Congratulations to Dr. Cody Ko for accepting a position as District Traffic Safety Program Engineer at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 2 Traffic Operations Office. Dr. Ko graduated in 2007 from the transportation engineering program back when the… Read More
Month: February 2019
Highway Capacity Analysis Webinars Including TransModeler SE
The next Highway Capacity Analysis Webinar Series presented by McTrans is scheduled for April 8-12 with a bonus session to cover simulation using TransModeler SE, now integrated with the HCS7 Streets module. This session will provide training on converting Streets… Read More
UFTI Students Attend ITE Student Leadership Summit in Tampa
Ten UF students attended the 2nd Florida ITE Student Leadership Summit (SLS), hosted by University of South Florida in Tampa. The summit aims to guide future transportation professionals and provide them with valuable career advice. During this three-day event, students… Read More
Aschkan Omidvar Wins First Place Scholarship from ITS Florida
Congratulations to Aschkan Omidvar for winning the first place ITS Florida Anne Brewer Academic Scholarship! Omidvar is a Ph.D. student at the UFTI working with Dr. Lily Elefteriadou on projects related to autonomous vehicles. The scholarship is awarded to students… Read More
UFTI’s STRIDE Center Engages in STEM Activities with K-12 Students in Alachua County
Elementary school students at Alachua County Public Schools have been learning about transportation through lively discussions and hands-on STEM activities led by Ondine Wells, the STRIDE Center’s K-12/Technology Transfer coordinator at the UFTI. At each of the school visits, Wells… Read More
McTrans to work with SwRI on FDOT District 5 Project regarding R-ICMS using HCS7
The UFTI’s McTrans Center will be working with the Southwest Research Institute’s (SwRI) Critical Systems Department (CSD) as subject matter expert consultants for HCS7 (a product of McTrans) under the Central Florida Regional Integrated Corridor Management System (R-ICMS) project. McTrans… Read More
UFTI Evaluates Advanced Vehicle and Communication Technologies through Traffic Micro Simulation
A project funded by the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center, which is the U.S. Department of Transportation’s grant-funded, Regional (Southeastern) University Transportation Center (UTC) housed at the UFTI, is being led by Research Assistant Professor Dr. Clark… Read More
UFTI Testing Driver Alerts in Active School Zones
The University of Florida has partnered with Temple, Inc., and Applied Information, Inc., to test and evaluate the use of GPS and cell phone technology that can send an alert or warning message on the driver’s cell phone if the… Read More
Aimsun Next Training Session
UPDATE (2/28/19): Registration is now full, all new RSVPs will be automatically waitlisted. Aimsun Next is a transportation modeling software package that supports travel demand modeling, dynamic traffic assignment and simulation at various levels of aggregation (mesoscopic, microscopic and hybrid).… Read More
TransModeler Training
UPDATE (2/28/19): Registration is now full, all new RSVPs will be automatically waitlisted. TransModeler is a powerful and versatile traffic simulation package applicable to a wide array of planning and modeling tasks. The two day training session by Caliper Corporation… Read More