Alexandra Kondyli


Alexandra Kondyli
  • Associate Director for the Mid-America Transportation Center
  • Thomas E. Mulinazzi Chair’s Council Associate Professor
  • Ph.D.

Contact Info

Learned Hall, 2159A
Lawrence

Biography

Dr. Alexandra Kondyli is an Associate Professor of Transportation Engineering in Civil, Environmental and Architectural Engineering at the University of Kansas. Dr. Kondyli’s research interests include traffic operations and management, highway capacity, ITS, microsimulation, driver behavior, and traffic flow theory. Prior to her appointment at the University of Kansas, Dr. Kondyli was a postdoctoral associate at the University of Florida Transportation Research Center.  Dr. Kondyli has worked on research projects funded by Kansas DOT, Florida DOT, FHWA, USDOT, and by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP).  She has authored and co-authored more than fifty publications, presentations and reports related to traffic operations, simulation, highway capacity, safety, and driver behavior. Dr. Kondyli is currently a member of the Highway Capacity and Quality of Service Committee (AHB40) of the Transportation Research Board, and the Chair of its Freeways/Multilane Highways Subcommittee.  She also has consulting experience in the fields of traffic operations, geometric design and roadway safety.  Dr. Kondyli received her Graduate Diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering from National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in June 2003.  She received her M.S. degree in 2005 and her Ph.D. degree in 2009 in Civil Engineering from University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida.

Research

Transportation Engineering

Traffic Flow

Highway Capacity

Driver Behavior

Microsimulation