Month: August 2016

View in Constant Contact [view] Research UFTI Professor Begins Work on New NSF Grant UFTI Professor Yafeng Yin and UF Department of Economics Professor Steven Slutsky have begun work on a new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, studying on-demand, ride-sourcing companies and their impacts on the more heavily regulated taxi industry. Ride-sourcing companies such as […]

Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, director of the UF Transportation Institute (UFTI), has been named the Interim Chair of the Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE) Department in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering. In addition to leading the Transportation Institute, Elefteriadou will oversee the ISE Department, which offers B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degree programs and has an […]

In high school, Pedro Adorno Maldonado dreamed of becoming a civil engineer, and thanks to an impressive academic record, he was accepted to the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez (UPRM) in Fall 2010 to pursue a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. For the next five years, he participated in research and internships related to […]

UFTI Professor Yafeng Yin and UF Department of Economics Professor Steven Slutsky have begun work on a new National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, studying on-demand, ride-sourcing companies and their impacts on the more heavily regulated taxi industry. Ride-sourcing companies such as Uber and Lyft provide ride-hailing applications that intelligently source private car owners who drive […]

Students participating in the STRIDE Center’s Transportation Research Internship Program (TRIP) concluded their program on Friday, July 28, 2016 with presentations related to their individualized summer projects. Daniel Royer of the University of Florida presented on the “Economic Impact of Shared Use Paths.” His presentation focused on the bicycle and pedestrian data collection study he participated […]

View in Constant Contact [view] Research Arterial Corridor Evaluation for Florida DOT Nears Completion UFTI Director Lily Elefteriadou and her team, with funding from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), are nearing the completion of their research in evaluating the implementation of Advanced Signal Control Technologies (ASCT) at the following arterial corridors in Florida…  [Read […]

Chad Spreadbury knew that he wanted to pursue a degree in environmental engineering when he started at St. Petersburg College in Pinellas County, Florida. After receiving his Associate in Arts, he transferred to the University of Florida to complete his bachelor’s degree. Now, he is one of the six new Ph.D. students incoming this fall […]

This summer, UFTI’s own Deja Jackson is participating in the United States Department of Transportation’s Summer Transportation Internship Program for Diverse Groups (STIPDG). Jackson is interning at the FHWA’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, VA where she is one of the first to help analyze the newly collected data from their Motorcycle Crash […]

The Introduction to Transportation Engineering undergraduate course at the University of Florida is the first real experience students have with highway engineering and traffic analysis. It is taught generally by a doctoral student under the guidance of a UFTI faculty member. One of these faculty members, Dr. Scott Washburn, has recently created a new software […]

McTrans Soon to Release HCM 6th Edition Video The Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) is now being finalized to produce the 6th Edition of the HCM. McTrans has developed a ninety-minute video which provides an overview of the changes as compared with the current HCM 2010, including some methodological details chapter by chapter. The cost is […]

Join us in congratulating UFTI faculty member Dr. Scott Washburn’s promotion to Full Professor! Washburn has served as a faculty member in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida since his appointment in August of 1999. From that time, he has advised more than a hundred students who have gone […]

UFTI Director Lily Elefteriadou and her team, with funding from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), are nearing the completion of their research in evaluating the implementation of Advanced Signal Control Technologies (ASCT) at the following arterial corridors in Florida:    23rd Street Corridor, Bay County, District 3    Panama City Beach Parkway, Bay County, District 3 […]

UFTI is pleased to welcome Matthew Muller, who joined us in early July to serve as a grant manager for the Transportation Technology Transfer Center (T2). Muller will be working directly with several of the T2 grants, including the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP), the Transportation Safety Center and the Florida Pedestrian and Bike Safety […]

Did you ever want to build a robot while you were in school? For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology (FIRST) is a non-profit public charity that operates the FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). The FRC is an international high school robotics competition where each year, teams of high school students and mentors work during […]