Sources: UIUC Civil & Environmental Engineering, UIUC Civil and Environmental Engineering
CEE assistant professor Eleftheria Kontou has won a National Science Foundation CAREER award. Her project will advance the science of bidirectional electric vehicle (EV) and infrastructure technologies management, which enable EVs to serve as mobile energy storage resources, providing services to buildings and enhancing the resilience of urban energy systems during power outages. CAREER awards, administered under the Faculty Early Career Development Program, are the NSF’s most prestigious form of support and recognition for junior faculty who “exemplify the role of teacher-scholars through outstanding research, excellent education and the integration of education and research within the context of the mission of their organizations.”
The U.S. Department of Transportation Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) has awarded the CUTC-Cambridge Systematics New Faculty Award to assistant professor Eleftheria Kontou. This award is given annually to a tenure-track faculty member in transportation education, in recognition of outstanding teaching and research contributions to the transportation field.
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