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Photo of Amr Abd-Elrahman Amr Abd-Elrahman Professor, Geomatics
813.757.2283
Photo of Walaa Abdelazzim Walaa Abdelazzim Training Coordinator
Photo of Nithin Agarwal Nithin Agarwal Director, UFTI, T2 Center
(352) 273-1674

Research Areas:

  • Multimodal transportation safety
  • Traffic Crash Data Modeling and Safety Analyses
  • Local road safety plans
  • Traffic operations, design and simulation
  • Advanced traffic signal timing
  • Connected and Automated Vehicles
  • Human factors
  • Tech transfer

Biography:
Dr.…

Photo of Bob Aghdashi Bob Aghdashi Director, McTrans Center
(352) 294-3095
Photo of Ehsan Amini Ehsan Amini Software Engineer, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Chimay J. Anumba Chimay J. Anumba Professor & Dean, College of Design, Construction & Planning, University of Florida

Chimay Anumba, Ph.D., PE, is Professor and Dean of the College of Design, Construction and Planning at the University of Florida. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering (the United Kingdom’s National Academy of Engineering.) He holds a Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the University of Leeds, UK; a higher doctorate – D.Sc.…

Photo of Ines Aviles-Spadoni Ines Aviles-Spadoni Research & Communications Coordinator III, UFTI/STRIDE
(352) 294-7803
Photo of Rhonda Bacelo Rhonda Bacelo McTrans Sales
Photo of Jim Baciak Jim Baciak Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
(352) 273-2131
Photo of Len Becker Len Becker HTNB, Senior Vice President
Photo of Sara Behdad Sara Behdad Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Engineering Sciences
(352) 294-7547

Research Areas:

  • Sustainable Design
  • Consumer Behavior
  • Lifecycle Assessment 
Photo of Ilir Bejleri Ilir Bejleri Research Associate Professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Photo of Swarup Bhunia Swarup Bhunia Professor and Steven Yatauro Faculty Fellow Director, Warren B. Nelms Institute for The Connected Worldc
(352) 392-5989

Research Areas:

  • Hardware and systems security
  • Food and medicine safety
  • Adaptive and energy-efficient computing
  • Wearable and implantable systems 
Photo of Ron Boenau Ron Boenau International Transportation Research Advisor
Photo of Alex Bond Alex Bond USDOT, Transportation Policy Analyst, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Policy

Alexander Bond, AICP, is a director at the Eno Center for Transportation; a Washington, D.C. based think tank and training organization founded in 1921. He is a specialist in transportation governance, regional planning, and organizational performance. Mr. Bond leads Eno’s workforce research efforts and training courses.

Prior to joining Eno, he was a Senior Associate at the consulting firm ICF International and a research faculty member at the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida.…

Photo of Christrian Breau Christrian Breau Software Developer, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Jennifer Bridge Jennifer Bridge Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
(352) 294-7793
Photo of Charles Brown Charles Brown Research Communications Editor and Writer, UFTI, T2 Center
(352) 273-1677
Photo of Tom Byron Tom Byron Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), Retired

Tom Byron, P.E., was appointed Assistant Secretary of Strategic Development (formerly Intermodal Systems Development) for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in March of 2016. Prior to that, Tom served as Chief Engineer since December 2011.  As Chief Engineer, Tom was responsible for the Offices of Construction, Maintenance, Materials, Research, Traffic Operations, Design, Right of Way and Program Management.…

Photo of Reggie Chandra Reggie Chandra President & CEO, Rhythm Engineering
Photo of Suman Chowdhury Suman Chowdhury Associate Professor, UF Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering
Photo of Gary R. Consolazio Gary R. Consolazio Byron D. Spangler Professor of Civil Engineering, Bridge Software Institute, Assoc. Director (Structures)
Photo of Aaron Costin Aaron Costin Assistant Professor, M. E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management
(352) 273-2121
Photo of Jonathan Czerenda Jonathan Czerenda Accounting Specialist, McTrans Center
(352) 294-3096
Photo of Amanda Day Amanda Day President, Day Communications, Inc.

Amanda Day is the founder and president of Day Communications, Inc., an Orlando-based firm specializing in communication and marketing strategies for organizations in the transportation, engineering, hospitality and professional services industries.

Amanda draws on more than 20 years of wide-reaching experience with Fortune 500 companies, infrastructure and transportation agencies, education and retail entities to offer C-Level creative strategies and insights into brand development, customer acquisition, market expansion and strategic communications.…

Photo of Justin Dennis Justin Dennis Co-Founder, Urban SDK
Photo of Aubrey Dolbeck Aubrey Dolbeck Research Coordinator II
Photo of Shen Dong Shen Dong HCS Team Lead, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Eric Jing Du Eric Jing Du Steve and Wendy Blum Professor, UF Research Foundation Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
(352) 294-6619
Photo of Lily Elefteriadou Lily Elefteriadou Distinguished Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
(352) 294-7802

Research Areas:

  • Traffic Flow Theory
  • Highway Capacity Analysis
  • Traffic Simulation
  • Signal Control
  • Travel Time Reliability

Biography:
Dr. Elefteriadou is the Director of the UF Transportation Institute (UFTI) and the Barbara Goldsby Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Florida.…

Photo of Renan Favero Renan Favero Engineering Analyst
Photo of Christopher Ferraro Christopher Ferraro Assistant Professor, Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering
(352) 392-0959
Photo of Brad Franko Brad Franko Research Coordinator I
Photo of Maryam Ghyabi-White Maryam Ghyabi-White CEO & President, Ghyabi Consulting & Management, LLC (GCM)
Photo of Juan Gilbert Juan Gilbert Distinguished Professor, Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering
(352) 392-1200
Photo of Melissa Ginoza Melissa Ginoza Visual Designer, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Jeremy Gluck Jeremy Gluck Software Developer, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Crystal Goodison Crystal Goodison Associate Director and Associate Scholar, GeoPlan Center Urban and Regional Planning
(352) 392-2351

Research Areas:

  • Coastal resiliency and adaptation planning
  • Geospatial modeling
  • Online geospatial visualization and decision support tools 
Photo of Joel Harley Joel Harley Associate Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
(352) 392-2692
Photo of Yujie Hu Yujie Hu Assistant Professor, Geography Department
(352) 294-7514

Research Areas:

  • GIS
  • Spatial networks
  • Transportation
  • Human mobility and accessibility
  • Public health
Photo of Eakta Jain Eakta Jain Associate Professor, Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering
Photo of T. Griffith Jones Ph.D. T. Griffith Jones, Ph.D. Emeritus Clinical Associate Professor, UF College of Education
352.665.5819
Photo of Samuel Kerbo Samuel Kerbo Software QA/QC Analyst
Photo of Clark Letter Clark Letter Director of Planning and Analytics, North Florida TPO
Photo of Jasper Masciocchi Jasper Masciocchi Education and Training Specialist, T2 Center
(352) 273-1685
Photo of Ryan Meyer Ryan Meyer EDUCATION/TRAINING SPECIALIST II
Photo of Panos Michalopoulos Panos Michalopoulos Professor Emeritus, Dept of Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
Photo of Sonja Mincey Sonja Mincey Webinars and Training Coordinator, McTrans Center
(352) 294-3097
Photo of Prabhat Mishra Prabhat Mishra Professor, Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering; Director, Embedded Systems Lab
352-294-6658

Research Areas:

  • Trustworthy Systems
  • Formal Verification
  • Security and Trust
Photo of Mehri Mohebbi Mehri Mohebbi Transportation Equity Program Director
(352) 294-7823
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