Ph.D. candidate Theodora Konstantinou has been awarded the 2019-2020 Greater Indianapolis Women's Transportation Seminar (WTS) Chapter Helene M. Overly Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship recognizes an outstanding graduate female in the transportation industry and academia. The goal is to support and encourage future female leaders in transportation to be successful. The Indianapolis Chapter awards will be presented at the annual scholarship event to be held in Indianapolis, IN in the Spring of 2021.

Theodora Konstantinou was born in Athens, Greece.  She is a Ph.D. candidate in the Transportation and Infrastructure Systems program at the Lyles School of Civil Engineering under the supervision of Professor Konstantina (Nadia) Gkritza. She received her Diploma in Rural and Surveying Engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece in 2016 and obtained her Master of Science degree in Civil Engineering (MSCE) from Purdue University in 2018. For her master's thesis, she also received the 2020 Charley V. Wootan Memorial Award, given by the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) for the best thesis in the field of transportation policy and planning. Her current research interests include transportation electrification, emerging technologies, environmental implications, and sustainability. Theodora has been actively involved in various organizations such as the Purdue Student Chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE), the Advancing Sustainability through Powered Infrastructure for Roadway Electrification (ASPIRE) student association chapter and the Hellenic Student Association (HSA).