Month: April 2019

Gator ITE, the UF Student Chapter of ITE, held elections for new officers for the 2019-20 academic year. Congratulations to the new Gator ITE executive board members! Fabio Sasahara, 2018-19 GatorITE president had this to say on concluding his term: “Serving as President of GatorITE has been an invaluable experience over the last year. As […]

Visitors from the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida met with UFTI researchers to learn about I-STREET, one of the most visible real-world smart testbed initiatives at the Institute, a partnership in collaboration with the City of Gainesville and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). This gathering forms part […]

Previous research (Project # BDV26-977-02) completed in 2016 by the University of Florida Transportation Institute and FDOT created a decision support system (DSS) for managers who must decide if a roadway “warrants” the addition of a Safety Service Patrol (SSP). A computer tool was developed to facilitate the input of critical information about roadway segments […]

On April 2, 2019, 14 middle school students participating in the UF Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Spring Break Camp learned about transportation engineering and designed a “Complete Street” using StreetMix.net, an online design tool. The session and activities were led by the STRIDE Center’s Ondine Wells, K-12/Technology Transfer coordinator. Students also learned about […]

Previous work by the University of Florida and FDOT, with funding by NSF (Award # 1446813), focused on the development of algorithms, software, and hardware solutions to enhance traffic signal control operations simultaneously with CAV trajectories. These tests focused on the integration of this technology considering CAVs and conventional vehicles. The algorithm is capable of […]

The WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter at the University of Florida hosted their annual Symposium on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at the Arredondo Cafe, Reitz Union (UF Campus). The focus of this year’s symposium was “Big Data in Transportation” with topics such as cyber security, Mobility as a Service (MaaS), performance optimization of intersections performance, […]

Dr. Zoleikha Biron recently joined the University of Florida Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an assistant professor. Dr. Biron’s research focuses on cyber physical systems with applications in intelligent transportation systems, connected and autonomous vehicles, power systems and the integration of electric vehicles with smart power systems. She is also interested in utilizing […]

Milton Carrasco, CEO and president of Transoft Solutions, Inc., awarded Hope Sotolongo-Miranda and Savanna Stockton, both UF civil engineering students, with the Transoft Solutions Scholarship Award at the WTS Symposium on March 28, 2019. The Transoft scholarship is for junior or senior civil engineering undergraduate students specializing in transportation. Preference is given to student(s) involved […]

Dr. Lili Du, UFTI associate professor, is working on a project funded by the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education Center that aims to understand how emerging travel modes such as shared mobility services, including car-sharing and bike-sharing, will reshape the way people travel. Dr. Du and her team also want to find out how these […]

Denise R. Simmons, Ph.D., PE, LEED-AP, is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering in the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering at the University of Florida. Dr. Simmons oversees the Simmons Research Lab (SRL), which is home to a dynamic, interdisciplinary mix of graduate researchers and postdoctoral researchers who work together […]