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Research
Evangelos Christou, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology at UF. As an affiliate of the UFTI, his research focuses on the effects of aging and neuromuscular control of movement. Christou’s connection to transportation originates from his interest in how perceptual and motor issues influence driving. [Read more]
Education
Transportation Alumnus Reflects on Career Path to Amazon.com
Di Wu, also known as “Woody”, was a quiet and hardworking doctoral student in the transportation program. He attended UF from fall 2007 to fall 2011, working under the direction of Professor Yafeng Yin, his doctoral program adviser at the UFTI. [Read more]
STRIDE Interns Present Final Projects
Students concluded their STRIDE transportation research internships by presenting on what they worked on during their individualized summer projects. The presentations were webcast live on Adobe Connect. Click on the link for more information and to view the recorded presentations. [Read more]
Technology Transfer
FREE Workshop/Webinar on Traffic Management for Football Games
The UFTI will host a free workshop, offered also as a live webcast, on Thursday, September 3, 2015, from 3 to 5 pm at UF’s Computer Science & Engineering Building (CSE), Room E-107. Presenters will discuss the method, patterns and approaches of traffic control occurring pre- and post-football games. Speakers are Matt Weisman, P.E., M.S., principal at Hoffmann, Weisman & Associates and Tim Lomax, P.E., Ph.D., Regents Fellow at the Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University. To register, view presentation title, speaker bios and more…[Read more]
McTrans Moving Forward with HCS7 – Travel Time Reliability
McTrans is hard at work implementing the changes and expansions within HCS, called HCS7.One of the most significant additions to the HCM procedures is Travel Time Reliability.[Read more]
UFTI’s T2 Hosts Child Passenger Safety Meetings in North & Central Florida
The Florida T2 Center hosted two regional Child Passenger Safety (CPS) Updates this summer. Central Florida CPS Technicians gathered in Ocala on July 21 and North Florida personnel met in Panama City on July 23. Alison Tillman, a certified CPS Technician at the UFTI’s T2 Center, was on hand alongside several…[Read more]