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Photo of Nithin Agarwal Nithin Agarwal Director, UFTI, T2 Center
(352) 273-1674

Research Areas:

  • Multimodal transportation safety
  • Traffic Crash Data Modeling and Safety Analyses
  • Local road safety plans
  • Traffic operations, design and simulation
  • Advanced traffic signal timing
  • Connected and Automated Vehicles
  • Human factors
  • Tech transfer

Biography:
Dr.…

Photo of Bob Aghdashi Bob Aghdashi Director, McTrans Center
(352) 294-3095
Photo of Ehsan Amini Ehsan Amini Software Engineer, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Ines Aviles-Spadoni Ines Aviles-Spadoni Research Coordinator lll, UFTI/STRIDE
(352) 294-7803
Photo of Christrian Breau Christrian Breau Software Developer, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Charles Brown Charles Brown Research Communications Editor and Writer, UFTI, T2 Center
(352) 273-1677
Photo of Campana Chandell Campana Chandell Training Program Coordinator, T2 Center
(352) 273-1693
Photo of Jonathan Czerenda Jonathan Czerenda Accounting Specialist, McTrans Center
(352) 294-3096
Photo of Gustavo De Andrade Gustavo De Andrade Product Design Team Lead, HCM SME, McTrans Center
(352) 294- 3093
Photo of Shen Dong Shen Dong HCS Team Lead, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Dr. Javier D. Donna Dr. Javier D. Donna Assistant Professor of Economics
Photo of Lili Du Lili Du Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
(352) 294-7805

Research Areas:

  • Connected and autonomous vehicle systems
  • Big Data Analytics for Transportation Systems
  • Interdependent Infrastructure network modeling
  • Transportation system analysis and network modeling
  • Multi-Modal Transportation System Sustainability
  • Traffic signal control and system operation
  • Dynamic and green vehicle routing

Biography:
Lili Du is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering.…

Photo of Lily Elefteriadou Lily Elefteriadou Director, UFTI & Barbara Goldsby Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
(352) 294-7802

Research Areas:

  • Traffic Flow Theory
  • Highway Capacity Analysis
  • Traffic Simulation
  • Signal Control
  • Travel Time Reliability

Biography:
Dr. Elefteriadou is the Director of the UF Transportation Institute (UFTI) and the Barbara Goldsby Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Florida.…

Photo of Valeria Garcia Velasquez Valeria Garcia Velasquez Student Assistant
352-273-1689
Photo of Melissa Ginoza Melissa Ginoza Visual Designer, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Jeremy Gluck Jeremy Gluck Software Developer, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Jennifer Gomez Jennifer Gomez Administrative Assistant, UFTI
(352) 294-7762
Photo of T. Griffith Jones Ph.D. T. Griffith Jones, Ph.D. Emeritus Clinical Associate Professor
352.665.5819
Photo of Kimberly Krueger Kimberly Krueger Human Resources Specialist, UFTI & McTrans
(352) 294-7776
Photo of Clark Letter Clark Letter
Photo of Pruthvi Manjunatha Pruthvi Manjunatha I-STREET “Living lab” Manager and Research Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
Photo of Jasper Masciocchi Jasper Masciocchi Education and Training Specialist, T2 Center
(352) 273-1685
Photo of Sonja Mincey Sonja Mincey Webinars and Training Coordinator, McTrans Center
(352) 294-3097
Photo of Tania Mishra Tania Mishra Post-Doctoral Associate, Department of Computer Information Science and Engineering
Photo of Mehri Mohebbi Mehri Mohebbi Transportation Equity Program Director
(352) 294-7823
Photo of David Nazef David Nazef Application Developer Analyst, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Laurie Petit-Lewis Laurie Petit-Lewis Student Office Assistant
(352) 273-1693
Photo of Isabela Picoli Isabela Picoli Administrative Support Assistant I, T2 Center
Photo of Maria A. Ramon Maria A. Ramon Student Assistant
Photo of Dr. Sara Rampazzi Dr. Sara Rampazzi Assistant Professor, Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE)

Sara Rampazzi is an assistant professor at the Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) at the University of Florida. Her research areas focus on cyber-physical systems security, embedded systems design, modeling, and simulation with applications in Healthcare, Autonomous Systems, and the Internet of Things. Dr. Rampazzi investigates security and privacy risks and designs defense strategies for trustworthy and resilient cyber-physical systems despite emerging attacks.…

Photo of Karla Rodrigues-Silva Karla Rodrigues-Silva Post-Doctoral Associate, UFTI
(352) 642-4359
Photo of Shraddha Sagar Shraddha Sagar Assistant Engineer, T2 Center
(352) 273-1747
Photo of Sean Samford Sean Samford IT Specialist and PC Support, T2 Center
(352) 273-1658
Photo of Fabio Sasahara Fabio Sasahara Outreach and Training Team Lead, HCM Subject Matter Expert, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Paul Simpson Paul Simpson Training Specialist, T2 Center
(353) 273-1694
Photo of Siva Srinivasan Siva Srinivasan Associate Director, UFTI; Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
(352) 294-7807

Research Areas:

  • Transportation Planning and Policy Evaluation
  • Activity-Based Approaches for Travel-Demand Modeling and Forecasting
  • Travel Impacts of New Information and Communication Technologies
  • GPS and GIS Applications for Travel-Data Collection and Analysis
  • Application of Advanced Econometric Methods for Transportation Problems

Biography:
Dr.…

Photo of Randy Switt Randy Switt Information Technology Specialist, McTrans Center
(352) 392-3533
Photo of Samantha Taningco Samantha Taningco Software QA/QC Analyst, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Samantha Taningco Samantha Taningco Software QA/QC Team Lead
800-226-1013
Photo of Scott Tison Scott Tison Lead Instructor, T2 Center
(352) 273-1661
Photo of Wanda Tison Wanda Tison Program Coordinator, T2 Center
(352) 234-5607
Photo of Patricia Turner Patricia Turner Education and Training Specialist, T2 Center
(352) 273-1671
Photo of Andrea Ulloa Andrea Ulloa Sales Specialist, McTrans Center
(352) 294-3099
Photo of Juliette Marie Vento-Camacho Juliette Marie Vento-Camacho Program Assistant
352-273-1669
Photo of Scott S. Washburn Scott S. Washburn Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
(352) 294-7806

Research Areas:

  • Traffic Operations
  • Traffic Flow Theory
  • Quality and Level of Service
  • Development and testing of simulation models
  • Statistical and Econometric Methods

Biography:
Scott Washburn is a Professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida, where he has served on the faculty since August of 1999.…

Photo of Scott Washburn Scott Washburn Professor Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
352 294-7806
Photo of Guoqian Yan Guoqian Yan Software Developer/Application Developer Analyst II
352-294-3099
Photo of Xiang ‘Jacob’ Yan Xiang ‘Jacob’ Yan Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Photo of Xilei Zhao Xilei Zhao Assistant Professor Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering