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
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The UFTI Welcomes Dr. Lili Du to the University of Florida
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
UFTI Student Interns with FHWA
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
Multidisciplinary Students Present Their Transportation-Related Projects
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
AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety Contracts with the UF Occupational Therapy Department
Building on previous collaborations with the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety (2007, 2011), the University of Florida’s Institute for Mobility, Activity, and Participation will provide expert services to revise and compile Smart Features for Older Drivers version 3. The goal is… Read More
McTrans Update
The Highway Capacity Software, version 7 (HCS7), includes updated modules to implement the Highway Capacity Manual 6th Edition (HCM6) procedures for signalized intersections, urban streets, alternative intersections, roundabouts, freeway facilities, basic freeway segments, freeway weaving segments, freeway merge & diverge… Read More
UFTI Participates in UF SURF Program
This year, the University of Florida launched Summer Undergraduate Research at Florida (SURF), which is a 10-week program that provides students, excelling in their studies at their home institutions, with the opportunity to work with premier faculty at UF on… Read More
UFTI Faculty to Host Webinar on Highway Capacity Manual on July 13, 2017
Dr. Scott Washburn will be hosting a webinar on the sixth edition of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM6) on July 13, 2017. The webinar will be hosted from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will provide a general introduction to… Read More
UFTI Students Participated in ESSIE Poster Competition
Last month, 40 students from the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) presented their research posters to professional engineers from companies in Florida. Several students from the UFTI participated in the poster competition; Sinead Crotty, an environmental engineering… Read More
Ines Aviles-Spadoni Selected as Co-Chair of Joint TRB Sub-Committee
Ines Aviles-Spadoni has been selected to co-chair Ahead of the Curve: Mastering the Management of Transportation Research, ABG10(1), which is a joint subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conduct of Research (ABG10) and Education & Training (ABG20) committees. Aviles-Spadoni, research coordinator at the… Read More