As a result of a study conducted by the University of Florida Transportation Institute in 2016, a new program with ten Road Rangers was rolled-out to start service in Brevard County, Fla., in April 2019, complementing recent expansions near Gainesville… Read More
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Congratulations to the New WTS Gator Student Chapter Executive Board!
The Women’s Transportation Seminar Gator Student Chapter, a branch of WTS International, held elections for new officers for the 2019-20 academic year. Congratulations to the new WTS Gator Student Chapter executive board members! President: Paige HighstoneVice President: Ala AlobeidyeenTreasurer: Shabnam… Read More
Catching Up with Our Alumni
UFTI alumnus Seckin Ozkul graduated with his Ph.D. in August 2014. Ozkul’s dissertation research was on developing an advanced vehicle dynamics modeling approach in traffic microsimulation with emphasis on commercial truck performance and on-board-diagnostics data. His supervisor was Dr. Scott… Read More
Congratulations to the New GatorITE Executive Board!
Gator ITE, the UF Student Chapter of ITE, held elections for new officers for the 2019-20 academic year. Congratulations to the new Gator ITE executive board members! Fabio Sasahara, 2018-19 GatorITE president had this to say on concluding his term:… Read More
I-STREET and Technology Transfer Activities
Visitors from the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the University of South Florida met with UFTI researchers to learn about I-STREET, one of the most visible real-world smart testbed initiatives at the Institute, a partnership in collaboration with… Read More
UFTI Staff Presents to K-12 Students as Part of UF WiSE Spring Break Camp
On April 2, 2019, 14 middle school students participating in the UF Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) Spring Break Camp learned about transportation engineering and designed a “Complete Street” using StreetMix.net, an online design tool. The session and activities… Read More
WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter Hosts 9th Annual WTS Symposium
The WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter at the University of Florida hosted their annual Symposium on Thursday, March 28, 2019, at the Arredondo Cafe, Reitz Union (UF Campus). The focus of this year’s symposium was “Big Data in Transportation” with… Read More
UFTI Spotlight: Dr. Zoleikha Biron
Dr. Zoleikha Biron recently joined the University of Florida Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as an assistant professor. Dr. Biron’s research focuses on cyber physical systems with applications in intelligent transportation systems, connected and autonomous vehicles, power systems and… Read More
Congratulations to the 2019 Transoft Scholarship Winners
Milton Carrasco, CEO and president of Transoft Solutions, Inc., awarded Hope Sotolongo-Miranda and Savanna Stockton, both UF civil engineering students, with the Transoft Solutions Scholarship Award at the WTS Symposium on March 28, 2019. The Transoft scholarship is for junior… Read More
Discovering Potential Market for the Integration of Public Transportation and Emerging Shared-Mobility Services
Dr. Lili Du, UFTI associate professor, is working on a project funded by the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education Center that aims to understand how emerging travel modes such as shared mobility services, including car-sharing and bike-sharing, will reshape the… Read More