The University of Florida, in partnership with the Florida Department of Transportation and the City of Gainesville, is preparing to launch the advanced transportation technologies testbed I-STREET (Implementing Solutions from Transportation Research and Evaluation of Emerging Technologies). I-STREET will encompass… Read More
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Meet Marian Ankomah, Ph.D. Student
Doctoral student, Marian Ankomah, discusses her specialization in transportation planning while working on her Ph.D. in civil and coastal engineering.
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
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
TRB AV Symposium Recap
The 2017 Automated Vehicles Symposium was held in San Francisco, CA, and was a joint conference between the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI). The purpose of the symposium is to bring together industry… Read More
Meet Pruthvi Manjunatha, Ph.D. Student
UFTI Ph.D. student, Pruthvi Manjunatha, takes you behind the scenes of the UFTI driving simulator and explains how it works.
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
Abstract Submissions Open Now!
Share your work with colleagues, sponsors, and collaborators of University Transportation Centers in the Southeastern U.S. Conference organizers welcome abstracts for oral papers and poster presentations from faculty and students. The period of submission is May 12, 2017 to August 31,… Read More
UFTI Participates in FDOT Research Program Peer Exchange
FDOT held a peer exchange, which is a review of a state DOT’s Research, Development, and Technology program by representatives of other state DOTs, federal transportation agencies, academic institutions, the Transportation Research Board (TRB), and other entities to exchange information… Read More
UFTI Researchers Collaborating with the City of Gainesville to Test New Traffic Data Collection Approaches That Include AVs
NSF, FDOT, the City of Gainesville are helping the UFTI to test new technologies and algorithms that will facilitate the presence of autonomous and connected vehicles.