academic background
Assistant Professor University of Central Florida Fall 2022
College of Engineering and Computer Science
Assistant Professor Delft University of Technology 2020–2022
Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
Postdoctoral Associate Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2019-2020
Department of Urban Studies and Planning
Ph.D. University of South Florida (GPA 3.94/4.00) 2015-2019
Civil Engineering (Transportation)
M.S.C.E. University of Alabama at Birmingham (GPA 3.90/4.00) 2012-2014
Civil Engineering (Transportation)
B.S. Adam Mickiewicz University (Poland) 2005-2008
Physics
peer reviewed conference presentations
Sisiopiku, V., Barbour, N. 4th Annual International Conference on Urban Studies & Planning. Use of GIS spatial analysis to identify food desserts in Alabama. June 2014. Athens, Greece.
Barbour, N., Gaston, S., Sisiopiku, V., Peters, R. Implementation of tower gardens on an urban university campus. Conference Proceedings and Presentation on AIChE Conference. November 2013, San Francisco, CA.
Barbour, N. Health perception on the adoption and acceptance of shared mobility. CTECH Annual Conference, October 2018, Davis, CA.
Barbour, N., Zhang, Y., Mannering, F., Individuals’ willingness to rent their personal vehicle to others: An exploratory assessment of peer-to-peer carsharing. Bridging Transportation Researcher (BTR) Online Conference. August, 2020.
Barbour, N., Menon, N., Mannering, F. A statistical assessment of work-from-home participation during different stages of the COVID–19 pandemic. Bridging Transportation Researchers (BTR) Online Conference. August 2021.
Vo, T., Barbour, N., Palaio, L., Maness, M. Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on bikeshare usage by rider membership status across selected US cities. Transportation Research Board. January 2022. Washington D.C.
Maness, M., Mishra, D., Barbour, N., Lin, Z. A random parameters latent class analysis to estimate the value of free charging bundle in electric vehicle purchases. hEART Symposium. Leuven, Belgium. June, 2022.
Barbour, N., Menon, N., Mannering, F. A statistical assessment of work-from-home participation during different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. hEART Symposium. Leuven, Belgium. June, 2022.
Luong, T., Barbour, N., Maness, M. Analyzing the relationships between frequency of leisure activity participation and social capital. Transportation Research Board. January 2023. Washington D.C. (poster session)
Bakhuis, J., Kamp, L., Barbour, N., Chappin, E. A systematic review of frameworks for multi-system innovation analysis from a sociotechnical perspective. 6th Nordic STS Conference. June, 2023, Oslo.
Ahsan, J., Abdel-Aty, M., Anwari, N., Barbour, N. (2024) Evaluating drivers’ braking behavior at mid-block pedestrian crosswalks using video data and a mixed logit model. Transportation Research Board. January 2024. Washington D.C.
Barbour, N., Abdel-Aty, M., Mannering, F. Retaining the transportation benefits of COVID-19 induced work from home: Understanding the role of worker productivity. Transportation Research Board. January 2024. Washington D.C.
Barbour, N., Abdel-Aty, M., Yang, S., Lee, J. Temporal changes in the crash trends in Florida during the COVID-19 pandemic: The case of pedestrian-related crashes at intersections. Transportation Research Board. January 2024. Washington D.C.
Menon, N., Barbour, N., Ozkul, S. A statistical analysis of shifts in grocery pick-up behavior due to COVID-19 and its implications. Accepted for ASCE Conference. June 2024. Atlanta, GA.
recent talks
– WDCSITE, Washington D.C., Transportation and Technology Virtual Technical Meeting. February 10th, 2021. You are what you share.
– KTH Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm, Sweden. March 5th, 2021. Shared mobility adoption (guest lecture).
– University of Florida (WTS), Gainesville, FL. April 13th, 2021. Navigating uncertainty in academia – one semester at the time.
– Leuven Mindgate, Belgium. June 3rd, 2021. Share-able mobility – you are what you can access.
– WTS, Boston, November 3rd, 2021, Women on the move: Mobility for women, mobility for all.
– Micromobility Europe, June 2nd, 2022. Traversing the Oil Crisis: An Opportunity to Reduce Driving and Lead on Climate (panelist).
– Siemens Mobility, June 2022. Gender equality today for a sustainable mobility tomorrow. (keynote)(online)
– University of South Florida. Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on travel behavior, work-from-home, and cycling. February 3rd, 2023.
– University of Oxford. From lockdowns to unlocking the potential of mobility in American cities. March 18th, 2024.
awards
2024 Top 100 Women in Data Science in Poland (link)
2019 Emerging Leader in Transportation, NYU Rudin Center (link)
2018 Eno Leadership Development Conference Fellow (Conference for the nation’s top 20 graduate students in Transportation) (link)
2018 Best Dissertation Award CTECH (Center for Transportation, Environment and Community Health at Cornell University) CTECH UTC Student of the Year Award, 2017 (link, pages 2/3)
Graduate Student Success Fellowship, University of South Florida 2016-2019 (full ride scholarship for completing a doctoral degree)
Graduate Fellowship for the Most Outstanding Incoming Students, University of South Florida, 2015
courses
2021 Q1 Mitigation of Climate Change CT3082 (as a part of climate change minor)
All students were asked to rate the instructor’s performance in the courses below on a scale
of 1-5 [1 = poor, 2 = fair, 3 = good, 4 = very good, 5 = excellent] in 6 categories. The mean
overall rating of the instructor is presented below.
Number of students 48
Mean overall rating of the instructor 4.63
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2022 Q2 Transport System Analysis I
Number of students 120
Mean overall rating of the instructor 3.9
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2021-2022 Towards Decarbonization of the Building and Transport Sectors (edX)
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positions held
– Member and Research Coordinator for Standing Committee on Statistical and Econometric Methods (TRB AED60), 2023-current
– Board Member of MIT Postdoctoral Association, 2019- 2020
– Member of MIT Women Advisory Group, 2019-2020
– Membership Director, WTS Tampa Bay, 2018-2019
– President and Founder of USF WTS (Woman in Transportation Seminar at the University of South Florida), 2017-2019
– President of Institute Transportation Engineering at University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2013-2014
– ITE Member
– Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Member