Dr. Ruth Steiner, a professor of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at UF, who is also affiliated with UFTI, spent the months of March and April 2014 as a visiting professor with the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS)… Read More
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Student Feature Thomas Chase
Thomas Chase, a civil engineering Ph.D. student, is embracing all that is transportation engineering in his time here at UF. When he first started in transportation, he only thought about this field as cars and roads, but now enjoys the… Read More
Student Feature Don Watson
Don Watson is a second year Ph.D. student in Civil Engineering at UF, focusing on transportation engineering. As part of his Ph.D. project, Don is writing code to determine drivers’ lane-changing behavior in a new CORSIM application. CORSIM currently utilizes… Read More
ITE UF Student Chapter Wins District 10 Traffic Bowl
The ITE Student Chapter at the University of Florida participated in the 2014 District ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl on June 25-27 in Clearwater Beach, Fla., and won for the second year in a row. Team members are Don Watson, Thomas Chase and Pruthvi Manjunatha… Read More
Florida T2’s Ped/Bike SRC is Traveling the State to Keep You Safe
“Reprinted” from article published on the Florida T2 Center Website on 5/22/2014 at http://stage.t2ctt.ce.ufl.edu/t2ctt/T2Newsletter.asp The Florida T2 Center has been proud to host Florida’s Pedestrian and Bicycling Safety Resource Center (SRC) since 2009. Funded by the Florida Department of Transportation… Read More
STRIDE Regional Center 2013 Annual Report
The Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education (STRIDE) Center housed at the University of Florida is a U.S. Department of Transportation grant-funded University Transportation Center that conducts transportation-related research in the areas of safety, livable communities and economic competitiveness.… Read More
UFTI Joins Forces with FDOT to Develop Policy for Automated Vehicles
An interdisciplinary group of researchers at the University of Florida from the fields of Transportation Engineering, Urban Planning and Mechanical Engineering have been awarded a research project to provide the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) with the necessary information and… Read More
TRIP 2014 Summer Interns
Four students where chosen to participate in this summer’s Transportation Research Internship Program (TRIP). The program is managed by the STRIDE Center, a U.S. DOT grant-funded regional transportation center housed at the University of Florida. The interns are: Kory Harb… Read More
Partnering with FDOT to Evaluate Adaptive Signal Control Technologies
UF Partnering with FDOT to Evaluate Adaptive Signal Control Technologies Adaptive Signal Control Technologies (ASCT) refer to the real-time optimization of traffic signals based on prevailing traffic conditions, demand and system capacity. The primary objective of implementing these adaptive systems… Read More
Our Graduates & Where They Are Now
Muhammad Ali, M.S. (2013) Civil Engineer AI Engineers, Inc., Hartford, Conn. Grady Carrick, Ph.D. (2012) President Enforcement Engineering, Inc. Amy Cavaretta, M.S./MAURP (2013) Transportation Analyst Cambridge Systematics, Inc., Bethesda, Md. Jennifer Connell, B.S. (2014) Kimley-Horn & Associates, Inc. Nagendra Dhakar,… Read More