Category: Honors and Awards

Congratulations to Deja Jackson for being invited to the 26th Annual Eno Future Leaders Development Conference in Washington, D.C.! This is the first time Jackson, who is pursuing an Ph.D. in Civil and Coastal Engineering, has been accepted to attend the conference – each year, 20 different individuals are accepted as Eno Fellows and invited […]

This past month, three students from the WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter, also known as WTS Advancing Women in Transportation, were awarded scholarships. These awards were presented at the WTS Central Florida Chapter Scholarship Banquet in Orlando, Fl, on Sept. 12, 2017. Each year, WTS recognizes aspiring young women who are pursuing careers in transportation […]

Tyler Valila, a second-year transportation engineering student, was this year’s recipient for the Institute of Transportation Engineers Scholarship Award. Valila was born and raised in Gardner, Massachusetts. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and graduated Cum Laude in 2016 with a Bachelor of Science in civil engineering. Upon graduating, Valila […]

UFTI students, Deja Jackson and Fabio Sasahara, attended the Florida Department of Transportation’s TRANSPLEX conference in Ponte Verda, FL, from August 8-10, 2017. Jackson and Sasahara were two out of 10 posters selected for presentations. All but one of the posters selected for presentation were from UF students. View Deja Jackson’s poster “The Block is […]

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) recently awarded UFTI’s Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center three Accelerating Safety Activities Program (ASAP) awards. The three awards represent more than half of all available funding for fiscal year 2017. ASAP awards fund research, development, technology and innovation transfer, and outreach and communication activities that promote proven safety countermeasures and […]

During the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC)  Summer Meeting in Buffalo, NY, Dr. Lily Elefteriadou was elected  president of the organization.   Dr. Elefteriadou will serve as President for one year, until June 2018. CUTC was established in 1979 by several major transportation research centers and institutes in the US to provide a forum for […]

University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) student Deja Jackson was named the graduate student awardee for the UF Dr. J. Michael Rollo Diversity Impact Award. The award was presented to her on April 18, 2017, during the inaugural Inclusive Excellence in Diversity Awards Ceremony, hosted by the University of Florida Office of Multicultural and Diversity […]

Ines Aviles-Spadoni, who serves as the research coordinator for the UFTI’s U.S. DOT grant-funded University Transportation Center (STRIDE), completed a 9-month program for emerging leaders at the University of Florida. The program is designed to teach the competitively selected participants about the university culture, learn about its organizational structure, and engage with key UF leaders […]

University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) student Deja Jackson was named a 2017 Traffic Safety Scholar (TSS) and awarded a $1,000 scholarship to attend the 35th Annual National Lifesavers Conference on Highway Safety Priorities, March 25-28 in Charlotte, NC.  Jackson, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in civil engineering, is one of 38 U.S. and Canadian […]

Ines Aviles-Spadoni has been selected to co-chair Ahead of the Curve: Mastering the Management of Transportation Research, ABG10(1), which is a joint subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conduct of Research (ABG10) and Education & Training (ABG20) committees.  Aviles-Spadoni, research coordinator at the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE), will join David Jared, PE, assistant […]