Congratulations to Dr. Siva Srinivasan, Dr. Rui Guo, Dr. Karla Rodrigues-Silva, and Dr. Gustavo de Andrade for representing the UFTI in ITE’s Vision Zero Sandbox Challenge. The UFTI team has been selected as one of two finalists for the Professional… Read More
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UFTI Welcomes Maryam Ghyabi-White as UFTI External Advisory Board Member
Ms. Maryam Ghyabi-White is the CEO/President of Ghyabi Consulting and Management, LLC (GCM). In her current role at GCM, and as the former CEO/President of Ghyabi & Associates, Inc., Ms. Ghyabi-White provides leadership and support to position the company at… Read More
Find a Ride Florida Helps Older Drivers Discover Transportation Options
By: Dr. Justin Mason, Dr. Sandra Winter, Dr. Ilir Bejleri, and Donna Schoenfelder Research has shown that as people age, their eyesight, hearing, and reflexes are not as sharp as they once were. Additionally, their reaction time decreases, making it… Read More
NSF-Funded Study Creates Strategy to Improve System Performance of Traffic Apps
This study was recently published in IEEE – Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9312471) Doctoral candidate Stephen Spana and his adviser, Dr. Lili Du of the UF Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, worked on a National Science Foundation study… Read More
Coordinated CAV Platooning Driving Using Real-Time Learning & Distributed Optimization
Connected and autonomous vehicle (CAV) technologies present great opportunities for reducing traffic congestion through advanced sensors, communication, and portable computing devices – those which assist with conducting cooperative or coordinated driving. However, much of the CAV-related work focuses on assisting… Read More
Algorithm Created to Identify Traveler Coordination Groups & Improve Efficiency in Route Decisions
Several apps such as Waze and Google Map provide ways for travelers to share routing decisions with each other. These apps aggregate the data to provide information on the best routes to take and the time it takes to arrive… Read More
Using Machine Learning Techniques to Help Mitigate Congestion
Urban traffic control is one of the most important and challenging issues facing cities. Increases in the volume of traffic has significant impacts on congestion and consequently in the amount of time that travelers spend on the road. Furthermore, traffic… Read More
Big Data & Artificial Intelligence Help to Improve Operations & Safety at Intersections
These days, road networks in our cities contain a variety of smart and connected infrastructure which generate an abundance of Big Data. This data can be processed to improve the flow of traffic and safety for both vehicles and pedestrians.… Read More
From Family, Youth, Community Sciences to Civil Engineering
Leonie Barkakati has a bachelor’s degree in Family, Youth, Community Sciences (FYCM) from the University of Florida. She is a graduate student in the civil engineering program specializing in transportation. Her advisor is Dr. Xilei Zhao. Barkakati is the first… Read More
UF Civil Engineering Graduate Student Models Car-Following Behavior of an Autonomous Transit Shuttle in Lake Nona, FL
For his master’s thesis, civil engineering graduate student Shinya Maehara is developing car-following models in the presence of an Autonomous Transit Shuttle (ATS). He is looking at how the autonomous shuttle in Lake Nona, Florida behaves when sharing the road… Read More