Month: June 2020

An invitation to take part in a transit research project during his undergraduate years in civil engineering at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez motivated Dr. Miguel Lugo to pursue transportation engineering. The project paired students from various disciplines to work on topics related to urban systems, sustainability, and human factors.  “I was exposed […]

UF alumnus Dr. Panos Michalopoulos has more than 50 years of consulting, research, teaching, professional, and business experience in traffic engineering, management operations and control; additionally, he started a public company. He has been a professor of Transportation and Traffic Engineering since 1976 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Minnesota from 1977 to […]

Congratulations to the new Gator ITE Board Members: President – Luan G. S. Carvalho “My goal as this term’s president is to ensure opportunities for our students to develop their knowledge, skills, and professional networking within the Transportation Engineering field in spite of the challenges posed by the current pandemic. Staying united is paramount in […]

We used to think change came slowly. Now we know change can come in the blink of an eye and with little notice. As we all adjust to our new reality, we are going to have to discover new ways of completing familiar tasks.  Recently Jasper Masciocchi, UFTI-T2 Education and Training Specialist, reached out to […]

Dr. Kyle Riding is an associate professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida where he is active in concrete durability research. He has been with the university since 2016 and is involved in the Materials and Infrastructure Research Initiative within the UFTI. This month we took the opportunity […]

Dr. Sherrilene Classen and Dr. Justin Mason from the Department of Occupational Therapy and the Institute for Mobility, Activity and Participation recently had two papers accepted for publication related to their STRIDE Project, UF & UAB’s Phase I Demonstration Study: Older Driver Experiences with Autonomous Vehicle Technology. The first publication details how they developed survey […]

Kevin J. Thibault was named Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) by Governor Ron DeSantis on January 18, 2019. Since that time, Secretary Thibault has focused the agency on implementing several initiatives centered on improving safety, enhancing mobility and inspiring innovation.  He has also ensured that the agency remains an active partner with […]