Alternative fuel vehicle evacuation and refueling infrastructure location planning

By Eleftheria Kontou on 9/12/24 from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in 1611 Titan Dr., Rantoul, IL 61866

Join Eleftheria Kontou, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor, as she presents in person at the Fall 2024 Kent Seminar Series Thursday, September 12, from 2-3 p.m. (CT).

The Fall 2024 semester is set to feature 13 presentations, each addressing a topic related to the electrification of transportation infrastructure. See the full lineup of speakers for Fall 2024.

Pizza and soft drinks will be provided beginning at 1:30 p.m. in the ICT Classroom. 

All presentations will be held on Zoom, but some speakers will present in person at ICT.

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https://illinois.zoom.us/j/85074071626?pwd=3no02LzC4mrS2p6PRcNJ9fDfWvxRja.1 

Meeting ID: 850 7407 1626
Passcode: 795973 

Abstract: Climate change exacerbates the frequency and impacts of hazards. During hazards that require preemptive evacuation, drivers using alternative fuel vehicles can be vulnerable under conventional evacuation routes that do not provide access to refueling/charging stations on their way to safety. Kontou will present a novel evacuation routing problem with hop constraints that capture each vehicle fuel type’s refueling/charging needs as they are routed to shelters. Even though refueling/charging infrastructure is deployed to meet habitual travel demand, Kontou will also focus on the extension of the alt-fuel evacuation problem to decide the location of emergency refueling/charging stations on the transportation network. 

Bio: Kontou is an assistant professor in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Her research focuses on planning sustainable transportation systems. She earned her doctorate, focusing on transportation systems, from the University of Florida and holds a master’s from Virginia Tech and a bachelor’s from the National Technical University of Athens — all in civil engineering.