Month: June 2015

Jim Baciak, Ph.D., is an associate professor and director of the Nuclear Engineering Program in the Department of Materials Science Engineering at UF. He is also an affiliate of the UFTI who is interested in applying his nuclear and radiological, non-destructive testing and imaging techniques to investigate various forms of infrastructure. “My hope is that […]

The Transportation Safety Center (TSC) was funded for implementation in 2014 to provide technical assistance to local agencies throughout Florida: identify road safety problems and develop projects eligible for federal funding. There were two phases in the TSC project: Phase 1 – create a template on conducting a safety study for any team to use […]

Ms. Thuha Nguyen grew fond of her faculty advisors during her time at the University of Florida College of Engineering. Nguyen started out at UF with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in the late 1990s, but internship opportunities, supportive mentors, and pure curiosity soon turned her interests to transportation. “Because I know AutoCAD, I […]

  View in Constant Contact [view] Research Evaluating Rail Ties Using Nuclear Engineering TechniquesJim Baciak, Ph.D. is an associate professor and director of the Nuclear Engineering Program in the Department of Materials Science Engineering at UF. He is also an affiliate of the UFTI who is interested in applying his nuclear and radiological, non-destructive testing […]

The Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education (STRIDE) Center, which is the 2012 U.S. Department of Transportation grant-funded regional University Transportation Center (UTC) housed at the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) organized a session on May 28, 2015, as part of the i3 Florida Transportation Showcase, which was a joint meeting/event organized by […]