Eleni Bardaka, Associate Professor
Research: Social and economic impacts of transportation investments and policies; analysis of aggregate and individual travel demand, preferences, and needs related to public transportation systems, smart mobility systems, and land-use and infrastructure financing policies
Service:
- Member, TRB AME80 Committee on Community Resources and Impacts
- Editorial Board Member, Transport Reviews
- Faculty advisor of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) NC Student Chapter
Education:
- Ph.D., Civil Engineering, 2016, Purdue University, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, IN
- M.S. in Economics, 2014, Purdue University, Krannert School of Management, West Lafayette, IN
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, 2012, Purdue University, Lyles School of Civil Engineering, West Lafayette, IN
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, 2010, National Technical University of Athens, School of Civil Engineering, Athens, Greece
Marie-Pier Champagne, Postdoctoral researcher
Research: Economic impacts of transportation investments
Subid Ghimire, Ph.D. student
Research: Travel behavior analysis, active travel, demand for shared mobility, econometric analysis of microtransit trips
Raisa Mehnaj, Ph.D. student
Research: Travel behavior and sociodemographic attributes of public microtransit users
Juan Wang, Ph.D. student
Research: Socioeconomic impacts of high-speed rail
Past students
Adam Schmidt, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 2023, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; Thesis: Impacts of transit investments on residential neighborhoods across time, space, and socioeconomic status.
Chang Liu, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 2022, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; Thesis: Investigating users’ access and commercial gentrification effects of public transportation.
Mehedi Hasnat, Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 2022, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; Thesis: Vehicle automation and connectivity – Travel demand impacts on metropolitan areas.
John Murray, M.S. in Civil Engineering, 2019, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC; Thesis: Investigating the spatial and temporal distributions of major beltway project impacts on residential property prices in North Carolina.