American Workshop (TALENT 2025), hosted at Georgia Tech from May 28–30, 2025.