Research Team

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

ebardak at ncsu.edu

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

cliu28 at ncsu.edu

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

mhasnat at ncsu.edu

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

ybai23 at ncsu.edu

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

jwang238 at ncsu.edu

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

ajschmid at ncsu.edu

Service: Student member of the UNC Board of Governors

 

 

 

 

Jonathan Pelletier, Undergraduate researcher

Research: Economic impacts of bus rapid transit systems

japellet at ncsu.edu

 

 

 

 

Nathan Puertollano, Undergraduate researcher

Research: Travel behavior characteristics of transportation disadvantaged groups

ngpuerto at ncsu.edu

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.