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Dr. Juan Gilbert is a new faculty member at the Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Department at the University of Florida. He is the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Chair and the Associate Chair of Research at CISE.  Dr. Gilbert has been at UF since July 1, 2014, and he’s also an affiliate faculty of the […]

A large proportion of two lane highways in the U.S. serve an important role in transporting goods, services and people, and with expanding urban congestion, alternate routes are consistently being sought by shipping companies. This new NCHRP project  headed by Dr. Scott Washburn, a transportation faculty member at UFTI, aims to create improved analysis methods […]

Join the WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter to discuss “The Future of Transportation” at their 4th Annual WTS Transportation Symposium on Thursday, November 13, 2014. The event will take place at the Arredondo Cafe in the Reitz Union, University of Florida campus from 6 pm to 9 pm. A panel of industry leaders in the […]

Miguel Lugo is a doctoral student in UF’s Civil engineering department who began his graduate program in Summer 2010. His research focus is on urban transportation and transportation planning, and he really enjoys the research challenges within these two areas. Currently, Lugo is working on Automated/Connected Vehicle (AV/CV) technologies, specifically the state of practice, gaps, and concerns, with […]

With growing public concern over greenhouse gas emissions and the environment, the use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) is one way to curb our appetite for oil and reduce traffic emissions. These vehicles can be available to consumers without challenging our transportation engineers, governments and policymakers to build expensive infrastructure to support their operation. […]

The UFTI begins the Fall 2014 semester with 11 new graduate students pursuing master’s and doctoral degrees. To date, there are a total of 29 students in the program.  A Transportation Graduate Student Orientation was held Friday, August 29, 2014.

An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Florida from the fields of Transportation Engineering, Urban Planning and Mechanical Engineering have been awarded a research project to provide the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) with the necessary information and guidance on drafting and implementing policies associated with the Automated Vehicles (AV) technology. The team […]