2019 NEWSLETTERS

December 2019

1. Happy Holidays and Joyous New Year
2. UFTI News
   • GatorITE Wins Best Student Chapter – Second Year in a Row
   • Ph.D. Student Aschkan Omidvar Wins Bill McGrath Scholarship Award
   • Dr. Nithin Agarwal Presents at the Florida Puerto Rico ITE District Meeting
   • Congratulations to our students graduating this semester!
   • Ala Alobeidyeen and Fabio Sasahara were honored at the UF International Center Awards Ceremony Nov. 19

November 2019

1. You are invited to attend a reception held in conjunction with the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington D.C.
2. UFTI News
   • Expand your skills, knowledge, and qualifications with the Transportation Operations and Planning (TOP) Certificate
   • New Online Course on Transit Planning, Design, and Operations is being offered Spring 2020
   • STRIDE Webinar Wednesday, Dec. 4 “Do Southeastern Millennials Uber?”
   • TRB Webinar Thursday, Dec. 5 “Innovative Alternative Intersection and Corridor Studies using the HCM9
   • The deadline to submit abstracts or workshop proposals to the UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region has been extended
3. UFTI Training
   • STRIDE Webinar Wednesday, Nov. 13 “Freeway Facility Reliability: Improved Modeling of Incident Impacts
   • Help us by taking the Florida Transportation Plan Survey
   • Upcoming Training from the UFTI T2 Center
   • Seminar Thursday, Nov. 14 “Freight Demand Modeling: Overview of Two Decades of Research”
4. UFTI News
   • Student Spotlight: Ala Alobeidyeen
   • Submit abstracts and workshop proposals for the 8th Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region
   • UFTI at the Institute for Operations Research and Management Sciences (INFORMS) Annual Meeting
   • I-STREET: Researching Ways to Make School Zones Safer
   • UFTI is looking for a new McTrans Director

October 2019

1. UFTI News
   • Student Spotlight: Fabio Sasahara
   • Dr. Elefteriadou Shares the Potential of I-STREET at a Workshop Hosted by Info Tech
   • New UFTI Marketing and Communications Specialist: Caraline Duke
   • Do you know about the WTS Student Chapter at UF?
2. UFTI News
   • Upcoming Stride Webinars
   • Call for abstracts and workshop proposals for the University Transportation Center Conference, March 26 – 27 in Boca Raton, FL
   • Informational Webinar for Prospective Students is now online
   • Upcoming McTrans Training Courses
   • Upcoming Training from T2
3. UFTI News
   • What happens when you can’t drive, but you still want to get around?
   • The Human Side of Data Research
   • UFTI Invites Applications for McTrans Director
4. UFTI News
   • UFTI Welcomes New Affiliate Faculty Dr. Abolfazl Safikhani
   • UFTI Welcomes New Affiliate Faculty Dr. Yujie Hu
   • UFTI’s STRIDE Center and Gator ITE Participated in 10th Annual Fun 4 Gator Kids Touch-A-Truck Event

September 2019

1. UFTI News
   • UFTI Affiliates Conduct Investigation on Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement in Roads
   • UFTI Affiliate Dr. Ruth Steiner Presents Seminars in Indonesia
   • Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Presented her Research at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil
2. UFTI News
   • UFTI Welcomes New Faculty Member, Dr. Xilei Zhao
   • Dr. Rui Guo Joins UF as Lecturer in Transportation Engineering
   • Dr. Pruthvi Manujunatha Appointed as I-STREET Manager
   • Congratulations to Our Graduates!
   • UFTI SURF Student Zachary Jerome
   • UFTI Student Marilo Martin-Gasulla Wins Scholarship from WTS Central Chapter

August 2019

1. UFTI News
   • UFTI Welcomes Amanda Day to the External Advisory Board
   • McTrans Participates and Exhibits at ITE Annual Meeting
   • UFTI Board Member Marsha Anderson Bomar Named 2019 Winner of the ITE Theodore M. Matson Memorial Award
   • UF Alumni: Muhammad Ali
2. UFTI News
   • UFTI and STRIDE Participated in the 2019 Automated Vehicles Symposium
   • ARTBA Student Video Contest Open – Entries Due October 20th
   • UFTI Faculty Present at a Brookings Conference on “Autonomous Cars: Science, Technology, and Policy”

