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Photo of Walaa Abdelazzim Walaa Abdelazzim Training Coordinator
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 & Communications Coordinator III, UFTI/STRIDE
(352) 294-7803
Photo of Rhonda Bacelo Rhonda Bacelo McTrans Sales
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 Jonathan Czerenda Jonathan Czerenda Accounting Specialist, McTrans Center
(352) 294-3096
Photo of Aubrey Dolbeck Aubrey Dolbeck Research Coordinator II
Photo of Shen Dong Shen Dong HCS Team Lead, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Lily Elefteriadou Lily Elefteriadou Distinguished 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 Renan Favero Renan Favero Engineering Analyst
Photo of Brad Franko Brad Franko Research Coordinator I
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 Samuel Kerbo Samuel Kerbo Software QA/QC Analyst
Photo of Jasper Masciocchi Jasper Masciocchi Education and Training Specialist, T2 Center
(352) 273-1685
Photo of Ryan Meyer Ryan Meyer EDUCATION/TRAINING SPECIALIST II
Photo of Sonja Mincey Sonja Mincey Webinars and Training Coordinator, McTrans Center
(352) 294-3097
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 Isabela Picoli Isabela Picoli Administrative Support Assistant I, T2 Center
Photo of Kyle Riding Kyle Riding Professor, Civil and Coastal Engineering Department Head, and UFTI Interim Director
(352) 294-1628
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 Hugh Snyder Hugh Snyder Sales Specialist
Photo of Siva Srinivasan Siva Srinivasan Professor & Associate Director, UFTI, 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 Samantha Taningco Samantha Taningco Software QA/QC Analyst, McTrans Center
(352) 392-0378
Photo of Manimala Torres Manimala Torres OPS Order Fulfillment and Inventory Management Specialist
Photo of Patricia Turner Patricia Turner Education and Training Specialist, T2 Center
(352) 273-1671
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, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
Photo of Xilei Zhao Xilei Zhao Associate Professor, Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering
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Xilei Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida. Dr. Zhao received her B.E. in Civil Engineering from Southeast University, China, in 2013, her MSEs in Civil Engineering and Applied Mathematics and Statistics from Johns Hopkins University (JHU) in 2016 and 2017, respectively, and her Ph.D.…

Photo of Gustavo Zschaber Gustavo Zschaber Ph.D. Student (Transportation Student Body Representative to ISC)