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Congratulations to Ph.D. student Fabio Sasahara for being awarded $1,000 as runner-up for the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Jack E. Leisch Memorial Graduate Fellowship. The fellowship is a memorial to the outstanding professional accomplishments and contributions of Jack E. Leisch, member of ASCE, to the fields of highway design, traffic operations and transportation planning. Selection was […]

The Fitness-to-Drive Screening Measure is a free screening tool, available online for caregivers and family members of older drivers, including occupational therapy practitioners that detects and rates a driver’s difficulties in performing tasks. The initial study funded by the Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS), which was the UFTI’s 2007 USDOT grant-funded, Tier-1 University Transportation […]

Researchers in the UF Department of Occupational Therapy, led by Dr. Sherrilene Classen, recently published “Smart In-Vehicle Technologies and Older Drivers: A Scoping Review” in the American Journal of Occupational Therapy’s Special Issue on Robotics, AI, and Automation. The researchers determined the impact, specifically convenience, comfort, and safety, of In-vehicle Information Systems or Advanced Driving […]

The goal of this project is to enable cities and communities to deploy technology that saves lives through safer transportation systems. Video data will be gathered through edge-based real-time machine learning (ML) techniques and videostream processing from intersections and public vehicles. By understanding the risk profile of an intersection through automated detection of near-miss events, […]

The Women’s Transportation Seminar Gator Student Chapter, a branch of WTS International, held elections for new officers for the 2019-20 academic year. Congratulations to the new WTS Gator Student Chapter executive board members! President: Paige HighstoneVice President: Ala AlobeidyeenTreasurer: Shabnam MedhizadahSecretary: Mary JeghersWebsite Chair (Webmaster): Sindy Wu It is exciting to see how the chapter […]

UFTI alumnus Seckin Ozkul graduated with his Ph.D. in August 2014. Ozkul’s dissertation research was on developing an advanced vehicle dynamics modeling approach in traffic microsimulation with emphasis on commercial truck performance and on-board-diagnostics data. His supervisor was Dr. Scott Washburn. During his graduate years, Ozkul commuted from Tampa, FL, to Gainesville, Fl, taking classes […]

Gator ITE, the UF Student Chapter of ITE, held elections for new officers for the 2019-20 academic year. Congratulations to the new Gator ITE executive board members! Fabio Sasahara, 2018-19 GatorITE president had this to say on concluding his term: “Serving as President of GatorITE has been an invaluable experience over the last year. As […]

Visitors from the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida met with UFTI researchers to learn about I-STREET, one of the most visible real-world smart testbed initiatives at the Institute, a partnership in collaboration with the City of Gainesville and the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT). This gathering forms part […]

Previous research (Project # BDV26-977-02) completed in 2016 by the University of Florida Transportation Institute and FDOT created a decision support system (DSS) for managers who must decide if a roadway “warrants” the addition of a Safety Service Patrol (SSP). A computer tool was developed to facilitate the input of critical information about roadway segments […]