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Research

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 (2026). “Economic Impacts of Robotics Technology in Remote Greenhouse Farming: Evidence from Northwest Indiana,” International Journal of Innovative Technologies in Economy.
  • Mitra, A & T. Kroon (2026). “Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Educational Outcomes of High School Students,” Journal of Applied Business and Economics.
  • Roy, S & A. Mitra (2024). “An Integrated Econometric and Artificial Intelligence Methodological Framework for Measurements of Housing Affordability, Conference Proceedings, IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Financial Engineering & Economics.
  • George, A, A. Saha; S. Roy; A. Mitra (2024). “Integrated Econometric and Machine Learning Methodology in Measuring Housing Affordability,” Conference Proceedings, International Conference on Big Data, Computer Science and Information Technology.
  • Mitra, A & J. Schwartz (2023). “Economic Impacts of the Robotics Technology on Remote Greenhouse Farming in Northwest Indiana,” 59th MBAA International Conference Proceedings, Academy of Business Economics.
  • Mitra, A, T. Kroon & J. Schwartz (2022). “Demographic and Socioeconomic Factors Affecting Educational Outcomes of High School Students,” 58th MBAA International Conference Proceedings, Academy of Business Economics.
  • Mitra, A & T. Kroon (2021). “Income Inequality and Educational Outcomes,” 57th MBAA International Conference Proceedings, Academy of Business Economics.

Recent Grants/Proposals

  • “FORWARD Fostering Organic Resource Workforce with Apt Research and Design Skills,” Co-PI, Pending Grant proposal ($749,937, USDA-NIFA-AFRI-010693) submitted to Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Education and Workforce Development, U.S. Department of Agriculture), December 5, 2024.
  • “Socioeconomic Implications of Agrivoltaics in Farmlands,” Co-PI, Pending Grant proposal ($300,000, USDA-NIFA-AFRI-010453) submitted to Agriculture and Food Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program Foundational and Applied Science Program, National Institute of Food & Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture, October 31, 2024.
  • “Improving Methodologies and Measurements of Housing Affordability for Underserved Communities,” ($325,651), Submitted to National Science Foundation, Principal Investigator, July 2024.
  • “Homeownership and Housing Affordability in Northwest Indiana,” ($11,600), 2022 PNW Catalyst Grant.
  • “Project TRAVERSE: agTech Robotics, Automation and Virtually Employed Resiliently Scaling Enterprises,” U.S. Economic Development Administration ($726,389); 2021
  • “Visualization and Simulation to Improve Measurements of Economics Impacts of Disruptions of Transportation Network Systems,” ($12,000), 2020 PNW Catalyst Grant.
  • “Estimating the Economic Impacts of Disruptions to Intermodal Freight Systems,” ($135,440), Project No. 053PY03 funded by the NEXTRANS Center, U.S. Department of Transportation, Region V, University Transportation Center, 2011
  • “Measuring Economic Impact of the Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics Industry in Northwest Indiana,” ($115,000), Sponsored by the Lake County Integrated Services Delivery Board and Purdue University Calumet, 2005