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Previous work by the University of Florida and FDOT, with funding by NSF (Award # 1446813), focused on the development of algorithms, software, and hardware solutions to enhance traffic signal control operations simultaneously with CAV trajectories. These tests focused on the integration of this technology considering CAVs and conventional vehicles. The algorithm is capable of […]

Dr. Zoleikha Biron recently joined the University of Florida Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an assistant professor. Dr. Biron’s research focuses on cyber physical systems with applications in intelligent transportation systems, connected and autonomous vehicles, power systems and the integration of electric vehicles with smart power systems. She is also interested in utilizing […]

Milton Carrasco, CEO and president of Transoft Solutions, Inc., awarded Hope Sotolongo-Miranda and Savanna Stockton, both UF civil engineering students, with the Transoft Solutions Scholarship Award at the WTS Symposium on March 28, 2019. The Transoft scholarship is for junior or senior civil engineering undergraduate students specializing in transportation. Preference is given to student(s) involved […]

The Director of McTrans oversees the maintaining, enhancing, and marketing of the Highway Capacity Software. Additionally, the director will be actively involved with the I-STREET initiative, working with UFTI faculty and staff to develop educational software, and participate in the activities of professional developments such as TRB, ASCE, ASEE, and IEEEs. Click Here for More […]

Pedro Maldonado, a third-year Ph.D. student, was selected among the nation’s top graduate students in transportation to participate in the 27th Eno Future Leaders Development Conference in Washington, D.C. this June. This conference provides students with the opportunity to experience how national transportation policies are created. Selected students meet with federal officials and leaders of business […]

Congratulations to Dr. Cody Ko for accepting a position as District Traffic Safety Program Engineer at the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) District 2 Traffic Operations Office. Dr. Ko graduated in 2007 from the transportation engineering program back when the UFTI was known as the Transportation Research Center (TRC). With the guidance of several transportation […]

Congratulations to Dr. Lily Elefteriadou on being recognized for her outstanding service as the previous president of the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC). Dr. Elefteriadou was elected as president of the organization in 2017, serving for one year until June 2018. Additionally, Mohamad Shoaib Samandar, a student from North Carolina State University, won the […]

The Road Safety Professional (RSP) certification is administered by the Transportation Professional Certification Board, Inc. Having passed the exam, Deja Jackson is now one of the first certified road safety professionals in the U.S. and Canada. Jackson had this to say on completing the exam: “I’m very excited to become one of the first certified […]

Malisa McCreedy, AICP, recently joined as a new member of the UFTI’s external advisory board. Ms. McCreedy left the City of Portland Bureau of Transportation, where she was a Division Manager, to become the Director of Mobility for the City of Gainesville, Florida. The newly formed Department of Mobility encompasses all modes of transportation to […]

UFTI students, faculty and staff recently attended the 2019 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. As in previous years, participation included presentations at various lectern and poster sessions and TRB committees. The UFTI also hosted its annual reception at TRB for students, faculty, and friends of the University of Florida.