Post-Doctoral Research Fellow
Climate Decision Making Center
Department of Engineering and Public Policy
Carnegie Mellon University
 
Affiliated Research Centers:
Green Design Institute
Carnegie Mellon Electricity Industry Center
 
 
Constantine Samaras
  Research Interests    
  1. •    Energy and transportation systems evolution under environmental, economic and resource constraints
  2. •    Systems evaluation of climate change policy and investments for greenhouse gas mitigation in developed and developing economies
  3. •    Plug-in hybrid vehicles and the environmental, systems and security aspects of the electrification of  transportation
  4. •    Technology, policy, and institutional issues regarding renewable and low-carbon electricity and fuels
  5. •    Life cycle assessment of electricity, fuels, infrastructure and products
  6. •    Science and technology innovation, technical change and R&D policy
  7. •    Finance, investment, and policy decision making under uncertainty
  8. •    Sustainable engineering design, construction and decommissioning
  9. •    Infrastructure planning, policy and economics
Contact:
 
E-mail:     CSamaras [at] andrew.cmu.edu
 
Mail:       Carnegie Mellon University
               Department of Engineering and Public Policy
               5000 Forbes Avenue
               Pittsburgh, PA  15213    USA
 
Tel:        +1 412 268 3378
 
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Education
 
Ph.D., Engineering and Public Policy and Civil and Environmental Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University, 2008
  1. •    Thesis: A life-cycle approach to technology, infrastructure and climate policy decision making: Transitioning to plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and low-carbon electricity
  2. •    Doctoral advisor: Professor M. Granger Morgan
  3. •    Doctoral committee: Professor M. Granger Morgan, Professor H. Scott Matthews, Professor Chris Hendrickson, Professor Lester B. Lave
 
Masters of Public Administration,
Robert  F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
New York University, 2004
 
B.S., Civil Engineering,
Bucknell University, 1999