Konstantina Gkritza

Konstantina Gkritza is a Professor of Civil and Construction Engineering at Purdue University, affiliated with the School of Civil Engineering. Her research focuses on transportation infrastructure, electric vehicle adoption, urban mobility systems, and socio-economic impacts of transformative technologies. She has led studies on dynamic wireless charging, autonomous vehicle perceptions, and climate adaptation in transportation networks.

Her work integrates advanced analytics like machine learning (e.g., GAN-based forecasting) with policy analysis. Key areas include: 1) EV adoption drivers at ZIP-code levels, 2) shared mobility post-pandemic, 3) infrastructure equity in rural regions, and 4) behavioral intentions toward autonomous vehicles. Recently, she's collaborated with INDOT on infrastructure project efficiency improvements and pilot projects for in-motion charging systems.

Research outputs highlight interdisciplinary approaches, combining geospatial analysis, consumer surveys, and agent-based modeling. Current projects examine truck electrification barriers, solar potential-vehicle uptake linkages, and economic resilience through transportation metrics. Her work informs policy decisions at state and national levels, particularly in Indiana's EV strategic planning.

Notable methodologies include latent class analysis for mobility perception segmentation and multi-criteria frameworks for infrastructure deployment. She maintains active participation in transportation resilience and sustainability initiatives, with publications spanning over 20 years of impactful research.