Constantine Samaras
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| + | Constantine (Costa) Samaras is an engineer and policy analyst with research and industry experience in analysis, economics, and public policy in the context of energy and sustainability systems issues. Currently, he is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Climate Decision Making Center at Carnegie Mellon University. Costa researches the intersection of energy, transportation and infrastructure systems and their evolution under carbon, economic, and resource constraints. He has significant expertise analyzing plug-in hybrid vehicles and low-carbon electricity systems and has published numerous articles exploring the both the life cycle environmental impacts of plug-in hybrids as well as policies to encourage plug-in hybrid adoption and integration. His 2008 Ph.D. dissertation, “A life-cycle approach to technology, infrastructure, and climate policy decision making: Transitioning to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and low-carbon electricity” was one of the first interdisciplinary analyses of plug-in hybrid issues. Costa has a deep understanding of the electricity and transportation systems, and how policy actions, programs and investments affect energy use, infrastructure requirements, economic outcomes, innovation systems and life cycle environmental emissions. Prior to beginning his Doctoral studies, Costa was employed for five years as an engineering and sustainability consultant with the infrastructure services firm Parsons Brinckerhoff in their New York global headquarters, where he worked on several multi-billion dollar megaprojects. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon, a Masters of Public Administration from the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University, and is a registered LEED Accredited Professional. | ||
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Constantine (Costa) Samaras is an engineer and policy analyst with research and industry experience in analysis, economics, and public policy in the context of energy and sustainability systems issues. Currently, he is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the Climate Decision Making Center at Carnegie Mellon University. Costa researches the intersection of energy, transportation and infrastructure systems and their evolution under carbon, economic, and resource constraints. He has significant expertise analyzing plug-in hybrid vehicles and low-carbon electricity systems and has published numerous articles exploring the both the life cycle environmental impacts of plug-in hybrids as well as policies to encourage plug-in hybrid adoption and integration. His 2008 Ph.D. dissertation, “A life-cycle approach to technology, infrastructure, and climate policy decision making: Transitioning to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and low-carbon electricity” was one of the first interdisciplinary analyses of plug-in hybrid issues. Costa has a deep understanding of the electricity and transportation systems, and how policy actions, programs and investments affect energy use, infrastructure requirements, economic outcomes, innovation systems and life cycle environmental emissions. Prior to beginning his Doctoral studies, Costa was employed for five years as an engineering and sustainability consultant with the infrastructure services firm Parsons Brinckerhoff in their New York global headquarters, where he worked on several multi-billion dollar megaprojects. He has a Ph.D. in Engineering and Public Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering from Carnegie Mellon, a Masters of Public Administration from the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service at New York University, a B.S. in Civil Engineering from Bucknell University, and is a registered LEED Accredited Professional.