July 2019

1. UFTI News
   • Measuring the Impact of Monster Jam on Venue Flooring
   • Requirements for Use of Feild-Cast, Proprietary Ultra-High-Performance Concrete in Florida
   • Effect of Proximity of Sheet Pile Walls on the Apparent Capacity of Driven Displacement Piles, Phase 2
2. UFTI News
   • UFTI to Exhibit and Host UTC Poster Session at AVS Conference
   • Dr. Elefteriadou to Speak on Traffic Signal Control and Connected Automation at AVS 2019
   • UFTI Student to Present on Optimizing Freeway Merge Operation Under Conventional and Automated Vehicle Traffic
   • Dr. Pruthvi Manjunatha to Present on the Gainesville Autonomous Shuttle
   • UFTI Faculty Presentations at AVS 2019 Breakout Session on Enabling AV Transportation Networks: From Individual Vehicle Motion Control to the Networked Fleet Management

June 2019

1. UFTI News
   • Upcoming STRIDE Webinar: Comparing Transit Agency Peer Groups Using Cluster Analysis Webinar
   • Alumni Highlight: Abi Komma
   • McTrans Highway Capacity Analysis Webinars
2. UFTI News
   • Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Autonomous Vehicles Bill
   • STRIDE Hosts Teacher Workshop on Exploring Transportation & STEM
   • UF ASCE Student Chapter Wins Concrete Canoe Championship
3. UFTI News
   • Gator ITE Wins District Traffic Bowl Championship
   • McTrans Director Bill Sampson Teaches Traffic Engineering to Kids
   • UFTI SURF Student Zachary Jerome
   • UFTI to Exhibit and Host Poster Session at AVS Conference

May 2019

1. UFTI News
   • UFTI Staff Attends PedBike Coalition
   • Catching Up with Our Alumni
   • Congratulations to the New WTS Gator Student Chapter Executive Board!
   • UFTI Invites Applications for McTrans Director
2. UFTI Research News
   • UFTI and City of Gainesville Collaborate on Newly-Funded NSF Smart Cities Project
   • Occupational Therapy Researchers Determine Impact of In-Vehicle Information Systems or Advanced Driving Assistance Systems on Older Drivers
   • New Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure Short Form May Reduce Administration Time and Provide Acceptable Psychometric Properties
   • I-STREET Webinar Series: Implementing Advanced Transportation Technologies Through a Multi-Modal Real-World Testbed
3. UFTI Student News
   • Congratulations to Our Spring 2019 Graduates!
   • Fabio Sasahara Selected as Runner Up for the Jack E. Leisch Memorial Graduate Fellowship
   • Alumni Feature: Dr. Roosbeh Nowrouzian
4. UFTI News
   • New I-STREET Webinar Series
   • Upcoming STRIDE Webinar: Comparing Transit Agency Peer Groups Using Cluster Analysis Webinar
   • Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Serves as the 2019 UTC Spotlight Conference Chair in Washington, D.C.
   • T2 Courses

April 2019

1. UFTI News
   • Congratulations to the 2019 Transoft Scholarship Winners
   • WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter Hosts 9th Annual WTS Symposium
   • UFTI Spotlight: Dr. Zoleikha Biron
   • Girl Scouts Learn about Transportation Engineering
   • UFTI Invites Applications for McTrans Director
2. UFTI News
   • Discovering a Potential Market for the Integration of Public Transportation and Emerging Shared-Mobility Services
   • UFTI Affiliate Spotlight: Dr. Denise Simmons
   • UFTI Implements Collision Avoidance System in 10 RTS Buses
   • UFTI Invites Applications for McTrans Director
3. UFTI News
   • UFTI Receives Funding from FDOT to Incorporate Pedestrians into Signal Control Optimization Algorithms for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs)
   • UFTI Staff Presents to K-12 Students as Part of UF WiSE Spring Break Camp
   • Congratulations to our Students on Continuous Excellence
   • UFTI Attends Gator Day at the Capitol
   • UFTI Invites Applications for McTrans Director
4. UFTI Research News
   • UFTI Research Results in New Road Safety Patrols
   • I-STREET and Technology Transfer Activities
   • Congratulations to the New GatorITE Executive Board!
   • UFTI Hosts Dr. Pitu Mirchandani
   • UFTI Invites Applications for McTrans Director

