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Research Areas:
- GIS and Analysis
- Information Technology for Planning
- International Planning
- Landscape Planning Using GI
Ananth Prasad, P.E., is a senior vice president with HNTB, an employee-owned infrastructure solutions firm, where he leads the firm’s national transportation practice by developing and directing strategies that enhance the firm’s service to state departments of transportation across the country.
With more than 26 years of experience in the transportation industry, including 22 years with Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) where he most recently held the governor appointed position of Secretary of FDOT.…
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.…
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:
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Research Areas:
- Transportation policy and Planning
- Coordination of land use and transport
- Sustainable transport
- Walking and bicycling
Matthew D. Ubben, a public affairs professional with more than 30 years’ experience working for state government, associations and corporations, began service as Executive Director of the Florida Transportation Commission in August, 2016.
Ubben’s state government service in Florida includes stints as the Director of Legislative & Cabinet Affairs at the Florida Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the agency’s chief spokesman, Executive Director of the Florida Commission on Veterans’ Affairs; Public Affairs Director of the Florida Transportation Commission; Director of External Affairs at the Department of Management Services’ Division of State Group Insurance; and Deputy Communications Director at the Florida Department of Education.…
Research Areas:
- Electrification of Transportation
- Power Electronics
- Renewable Energy Integration
Research Areas:
- Urban Resilience
- Urban Analytics
- Geo-Visualization
- Intelligent Disaster Response System
- Crisis Informatics
- Infrastructure Planning
The UFTI welcomes David Wantman, CEO of the Wantman Group, Inc. (WGI) to the External Advisory Board. Wantman started in the business at age 13 and went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering at the University of Florida. After spending 10 years with a national firm, he returned to WGI in 1999 tempered by a wide variety of experiences.…
Research Areas:
- Hydrology
- Nearshore hydrodynamics
- Living shoreline/Engineering with nature
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.…
