Month: February 2015

The UFTI will host Sen. Jeff Brandes (R-St. Petersburg), FDOT Secretary Jim Boxold and Dr. Juan Gilbert of the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) to speak on connected and automated vehicle technology and it’s implementation with faculty, staff, students, and other transportation professionals. Sen. Brandes is a member of the State […]

Due to the high number of injuries and fatalities on Florida’s roadways, the state is the focus of many national safety initiatives. One such initiative is to offer Road Safety Assessments (RSAs) courses at no cost to Community Traffic Safety Team (CTST) members. The courses are currently managed through the UFTI’s T2 Center. The RSA […]

Dr. Lily Elefteriadou has been selected by the Transportation and Development Institute to receive the 2015 James Laurie Prize for her contributions in advancing the field of transportation engineering and “For outstanding leadership as one of the world’s foremost experts in the field of traffic operations, traffic flow theory and simulation and her research which […]

The McTrans Center is well known internationally for its software, so programmers are the first personnel to come to mind. But McTrans has found that UFTI students are ideally suited to test software during implementation. “McTrans has been funding students to assist in several facets of the software development process from the beginning,” said Bill […]

Sandra Winter, Ph.D., is a research assistant professor in the UF Department of Occupational Therapy (OT). She has been affiliated with the transportation program for various years, while working on a project developing a safe driving behaviors measure for older adults, which was funded by a grant from a 2007 USDOT University Transportation Center (UTC) […]

Transportation professionals are able to expand their knowledge and qualifications in transportation planning and engineering with the Transportation Operations & Planning Certificate. The nine-credit certificate includes courses in transportation systems operations, highway capacity analysis and transportation policy and planning. Students take three of the four available courses and receive a “B” or better. The courses […]

The deadline to apply for the TRIP internship program is just around the corner, so if you are interested, apply by March 18, 2015.  The summer internship begins May 21, 2015 and ends July 31, 2015. Undergraduate students that are U.S. citizens or permanent residents and hold junior or senior status are eligible to apply.  […]

If you missed the seminar on “ITS & Smart Cities” gven by Dr. Jaume Barcelo of the Technical University of Catalonia in Barcelona, Spain, on February 12, 2015, a recording of the webcast is now available at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2j5QHSwU_n0. ABSTRACT: Smart City is one of the magic terms that is pervasively invading our world but, what […]

Congratulations! UFTI Director Wins the ASCE 2015 James Laurie Prize Dr. Lily Elefteriadou has been selected by the Transportation and Development Institute to receive the 2015 Jame Laurie Prize. She will personally accept the award during the ASCE’s Annual Convention in, which will take place in New York City this October. Dr. Elefteriadou has [read […]