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Yafeng Yin, Ph.D., an associate professor in the Department of Civil Engineering teamed up with Shigang Chen, a professor in the Department of Computer & Information of Science & Engineering at the University of Florida to work on a National Science Foundation (NSF) project aimed at developing new technologies to transform streets into a hybrid […]

Incorporating Alternative Intersections and Interchanges Into Highway Capacity Software (HCS 2010) By: Bill Sampson, P.E. The use of alternative intersection and interchange designs in transportation engineering is continually becoming more popular in the United States – approximately fifty exist today, with many more currently in the planning and development stages. As a result, practicing civil […]

Professor Dennis Hiltunen, an affiliate faculty of the UFTI, was invited to deliver the Keynote Lecture at the Geo-Characterization and Modeling for Sustainability, American Society of Civil Engineers Geo-Institute Congress in Atlanta, Georgia, February 23-26, 2014. The title of Keynote was Some Recent and Emerging Topics on Seismic Wave Methods for Geotechnical Site Characterization.

The University Transportation Center (UTC) Conference for the Southeastern Region was held March 24-25, 2014 and hosted by the National Center for Transportation Systems Productivity and Management (NCTSPM), a Tier-1 UTC at Georgia Tech. Approximately 160 people attended the conference. There were 36 papers and 47 posters presented. Sessions included Operations and Management, Bike/Pedestrians, Transit, […]

With summer vacation only months away, children are already anticipating how they will spend their new found hours of freedom from school. UF Health Shands Children’s Hospital held a Bike Rodeo and Summer Safety Fair on Saturday, March 22 in the O’Connell Center parking lot to touch and impact the lives of the community, especially […]

Seckin Ozkul commutes every week to the University of Florida in Gainesville from his home in Tampa to attend classes and carry out his research at the UFTI’s Transportation Engineering Graduate Program. He is a doctoral student working on various projects that will eventually comprise his dissertation in the area of traffic operations and freight.  […]

After a comprehensive and thorough review of 18 scholarship applications, the WTS Central Florida Chapter in Orlando selected three UF students as winners of scholarships for graduate and undergraduate students. The scholarships and the winners are summarized below. Frankee Hellinger Graduate Scholarship –  Zhuofei Li (doctoral student) Zhuofei, a transportation engineering student has worked diligently […]

Kristen Schneider, a senior in civil engineering at the University of Florida, has been awarded the Sharon D. Banks Memorial Scholarship for $2000. Kristen is also the current president of the WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter at the University of Florida. This is Kristen’s last semester and has a job lined up with Norfolk Southern. […]

STRIDE and ITE are hosting a Traffic Simulation Workshop on campus for high school students. Experience the exciting ability to control traffic! Students will receive an introduction to traffic simulation, as its many benefits and uses are demonstrated through examples shown by current University of Florida transportation engineering graduate students. Experience hands-on state of-the-art software, […]

GaTech graduate student Hyun Woong Cho came in 1st Place for his poster titled “Real-Time Congestion Pricing Strategies for Toll Facilities”; Mohammad Ilbeigi also of GaTech won 2nd Place for his poster on “Analysis of the Effects of Offering Price Adjustment Clauses on Highway Construction Bid Prices in Georgia” and in 3rd Place, Seckin Ozkul […]