Month: April 2018

Recently the ITE and WTS student chapters were given a technical tour in Jacksonville, Florida. The first stop was the Jacksonville Transportation Authority (JTA) facilities. First, they learned about the history of JTA. Employees shared their work experiences with many having worked there for over 10 years. Then they met two bus driving trainers who […]

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The Florida Gator Student Chapter of the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) participated in an “Alachua Women Build” event on March 10, 2018. Participation in this event was part of the WTS student chapter’s service to the community. The student chapter felt empowered by learning home-building skills while helping to build a home for a hard working […]

Gustavo de Andrade is a third year Ph.D. student under the UFTI. Andrade is currently working with Dr. Elefteriadou on the topic of Relationships between Road Safety and Operations

Welcome Alyssa and Don! Alyssa Mercadante graduated in December 2017 with a degree in Management. While in school she had opportunities to work for the UF Health Dermatology practice at Springhill and managed a local store, Arabesque, in Gainesville, FL. Mercadante joins the T2 Center team as the Network Assistant. “I’m excited to be a […]

The UFTI would like to officially welcome Elaine Khoo in her new role as the Marketing and Communications Specialist. Khoo will be helping to drive the UFTI’s marketing and communication efforts, which include finding creative solutions to promote the various research, education, and technology transfer products associated with the Institute. Khoo is not new to […]

Congratulations to Deja Jackson for being invited to the 26th Annual Eno Future Leaders Development Conference in Washington, D.C.! This is the first time Jackson, who is pursuing an Ph.D. in Civil and Coastal Engineering, has been accepted to attend the conference – each year, 20 different individuals are accepted as Eno Fellows and invited […]

Dr. Elise Miller-Hooks presented a seminar on “Multi-Hazard Resilience Quantification in Transportation Systems and the Societal Functions They Support.” Dr. Miller-Hooks is a professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA, and holds the Bill & Eleanor Hazel Chair in Infrastructure Engineering. This seminar took place on Thursday, April 12, […]

The objective of this project was to use specially designed software to optimize the mix of recycled asphalt pavement, RAP, as a replacement for up to 40% of the aggregate in concrete mixes. UF Term Professor Mang Tia served as the principal investigator of this project. The resurfacing of asphalt roadways involves the removal, or […]

In this project, University of Florida researchers evaluated the effects of adding recycled asphalt shingles (RAS) and recycled asphalt pavement (RAP) to virgin asphalt binder, in an effort to accurately determine key properties of the resulting mixtures. The challenge is that it is difficult to accurately characterize the properties and behavior of RAS so that […]

Roadside plantings beautify Florida’s highways and make traveling more pleasant, but they also perform a vital engineering function by helping to preserve the integrity of the roadway and to prevent erosion. Wildflowers have been used in roadside plantings since highway beautification efforts began in the early 1960s. Professor Jason Ferrell from the Department of Agronomy […]