Research Dr. Yafeng Yin Awarded UK’s Lloyd Grant for Vehicle Emissions Study Yafeng Yin, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering, recently joined an international research team to find more efficient and effective ways to… Read More
Month: July 2014
An American Urban Planner in Leeds
Dr. Ruth Steiner, a professor of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UF, who is also affiliated with UFTI, spent the months of March and April 2014 as a visiting professor with the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS)… Read More
Web-Based Tool Measuring Safe Driving Behaviors for Older Adults
CMS Project # 92791 PI: Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D. Title: Validity and Usability of a Safe Driving Behaviors Measure for Older Adults Department: Occupational Therapy [View final report here.] Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure web-based tool: http://fitnesstodrive.phhp.ufl.edu With the aging of the Baby… Read More
Student Feature Thomas Chase
Thomas Chase, a civil engineering Ph.D. student, is embracing all that is transportation engineering in his time here at UF. When he first started in transportation, he only thought about this field as cars and roads, but now enjoys the… Read More
Student Feature Don Watson
Don Watson is a second year Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering at UF, focusing on transportation engineering. As part of his Ph.D. project, Don is writing code to determine drivers’ lane-changing behavior in a new CORSIM application. CORSIM currently utilizes… Read More
ITE UF Student Chapter Wins District 10 Traffic Bowl
The ITE Student Chapter at the University of Florida participated in the 2014 District ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl on June 25-27 in Clearwater Beach, Fla., and won for the second year in a row. Team members are Don Watson, Thomas Chase and Pruthvi Manjunatha… Read More
Florida T2’s Ped/Bike SRC is Traveling the State to Keep You Safe
“Reprinted” from article published on the Florida T2 Center Website on 5/22/2014 at http://stage.t2ctt.ce.ufl.edu/t2ctt/T2Newsletter.asp The Florida T2 Center has been proud to host Florida’s Pedestrian and Bicycling Safety Resource Center (SRC) since 2009. Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation… Read More