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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 has 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 […]