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Research

Explore recent research publications, grants and proposals from Amlan Mitra, Professor of Business Economics at Purdue University Northwest.

Chancellor’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture

  • “Visioning Northwest Indiana: Challenges to Sustainable Economic Development,” Delivered the Second Annual Chancellor’s Distinguished Faculty Lecture, Purdue University Calumet, March 31, 2011.

Recent Publications

  • Mitra, A (2023). “Economic Impacts of the Robotics Technology on Remote Greenhouse Farming in Northwest Indiana,” 59th MBAA International Conference Proceedings, Academy of Business Economics Track, 2023.
  • Mitra, A, T. Kroon & J. Schwartz (2022). “Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Educational Outcomes of High School Students,” 58th MBAA Conference Proceedings, Academy of Business Economics.
  • Mitra, A & T. Kroon (2021). “Income Inequality and Educational Outcomes,” 57th MBAA Conference Proceedings, Academy of Business Economics.

Recent Grants/Proposals

  • “Improving Methodologies and Measurements of Housing Affordability for Underserved Communities,” ($326,000), Submitted to National Science Foundation, Division of Social & Economics Sciences, 2024.
  • “Homeownership and Housing Affordability in Northwest Indiana,” ($11,600), 2022 PNW Catalyst Grant ($11,600).
  • “Methodologies and Measurements of Urban Freight Resiliency Under Emerging Next Normal,” ($400,000), Problem Number: 2023-B-37 (Research Need Statement) Submitted to the Urban Freight Transportation Committee for National Cooperative Highway Research Program, Transportation Research Board, National Academy of Sciences, 2022 (Co-Principal Investigator).
  • “Problem-Based Learning through Simulation and Visualization of Transportation Disruptions and Economics Impacts,” ($600,000), Proposal Submitted to National Science Foundation (Principal Investigator), July 2021.
  • “Revisioning Housing Mobility in Northwest Indiana,” (2019), Grant Proposal ($100,000) Submitted to Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
  • “Visualization and Simulation to Improve Measurements of Economics Impacts of Disruptions of Transportation Network Systems,” (2020). PNW Catalyst Grant ($12,000).
  • “Estimating the Economic Impacts of Disruptions to Intermodal Freight Systems,” ($135,440), Grant (Project No. 053PY03) funded by the NEXTRANS Center, U.S. Department of Transportation, Region V, University Transportation Center (Principal Investigator: Satish Ukkusuri, Co-Principal Investigators: Amlan Mitra and Fred Mannering), 2011-2013, Completed: June 2013.