Beginning his 10th year as Dean and Professor of Urban & Regional Planning in the College of Design, Construction and Planning, Dr. Chris Silver offers an extensive planning perspective on urbanization, sustainability, international development planning, and addresses effective mobility, particularly… Read More
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McTrans Tutorial Videos Help Users Code & Optimize Signaled Intersections
McTrans has created video tutorials to assist Streets users in coding a signalized intersection and optimizing signal timing, especially for multiple signals along an arterial. Click on the link to view the tutorials. [View tutorials]
Evaluating Rail Ties Using Nuclear Engineering Techniques
Jim Baciak, Ph.D., is an associate professor and director of the Nuclear Engineering Program in the Department of Materials Science Engineering at UF. He is also an affiliate of the UFTI who is interested in applying his nuclear and radiological,… Read More
T2 Creates Transportation Safety Center
The Transportation Safety Center (TSC) was funded for implementation in 2014 to provide technical assistance to local agencies throughout Florida: identify road safety problems and develop projects eligible for federal funding. There were two phases in the TSC project: Phase… Read More
Thuha Nguyen Reflects on Her Student Experience while at UF
Ms. Thuha Nguyen grew fond of her faculty advisors during her time at the University of Florida College of Engineering. Nguyen started out at UF with a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in the late 1990s, but internship opportunities, supportive… Read More
STRIDE Center Sponsors Workshop at the i3 Transportation Showcase in Orlando
The Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education (STRIDE) Center, which is the 2012 U.S. Department of Transportation grant-funded regional University Transportation Center (UTC) housed at the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) organized a session on May 28, 2015,… Read More
UFTI Affiliate Works With Sensors to Ensure the Safety of Infrastructure, Especially Bridges
Dr. Jennifer Rice, is an assistant professor who specializes in infrastructure monitoring and works on bridge research. Rice is part of the Structural Engineering group in the UF Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering. She is also a member of… Read More
UFTI Alumnus Dr. Ziqi Song Incorporates UF Student Experiences at USU
**CORRECTION: The Newsletter Email lists the tenure track position at University of Utah. It should be Utah State University. ** Dr. Ziqi Song, a UFTI alumnus, was recently offered a tenure track position at Utah State University. As his dreams are… Read More
Webinar on Performance Measures in Transportation, June 11, 2015
This webinar has been designed to provide participants with various resources and tools so that practitioners and the community can establish goals and objectives in the transportation planning design process, including monitoring and creating reporting and evaluation methods. Jody McCollough… Read More
Webinar: STRIDE Educational Products Showcase, June 18, 2015
Researchers associated with the STRIDE Center housed in the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) have produced various course modules as a result of work funded by the Center. The topics that will be showcased in this free webinar include… Read More