Akhilesh Moreshwar Shastri is a master’s student in the civil engineering transportation program. He worked with Dr. Scott Washburn on a ramp signal timing project that aimed to create algorithms and an on-ramp metering operations design. The project, Interchange Design… Read More
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How UFTI is Evaluating Mobility under COVID-19
COIVD-19 continues to affect the lives of millions of people around the world with deleterious effects to the economy. Understanding where people are traveling to, and the decision-making process associated with travel, including the effects on transit and ridership, will… Read More
Isabelle Wandenkolk Works with Rural Veterans to Understand Perceptions, Acceptance of Autonomous Vehicles
Isabelle Wandenkolk is a doctoral student in the Department of Occupational Therapy’s Institute for Mobility, Activity, and Participation (I-MAP). She will be working in collaboration with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to better understand the perceptions of rural Veterans… Read More
Yiming Xu uses Machine Learning to Explore the Role of Micromobility in Reducing Traffic Congestion
Micro-mobility such as e-scooters and dockless bicycles have gained popularity in recent years and are widely seen in the urban transportation system. Because most of these lightweight devices are used in and around downtown areas, they have the potential to… Read More
UFTI-McTrans Welcomes New Staff: Guoqian Yan, Application Developer Analyst
Guoqian Yan is an Application Developer Analyst in the McTrans Center at the University of Florida (UF). She earned dual master’s degrees in Computer Science from UF and Cartography and Geographic Information System from Northeast Normal University, China. She is… Read More
UFTI-McTrans Welcomes New Staff: Melissa Ginoza, Visual Designer
Melissa Ginoza is the Visual Designer for the McTrans Center at the University of Florida (UF). She graduated from Walla Walla University with a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design. She has been in the design field for three years, working… Read More
Tia Lubbers, 2020 Transoft Solutions Scholarship Awardee
The UFTI wishes to congratulate Tia Lubbers as the Transoft Solutions Scholarship Awardee for 2020. Lubbers was honored during an online event hosted by the UFTI and Transoft Solutions, which took place on December 10, 2020 via Zoom. Transoft Scholarships… Read More
Jeanine Marrou, 2020 Transoft Solutions Scholarship Awardee
The UFTI wishes to congratulate Jeanine Marrou as the 2020 Transoft Solutions Scholarship Awardee. Marrou graduated with her bachelor’s degree in Summer 2020 from the University of Florida with a degree in civil engineering. She became interested in transportation engineering… Read More
Occupational Therapy Graduate Student Leads Focus Groups to Assess Transportation Mobility, Smart City Planning
Mary Jeghers, a doctoral student in the Department of Occupational Therapy’s Institute for Mobility, Activity, and Participation (I-MAP), assisted with organizing, recruiting, leading, and transcribing two focus group to gauge the transportation needs, barriers, and/or facilitators to residents in the… Read More
Computer Science Graduate Student Creates Sensing Framework for Optimizing Intelligent Traffic Intersection Controllers
Patrick Emami, a doctoral student in the UF Department of Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE), is part of a research team that worked on a project aimed at using sensors and machine learning to optimize the decisions made… Read More