Miguel Figliozzi, Civil and Environmental Engineering faculty, was appointed to a National Academies' Freight Cooperative Research Program panel that focuses on urban freight and logistics problems. Figliozzi was appointed by the Transportation Research Board, and as a panel member, he will help provide technical guidance and counsel throughout the life of the project. The panel will prepare project statements and select the project contractor based on evaluation of the proposals received. Project review and guidance is anticipated to continue until 2011.