Dr. Kyle Riding is an associate professor in the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering at the University of Florida where he is active in concrete durability research. He has been with the university since 2016 and is involved in… Read More
Changes in Education The University of Florida moved all course to online instruction March 16, 2020 in an effort to allow students and faculty to safe-guard their health and practice social distancing to prevent the spread of COVID-19. To maintain… Read More
Dr. Nithin Agarwal, Director of the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) Technology Transfer (T2) Center and graduate faculty in the UF Herbert Wertheim Civil and Coastal Engineering Department met with students in the Gator Engineering at Santa Fe program… Read More
The UFTI hosted an informational session for prospective graduate students, view the video here:
Abstract: Universities, colleges, and other learning institutions regularly conduct research on behalf of state departments of transportation (DOTs). Much of the research involves data collection and testing work by student researchers on roadways and other types of field sites. The… Read More
Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, President of the Council of University Transportation Centers, recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on behalf of CUTC with the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). The MOU-signing was held in conjunction with the ITE International Board… Read More
In October 2017, the University of Florida Autonomous Vehicles at Intelligent Intersections and Advanced Networks (AVIAN) team visited the Traffic Engineering Research Lab (TERL) to test their developed hardware and software. The team’s tests on integrating automated vehicles technology with… Read More
The UF Transportation Institute welcomes our newest faculty member, Lili Du. Dr. Du is an associate professor in the Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. Before joining UF, she worked as an assistant and then an associate professor at Illinois… Read More
This summer one of the UFTI’s Ph.D. students, Deja Jackson, participated in an internship program with the Federal Highway Administration for the second time. Jackson interned with the FHWA’s Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC) in McLean, VA, where she was… Read More
Jerone Dunbar and Brianna Posadas, Ph.D. students in computer and information science engineering working with Dr. Juan Gilbert, recently completed multidisciplinary projects focusing on transportation. Dunbar presented his paper at the 19th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction in Vancouver, Canada.… Read More