Tyler Valila, a second-year transportation engineering student, was this year’s recipient for the Institute of Transportation Engineers Scholarship Award. Valila was born and raised in Gardner, Massachusetts. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and graduated… Read More
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UFTI Students Present Posters at FDOT’s Transplex
UFTI students, Deja Jackson and Fabio Sasahara, attended the Florida Department of Transportation’s TRANSPLEX conference in Ponte Verda, FL, from August 8-10, 2017. Jackson and Sasahara were two out of 10 posters selected for presentations. All but one of the… Read More
UFTI’s T2 Center Receives Three ASAP Awards from the FHWA
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded UFTI’s Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center three Accelerating Safety Activities Program (ASAP) awards. The three awards represent more than half of all available funding for fiscal year 2017. ASAP awards fund research, development,… Read More
UFTI Director Elected President of the Council of University Transportation Centers
During the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) Summer Meeting in Buffalo, NY, Dr. Lily Elefteriadou was elected president of the organization. Dr. Elefteriadou will serve as President for one year, until June 2018. CUTC was established in 1979 by… Read More
UFTI Student Deja Jackson Awarded UF Dr. J. Michael Rollo Diversity Impact Award
University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) student Deja Jackson was named the graduate student awardee for the UF Dr. J. Michael Rollo Diversity Impact Award. The award was presented to her on April 18, 2017, during the inaugural Inclusive Excellence… Read More
STRIDE Research Coordinator Completes UF Leadership Academy
Ines Aviles-Spadoni, who serves as the research coordinator for the UFTI’s U.S. DOT grant-funded University Transportation Center (STRIDE), completed a 9-month program for emerging leaders at the University of Florida. The program is designed to teach the competitively selected participants… Read More
Deja Jackson Named a 2017 Lifesavers Traffic Safety Scholar
University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) student Deja Jackson was named a 2017 Traffic Safety Scholar (TSS) and awarded a $1,000 scholarship to attend the 35th Annual National Lifesavers Conference on Highway Safety Priorities, March 25-28 in Charlotte, NC. Jackson,… 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
NaviGators AMS Win First Place at the 2016 Maritime RobotX Challenge
The UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s NaviGator AMS was awarded first place in the 2016 Maritime RobotX Challenge, an international event held December 11-18, 2016, in Oahu, Hawaii. Thirteen teams from around the world competed for $100,000 in prizes.… Read More
Highway Capacity & Quality of Service Committee Receives Blue Ribbon Award at TRB
The Highway Capacity & Quality of Service Committee received the Blue Ribbon Award for promoting and sponsoring transportation research. The committee promulgates a broad range of tools applied by practitioners, researchers, educators and public policy makers. Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, who is… Read More