Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou

Assistant Prof. @CEEatIllinois. Sustainable transportation research. Views are my own.

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

🔖New preprint, led by our group's amazing @SShirleyLiu633, that showcases major resilience benefits during power outage⚡️events when leveraging #ElectricVehicle 🔌bidirectional charging and Vehicle-2-Home (V2H) 🔋🚗

🔗 https://t.co/C9FMi4Bjyf

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

In the market for an electric vehicle? Look for one with bidirectional charging capability https://t.co/9gZot0Ex6x

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

@Supernetworks @HSToday Amazing news! Congratulations, Dr. Nagurney!

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

Congratulations 🎊 to our group’s PhD candidate @PurbaDenissa for being selected as a @theAGU @ThrivingEarth Community Science Fellow 🙌🏼

@CEEatIllinois @uofigrainger

[Thriving Earth Exchange @ThrivingEarth]

Join us in celebrating our newest cohort of @theAGU @ThrivingEarth Community Science Fellows! Today is the second day of their orientation and already they are impressing us with their passion, warmth, brilliance and energy.

Learn more about them here: https://t.co/b7zv5vvby6

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

How can 🚗 automanufacturers of both ICE and battery electric vehicles ⛽️🔋🔌respond to demand volatility?

Thanks @Pras_S for the discussion!

[Yahoo Finance @YahooFinance]

Why EVs and gas-powered cars sharing the same platform could the be the right move for automakers https://t.co/HhLqU5E9Q0 by @Pras_S

[Illinois Center for Transportation @IL_transport]

Join us as @CEEatIllinois’ @ria_kontou discusses planning evacuation routes for alternative fuel vehicles and locations of refueling infrastructure. 🔌🚗

Hear her talk today at 2 p.m. https://t.co/McYrJ3tA24

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

The future of eco-friendly racing is here 🏎️🔋⚡️

Quoted in this article after a great conversation with Willie Jones on opportunities for EVs in street and speedway racing 🔌

[IEEE Spectrum @IEEESpectrum]

NASCAR's new EV prototype—with 1,300 horsepower and a flax composite body—proves that racing can be fast AND eco-friendly. #NASCAR #electricvehicle https://t.co/ESbM8S33cB

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

What an excellent keynote address by EPA’s Dr. Frey during @NASEMTRB’s Transportation Symposium on Environment, Energy, and Livable Communities 🙌🏼 Motivates our research on transport systems response and adaptation to extremes and climate change mitigation #TRB #netzero

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

NASCAR & EVs? Yes, please 🙌🏼 Such demonstrations can expose NASCAR fans to battery electric mobility 🔋🚗⚡️and reinvent racing! Imagine races without noises and smells, while delivering even better performance! https://t.co/51aAqYYv0f
Thanks @JGrzelewski for discussing with me!

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

🛣️ Highways are not carbon reduction solutions; alternative modes 🚊🚍🚴‍♀️🚶‍♀️and clean technologies ���🚌 are!

In this article I refer to the induced demand concept 🚗! Thanks for the quote, @CityLab!

[Bloomberg CityLab @CityLab]

Several US states are funneling funds from a federal carbon reduction program to highway projects, arguing that adding car lanes can bring emissions down https://t.co/0x3bzYd2EV

[iSEE at U of I @sustainILLINOIS]

Do you drive an EV? Participate in this survey!🚗

The 25-minute survey by @ria_kontou of @CEEatIllinois will model how drivers of battery-powered electric vehicles choose routes and make charging decisions during an evacuation order. 🔋

Survey ➡️ https://t.co/BwbWgkm8ke

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

Great overview of teaching tools 👩‍🏫 and resources addressing accessibility barriers by @chvogiat et al. @INFORMS #ORMSToday https://t.co/6T4cLKVRck

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

The Honorable Jane Lubchenco WHOSTP greets @NSF awardees during the Global Centers Community Building meeting! She talks about science informing decision-making, scientific communication, building networks, and international collabs!

Great start https://t.co/3xvTCC70k9 🚗🔋⚡️

[CEE at Illinois @CEEatIllinois]

Excited for @YanfengO, as well as CEE assistant professors @ria_kontou and @lewislehe, to be a part of this project!

[iSEE at U of I @sustainILLINOIS]

Urban transit systems are facing big deficits, which could mean drastic service cuts. Can new #sustainable transportation options help? 🚉
Join us for a May 16-17 workshop at @thisisUIC co-hosted by @UofIllinois & sponsored by @SloanFoundation!

Register➡️ https://t.co/pVZLYgWhVX

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

O'Keeffe's "Road-Mesa with Mist" (1961) is portraying the road outside her Abiquiu NM home obscured by gray mist #transport #art #resilience #infrastructure

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

📣 Join us in Chicago this May 16-17 2024 to discuss transitions to equitable and sustainable #transportation systems! Help us chart new research directions toward just and clean transport!

Registration🔗 https://t.co/qVRsI3ED4g

Thank you, @SloanFoundation, for the support!

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

Congrats to the lead author, our undergraduate student Tinghan Ye who is currently pursuing an ISE PhD degree, and our group's PhD candidate @SShirleyLiu633 for reaching this milestone! It is so energizing to work with such talented and driven young scholars⚡️

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

Several 🔋 🚘 home charging schedules 🔌 minimize electricity costs due to stepwise electricity tariffs and the numerous hours of dwell time! Personal preferences and fast charger sharing impact EV drivers flexibility, readiness, and home load profiles🔗 https://t.co/eptweODQv2

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

Amazing opportunity for early career scholars in the⚡️energy and climate-tech space, who are interested in policy! I learned lots 📚 as part of the 2022 cohort and I highly recommend applying!

[David Hart @ProfDavidHart]

Applications invited: 2024 Energy and Climate-Tech Innovation Policy Boot Camp for Early Career More details 👇👇👇
https://t.co/gCPoXRPCGO

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

📣Congrats to our PhD candidate @PurbaDenissa for the Best Presentation Award of the AMR10 @NASEMTRB Committee on Critical Infrastructure Protection for her research on Vulnerability Assessment of #ElectricVehicles and Charging Station Network During Evacuations!🌪️🔋🔌⚡️🚘 #TRBAM

[Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou @ria_kontou]

🎯Excited to step up as an Associate Editor for @Transport_ELS’s Transportation Research Part D journal! Thanks to @JasonCaoMN leadership and the work of the editors, reviewers, and authors, TRD is a highly impactful publication venue 📚 for transport & environment research!

[Jason Cao @JasonCaoMN]

TRD by numbers. Thank all editors, reviewers, and authors for their contributions to Transportation Research Part D.