Category: Honors and Awards

Our students are an important part of the UF Transportation Institute and we’re excited to be able to feature some of them in our newsletter. This month we’re featuring Ph.D. student, Ala Alobeidyeen. Ala received her master’s degree in transportation engineering from the University of Jordan. She then went to study at the Illinois Institute […]

Our students are an important part of the UF Transportation Institute and we’re excited to be able to feature some of them in our newsletter. This month we’re featuring Ph.D. student, Fabio Sasahara. Fabio came to the UFTI after working in consulting and project management in Brazil. Working on a rail project sparked his interest […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Ten UF students attended the 2nd Florida ITE Student Leadership Summit (SLS), hosted by University of South Florida in Tampa. The summit aims to guide future transportation professionals and provide them with valuable career advice. During this three-day event, students attended a series of presentations from transportation leaders from different backgrounds. Additionally, students participated in […]

The GatorITE Chapter won several awards for students at the Annual FSITE Meeting. These awards included the Best Student Chapter Award, the Bill McGrath Scholaraship Award, 1st Place for the Research and Shark Tank Award, and the Put a Break on Fatalities Social Media Contest. Best Student Chapter Award – University of Florida: The purpose […]

A resolution passed by the UF Student Senate acknowledging the UF Transportation Institute’s efforts regarding self-driving vehicles through “I-STREET.” Senators Benjamin Elazar and Jessica Jesurajan, who authored the resolution, felt the efforts of the institute needed to be recognized by the Student Senate, and in extension the entire student body. The bill was passed unanimously […]

Chayma Tika and Sophia Semensky were presented with the Transoft Solutions Scholarship at the WTS Symposium held on April 4, 2018, at the University of Florida. This new scholarship is for junior or senior civil engineering undergraduate students specializing in transportation. Preference is given to student(s) involved with the student organization, Women’s Transportation Seminar. The […]

Milton Carrasco, President and CEO of Transoft Solutions Inc., is a fervent supporter of the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI), and when he was asked by Dr. Lily Elefteriadou in 2014 to serve as the chair of the Institute’s External Advisory Board, he eagerly volunteered. “As an Engineer, I am a huge believer of giving […]