Month: March 2024

Revolutionizing U.S. Infrastructure: The Digital Future of Bridges and Structures

By Aaron Costin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management, University of Florida and Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., UFTI The launch of Phase II in an innovative multimillion-dollar initiative marks a significant milestone in the revolutionized way bridges… Read More

Using Flexible Financing for Improving Toll Road Projects

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., Research Coordinator/Marketing & Communications, UFTI Millions of people travel on highways and toll roads daily without ever considering the planning, decision-making, and financial decisions that went on in the background before that road was built. To… Read More

How a Novel Routing Technology Could Help Reduce Traffic Jams

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., Research Coordinator/Marketing & Communications, UFTI Traffic jams, a pervasive issue in the United States, cost consumers time and money. INRIX, the transportation analytics research firm, has estimated that urban commuters in 2022 spent a staggering 51… Read More

A Lab on the University of Florida Campus Offers a Space for Autonomous Vehicle Research

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., UFTI Dr. Yu Wang of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of Florida is building an autonomous vehicle (AV) facility that allows researchers to conduct interdisciplinary experiments. The Smart Autonomy Lab’s primary… Read More