Abstract: Universities, colleges, and other learning institutions regularly conduct research on behalf of state departments of transportation (DOTs). Much of the research involves data collection and testing work by student researchers on roadways and other types of field sites. The… Read More
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UFTI Hosts TTI Agency Director Greg Winfree
Gregory Winfree, TTI Agency Director, visited the UFTI to give a speech about connected autonomous vehicles. Below is the abstract and recording of the presentation. Abstract: Autonomous – or “self-driving” – vehicles are all the rage in the news today,… Read More
UFTI Students, Faculty, and Staff Attend the 97th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D.C.
Each January, students, faculty, and staff from the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) travel to Washington, D.C., to participate in the Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). As in previous years, participation included presentations at various lectern… Read More
UF AVIAN Team Tests Automated Technology at FDOT TERL
In October 2017, the University of Florida Autonomous Vehicles at Intelligent Intersections and Advanced Networks (AVIAN) team visited the Traffic Engineering Research Lab (TERL) to test their developed hardware and software. The team’s tests on integrating automated vehicles technology with… Read More
Signal Timing Optimization with Consideration of Environmental and Safety Impacts
Members of the University of Florida Transportation Institute, along with researchers from Florida International University (FIU), developed a new procedure for optimizing signal control considering environmental and safety impacts. The results of the work have been implemented into the Highway… Read More
Pedro Maldonado Interns with AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety
From June to August 2017, Pedro Maldonado interned with the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety (AAAFTS) in Washington, D.C. Maldonado was part of the traffic research group and had the opportunity to collaborate with experts in the field… Read More
Jasper Masciocchi Joins the UFTI as Transportation Education Specialist
Earlier this month, the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) welcomed Jasper Masciocchi, a civil engineer, into the UFTI’s Transportation Technology Transfer (T2) Center. Masciocchi graduated from the University of South Florida in 2014 with a Bachelor’s in Civil and… Read More
UF-ITE Student Chapter Adopt-A-Highway Program
The University of Florida student chapter of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) recently joined the Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) program. AAH is a program of the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) in which volunteers clean up roadside litter four times a year… Read More
Three UF Students Receive WTS Scholarships
This past month, three students from the WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter, also known as WTS Advancing Women in Transportation, were awarded scholarships. These awards were presented at the WTS Central Florida Chapter Scholarship Banquet in Orlando, Fl, on Sept.… Read More
UFTI Student Tyler Valila wins ITE Scholarship Award for 2017-2018 School Year
Tyler Valila, a second-year transportation engineering student, was this year’s recipient for the Institute of Transportation Engineers Scholarship Award. Valila was born and raised in Gardner, Massachusetts. He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Massachusetts Lowell and graduated… Read More