Month: June 2016

When Liteng Zha was choosing his undergraduate major at Southeast University in China, he thought the choice was obvious. “I had family suggest computer science and different engineering fields,” Zha said. “But transportation always felt more relevant to me because you deal with it every day.” Within his studies, Zha has focused on the development […]

After a very competitive selection process, the Transportation Institute at the University of Florida will be welcoming six new Ph.D. students this fall, who have received the Iva and Norman Tuckett UFTI Fellowship. One of these students is Stephen Spana, a familiar face here at UFTI. He was part of our 2015 Transportation Research Internship […]

Last month, WTS International hosted its annual conference in Austin, Texas. The event spanned over three days with more than 600 corporate and governmental industry leaders worldwide in attendance.  Topics such as autonomous technologies, transportation funding, shared mobility solutions, innovative data collection methods, professional development, and more were discussed. Every year the President and CEO […]

UFTI faculty affiliates Dr. Ruth Steiner and Dr. Sivaramakrishnan Srinivasan, along with UFTI’s Technology Transfer (T2) Center Director Maria Cahill, will be working on a Safe Routes to School Technical Assistance project. Their focus will be on assisting rural and under-resourced communities in Florida in developing SRTS grant applications. This project includes several steps, beginning […]

Dr. Jennifer Rice, an assistant professor in the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE), has received funding from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) to investigate using drones to inspect bridges. The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) recognizes that part of improving the condition of these bridges is developing more modern methods for […]

UFTI Director Dr. Lily Elefteriadou and STRIDE Research Coordinator Ines Aviles-Spadoni were in Los Angeles, California from June 6th to 9th to attend and present at the 2016 Summer Meeting of the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC). The meeting was hosted by the METRANS Transportation Center at the University of Southern California (USC). CUTC […]

The Florida Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), in partnership with the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Florida Division, is proud to present the second of a series of webinars aimed at local agencies in the State of Florida. The webinars are free to local agencies, but do require pre-registration. One Professional Development Hour (PDH) is available […]

The University of Florida is part of a consortium of architectural and public health institutions, spearheaded by the American Institute of Architects (AIA), which will help fund basic research on how design affects public health. The AIA Design & Health Research Consortium, as it is named, was created by the AIA, along with the AIA […]

View in Constant Contact [view] Research University of Florida is now a part of the MetroLab Network! 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 […]