UFTI students, Deja Jackson and Fabio Sasahara, attended the Florida Department of Transportation’s TRANSPLEX conference in Ponte Verda, FL, from August 8-10, 2017. Jackson and Sasahara were two out of 10 posters selected for presentations. All but one of the… Read More
Month: August 2017
UFTI’s T2 Center Receives Three ASAP Awards from the FHWA
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded UFTI’s Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center three Accelerating Safety Activities Program (ASAP) awards. The three awards represent more than half of all available funding for fiscal year 2017. ASAP awards fund research, development,… Read More
HCS 7 Freeways Reliability
With Release 7.3, the Freeways module now models travel time reliability for Travel Time Index and Reliability Rating by analyzing hundreds of scenarios for the variance of demand, weather, incidents, work zones, and special events over time. Freeway facility reliability… Read More
UFTI Affiliate Conducts Research on Corrosion in Post-Tensioned Cables
In a series of projects funded by the Florida Department of Transportation, University of Florida researchers explored the use of indirect impedance as a method of corrosion detection on post-tensioned cables. UFTI affiliate, Mark Orazem, Ph.D., was the principal investigator… Read More
The UFTI Welcomes Dr. Lili Du to the University of Florida
The UF Transportation Institute welcomes our newest faculty member, Lili Du. Dr. Du is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. Before joining UF, she worked as an assistant and then an associate professor at Illinois… Read More
UFTI Set to Launch Advanced Technology Testbed I-STREET
The University of Florida, in partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation and the City of Gainesville, is preparing to launch the advanced transportation technologies testbed I-STREET (Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluation of Emerging Technologies). I-STREET will encompass… Read More
5th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region
The UFTI’s STRIDE Center will be hosting this year’s University Transportation Centers (UTC) Conference for the Southeastern Region, November 16-17, 2017, at the UF campus. The conference is FREE and open to faculty, students, practitioners and public agencies in the Southeast. Students… Read More
Meet Marian Ankomah, Ph.D. Student
Doctoral student, Marian Ankomah, discusses her specialization in transportation planning while working on her Ph.D. in civil and coastal engineering.
UFTI Director Elected President of the Council of University Transportation Centers
During the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Summer Meeting in Buffalo, NY, Dr. Lily Elefteriadou was elected president of the organization. Dr. Elefteriadou will serve as President for one year, until June 2018. CUTC was established in 1979 by… Read More