March 2019

1. UFTI News
   • UFTI Student Pedro Maldonado Selected to Participate in the 27th Eno Future Leaders Development Conference
   • Deja Jackson Receives Award from the Association for Academic Women
   • UFTI T2 Center Staff to Promote Bicycle Helmet Safety
   • UFTI Invites Applications for McTrans Director
2. UFTI Research News
   • UFTI Collaborates with JTA on Future of Transit Project
   • Quantifying the Benefits of Under Tie and Ballast Mats on Train Tracks
   • Dr. Yinhai Wang Hosted at UFTI as Distinguished Lecturer
   • UFTI Invites Applications for McTrans Director
   • New UFTI T2 Center Education/Training Specialist Patricia Turner
   • 9th Annual WTS Symposium
3. UFTI News
   • Bicycle Rodeo Event
   • Girls Engaged in Engineering
   • McTrans Highway Capacity Analysis Webinars
   • 9th Annual WTS Symposium
   • UFTI Invites Applications for McTrans Director

February 2019

1. UFTI Research News
   • UFTI Testing Driver Alerts in Active School Zones
   • UFTI Evaluates Advanced Vehicle and Communication Technologies through Traffic Micro Simulation
   • McTrans to Work with SwRI on FDOT District 5 Project Regarding R-ICMS using HCS7
   • Save the Date!
2. UFTI Education News
   • Aschkan Omidvar Wins First Place Scholarship from ITS Florida
   • UFTI Students Attend ITE Student Leadership Summit in Tampa
   • UFTI’s STRIDE Center Engages in STEM Activities with K-12 Students in Alachua County
   • Save the Date!
3. UFTI News
   • Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Participates in Colloquium Focused on Community Mobility & Participation
   • UFTI Affiliates Publish in Occupational Therapy Special Issue Journal on Older Drivers and In-Vehicle Smart Technology
   • UFTI to Host Dr. Yinhai Wang for Distinguished Lecture
   • Highway Capacity Analysis Webinars Now Include TransModeler SE
   • Dr. Lily Elefteriadou was Awarded the ASCE 2019 Harland Bartholomew Award!
4. UFTI News
   • Dr. Lily Elefteriadou to Moderate Session on Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
   • Dr. Scott Washburn to Present TRB Webinar on New HCM Two-Lane Highway
   • UFTI Alumnus Hired as District Traffic Safety Engineer at FDOT
   • Gainesville to Deploy Zero-Emission Electric Buses
   • UFTI Student Feature: Shirin Noei
   • UFTI to Host Dr. Yinhai Wang for Distinguished Lecture
   • UFTI Invites Applications for McTrans Director

January 2019

1. UFTI News
   • UFTI Students and Faculty to Participate in TRB Annual Meeting in Washington D.C.
   • UFTI Reception at the Annual TRB Meeting in Washington D.C.
   • Open Positions at UFTI
   • UFTI Annual Report Released
2. UFTI News
   • UFTI Participates in 98th TRB Annual Meeting
   • UFTI Welcomes Malisa McCreedy to the External Advisory Board
   • Dr. Lily Elefteriadou to Present at 2019 Sandra Edwards Colloquium
   • Congratulations to Deja Jackson, UFTI Ph.D. Student, on Passing the Road Safety Professional Certification Exam
   • Dr. Lily Elefteriadou Recognized for Service as CUTC Past President
3. UFTI News
   • UFTI Creates Transportation Human Factors and Systems Group
   • UFTI Signs MOU with SwRI to Improve Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety
   • UFTI and I-STREET Featured in HNTB’s THINK Magazine
   • Dr. Lily Elefteriadou to Moderate Panel Discussion on “Hands off the Wheel: Ethical and Technical Challenges of a Driverless Future”
   • UFTI Invites Applications for McTrans Director
   • Apply to be an Instructor