Month: May 2016

This upcoming summer graduation we will be saying goodbye to Yinan Zheng, who will be graduating with her Ph.D. in civil engineering. Zheng’s friendly and radiant personality will certainly be missed by faculty and fellow students. Zheng has been a great student, skillfully balancing her graduate studies and research with extra-curricular activities such as serving […]

A few months ago, we spotlighted one of our master’s students, Larry Dorilus. Now we are saying a bittersweet goodbye to him as he graduates this spring, but the Gator Nation will never be far off his mind. “There are two kinds of people in this world,” he explained. “Florida Gators and those that wish […]

Considered the greatest distinction of any student award given by the college, the Gator Engineering Attribute Awards are intended to provide an ideal guide for all members of the Gator Engineering community. They honor five undergraduate and five Ph.D. students who strongly model one of the five Gator Engineering Attributes: Creativity, Leadership, Integrity, Professional Excellence, […]

From New York Times to CNET, news outlets across the U.S. were abuzz when brain-controlled drones raced last month. What is being called the nation’s 1st “Brain-Drone Race” was held at the University of Florida on April 16, 2016, with UFTI affiliate Dr. Juan Gilbert at the helm. Professor Juan Gilbert, chairman of the Computer […]

The University of Florida, along with the University of North Florida and City of Jacksonville, have partnered up to join the MetroLab Network. Made up of 35 city-university partnerships, their focus is to bring data, analytics and innovation to local government. Launched in 2015 as part of the Obama administration’s Smart Cities initiative, it is […]

Deja Jackson Best Oral Presentation, Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, 2016 TRB, Washington, D.C., Paper Title: Today’s Perception of Vehicle Safety and Its Impact on Preparing for Tomorrow’s Autonomous Vehicles Committee 200 (C200) Scholar Award, HW College of Engineering, University of Florida Megan McGinley Frankee Hellinger Undergraduate Scholarship, WTS Central Florida Don Watson Gator […]

Thomas Chase ITE FL Section Institute Traffic Scholarship Clark Letter 2nd Place, STRIDE Student Poster Competition, TRB 2015, Poster title: “Efficient Control of Automated Vehicles at Freeway Merge Segments STRIDE Student of the Year, Presented at the CUTC Awards Banquet, Washington, D.C., January 2016 Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou Frankee Hellinger Graduate Scholarship, WTS Central Florida Don Watson […]

The University of Florida continues its legacy of leadership in local technical assistance through the continuation of the LTAP grant award. The Federal Highway Administration awards each state a Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) grant to support local transportation needs. The UF Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center has had the privilege of administering this grant […]

This year, three students from the University of Florida were accepted into the STRIDE Center’s Transportation Research Internship Program. Two of them will be working with UFTI-affiliated faculty, post-docs and graduate students on transportation-related research. The third student will be working at another university within the STRIDE consortium. In addition, a fourth student from Arizona […]

View in Constant Contact This month the UFTI newsletter is celebrating McTrans‘ 30th Anniversary! McTrans Turns 30: A Graphical Timeline It’s hard to believe this all began in 1986 as a grant from the Federal Highway Administration to create the McTrans Center. With the introduction of personal computers and the proliferation of software for the […]