Eleni Bardaka, Assistant 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:
- Paper review coordinator, TRB AME80 Committee on Community Resources and Impacts
- Editorial Board Member, Regional Science Policy and Practice
- 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
Chang Liu, Ph.D. student
Research: Socioeconomic impacts of urban rail systems; suburbanization of poverty and spatiotemporal changes in transit access; diverse user preferences in transit station choice and mode access
Service: Secretary, NCSU ITE Student Chapter
Education:
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, 2015, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, 2014, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
Mehedi Hasnat, Ph.D. student
Research: Impacts of privately-owned autonomous vehicles on network-level demand; willingness to pay and residential location choice implications of vehicle automation and sharing; feasibility and externalities of alternative financing mechanisms for highway infrastructure
Education:
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, 2018, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, 2016, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Yang Bai, M.S. student
Research: Travel characteristics and preferences of affordable housing and market-rate residents of transit-oriented developments
Education:
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, 2019, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, 2016, Southeast University, Nanjing, China
Juan Wang, Ph.D. student 
Research: Socioeconomic impacts of high-speed rail
Education:
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, 2020, Central South University, Changsha, China
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, 2017, Central South University, Changsha, China
Adam Schmidt, M.S student
Research: Residential property value and population displacement impacts of urban rail systems
Service: Student member of the UNC Board of Governors
Jonathan Pelletier, Undergraduate researcher
Research: Economic impacts of bus rapid transit systems
Nathan Puertollano, Undergraduate researcher
Research: Travel behavior characteristics of transportation disadvantaged groups
Past students
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.