Category: Honors and Awards

The UF’s Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering’s NaviGator AMS was awarded first place in the 2016 Maritime RobotX Challenge, an international event held December 11-18, 2016, in Oahu, Hawaii. Thirteen teams from around the world competed for $100,000 in prizes. The NaviGator AMS is a set of maritime vehicles built for the challenge by students […]

The Highway Capacity & Quality of Service Committee received the Blue Ribbon Award for promoting and sponsoring transportation research. The committee promulgates a broad range of tools applied by practitioners, researchers, educators and public policy makers.  Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, who is the former chair of the committee said, ” I enjoyed working with this committee made […]

Deja Jackson Best Oral Presentation, Dwight D. Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program, 2016 TRB, Washington, D.C., Paper Title: Today’s Perception of Vehicle Safety and Its Impact on Preparing for Tomorrow’s Autonomous Vehicles Committee 200 (C200) Scholar Award, HW College of Engineering, University of Florida Megan McGinley Frankee Hellinger Undergraduate Scholarship, WTS Central Florida Don Watson Gator […]

Thomas Chase ITE FL Section Institute Traffic Scholarship Clark Letter 2nd Place, STRIDE Student Poster Competition, TRB 2015, Poster title: “Efficient Control of Automated Vehicles at Freeway Merge Segments STRIDE Student of the Year, Presented at the CUTC Awards Banquet, Washington, D.C., January 2016 Eleftheria (Ria) Kontou Frankee Hellinger Graduate Scholarship, WTS Central Florida Don Watson […]

Below is a listing of awards won by Students and Faculty. Zhuofei Li, Doctoral Student, Frankee Hellinger Graduate Scholarship, Central Florida Chapter, 2014 Kelsey Elizabeth Lucas, Undergraduate, Frankee Hellinger Undergraduate Scholarship, Central Florida Chapter, 2014 Seckin Ozkul, Doctoral Candidate, International Road Federation Fellowship 2014; and 3rd Place Winner, STRIDE Student Poster Competition at TRB 2014 […]

Below is a listing of awards won by Students and Faculty. Muhammad Ali, M.S. International Road Federation (IRF) Fellowship, 2012-13 President for IRF Fellows’ Class of 2013 Gerald P. Shea Award, IRF Executive Leadership Program, 2013 4th Place in Hydraulics Competition, ASCE Southeastern Student Chapter, 2013 Amy Cavaretta, M.E/MAURP 2013 STRIDE Student of the Year […]