Month: February 2017

The Women in Transportation Central Florida chapter invites all aspiring women studying transportation-related fields to apply to one of three scholarships: the Frankee Hellinger Leadership Undergraduate Scholarship, the Frankee Hellinger Undergraduate Scholarship, or the Frankee Hellinger Graduate Scholarship. The scholarships are worth $1,000, $1,500, and $2,500, respectively. Women in Transportation (WTS) is an international organization […]

On January 25, 2017, the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) hosted a networking opportunity in the Evans Champions Club inside the Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The “ESSIE Evening with Industry” event reoccurs each semester and allows students to interact with employers from the civil and environmental engineering fields. “At the ESSIE Evening […]

Sinead Crotty is one of the many interdisciplinary students affiliated with the UFTI, currently pursuing a doctoral degree in environmental engineering. Her project involves looking at the spatial patterning of bivalves in salt marshes. Bivalve communities have a critical role in maintaining the stability and vertical accretion of coastal wetlands. This is especially relevant in […]

The Streets module now analyzes Diverging Diamond Interchanges (DDI) as one of the most popular additions to the HCM6 procedures.  Adjustments to saturation flow for the crossover movement and the DDI-specific lane utilization models have been implemented.  Additional lost time to account for the off-ramp geometry are included in the adjustments for effective green time.  […]

Last month, the UF Gatorloop team concluded their run in the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Phase 2 competition. As one of 29 teams selected from hundreds to participate in the second phase, the UF students took on an exciting opportunity that challenged them as engineers and as a team to develop a functional vehicle. While the UF […]

Dr. Scott Washburn served as the principal investigator for a recently completed Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) grant-funded project, which tested three different in-pavement systems to detect the presence of vehicles in commercial truck parking spaces at interstate rest stops. “As the demand for the movement of freight by truck traffic continues to increase, and […]

Laura Kelley has more than 30 years of experience in executive transportation management, helping shape national, state and local policy. In 2014, she was named the Central Florida Expressway Authority’s (CFX) first executive director.  Managing the daily operations of the agency’s 109-mile expressway system, she leads a team of more than 65 people and is […]

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), along with a research team at the University of Florida led by Dr. Siva Srinivasan, have created a decision support system that will help managers decide if a roadway “warrants” the addition of a Safety Service Patrol (SSP). Traditionally, FDOT has provided safety patrols that assist with clearing road […]