Category: News

The UFTI and the T2 Center are excited to announce that, after extensive interviews and a stringent screening process, Maria A. Cahill, AICP will take the position as Center Director in April 2016. Cahill earned her B.A. in Political Science from the University of Florida, as well as her M.A. in Urban and Regional Planning […]

Who says Gators, Rattlers and Cimarrons can’t live in harmony? This past month, Dr. Lily Elefteriadou traveled up to Tallahassee to present her research on “Driver Behavior and Characteristics and their Use in Traffic Modeling”. The talk was part of the Florida A&M University (FAMU) – Florida State University (FSU) College of Engineering’s Civil and […]

We live in a world where massive amounts of data are currently available to us. In 2013, the size of the digital universe was estimated to be near 5 zettabytes (1 zettabyte = 1 million terabytes) and is expected to quadruple by 2020. Like the physical world, the information in it is diverse – created […]

Have you ever seen a traffic crash on the highway? Or maybe just someone with a flat tire? In many cases you will also see a freeway service patrol vehicle assisting motorists, known as Road Rangers here in Florida. They are a free service provided by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) and can assist […]

The world of autonomous vehicles is rapidly changing, and what was once a dream in various science fiction films is inching closer and closer to reality. Many companies, such as Google and Tesla, are publicly working on autonomous vehicles, but who is working on the human centered side of this technology? Jerone Dunbar is a […]

Dr. Carl Crane has been awarded the 2015-2016 Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering Undergraduate Teacher of the Year Award.  The award was primarily based on his work in developing the course EML 2023, Computer Aided Graphics and Design.  He introduced a rapid prototyping component in the course and established a rapid prototyping facility for the […]

Dr. Michele Manuel is an associate professor in the UF Department of Materials Science and Engineering as well as a UFTI affiliate. She has been a faculty member at UF since 2008 and has worked on a variety of projects, from enhancing transportation infrastructure components to developing advanced clothing for long-duration space missions. On February […]

Born in Puerto Rico and raised by the world, Ines Aviles-Spadoni has a warmth about her that you feel in every interaction she has with students, faculty, and staff. So naturally does she go about aiding the institute that you wouldn’t know that transportation wasn’t in her background except for the diplomas on the wall […]

University of Florida was well represented at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). Nearly forty faculty and students were represented in almost thirty papers and presentations. Please see below for the full list, including abstracts. Analysis of Advanced Management of Curbside Parking (Presentation #16-1107) Zhibin Chen, University of FloridaZhengtian Xu, University […]

The University of Florida Transportation Institute’s (UFTI) very own Deja Jackson took home Best Oral Presentation at the 2016 Dwight David Eisenhower Transportation Fellowship Program (DDETFP) Transportation Research Showcase for her work titled “Today’s Perception of Vehicle Safety and Its Impact on Preparing for Tomorrow’s Autonomous Vehicles”. The award presented to her during the 95th Annual […]