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Diverging Diamond Interchanges (DDI) McTrans’ Streets module now includes the analysis of diverging diamond interchanges (DDI), adding this to the list of interchange ramp terminal designs to implement the new procedure provided within Highway Capacity Manual, 6th edition (HCM6). The DDI design allows for all ramp movements to and from the freeway to be accommodated […]

Last month, 40 students from the Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure & Environment (ESSIE) presented their research posters to professional engineers from companies in Florida. Several students from the UFTI participated in the poster competition; Sinead Crotty, an environmental engineering student affiliated with the UFTI, tied for second place in the competition. There were a […]

The UFTI’s T2 Center is hosting a Dynamic Shear Rheometer (DSR) Workshop on April 12, 2017, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., at the UF East Campus T2 Center. This workshop is ideal for current SmartPave DSR users, laboratory personnel using other DSR models, and those planning on adding a DSR to their lab in […]

The University of Florida Transportation Institute’s (UFTI) Transportation Technology Transfer Center (T2 Center) is excited to welcome Dr. Nithin Agarwal to the team. Dr. Agarwal is a transportation research engineer who brings nearly a decade of experience in the field of traffic operations, highway design, and safety. In his current role with the UFTI, Dr. […]

University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) student Deja Jackson was named a 2017 Traffic Safety Scholar (TSS) and awarded a $1,000 scholarship to attend the 35th Annual National Lifesavers Conference on Highway Safety Priorities, March 25-28 in Charlotte, NC.  Jackson, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in civil engineering, is one of 38 U.S. and Canadian […]

The UFTI will host a workshop on May 3, 2017, in the Reitz Union, room G310 on the UF campus in Gainesville, Florida.

The UFTI, FDOT, and the City of Gainesville are gearing up to create a “smart testbed” on the UF campus and surrounding highway network.

Ines Aviles-Spadoni has been selected to co-chair Ahead of the Curve: Mastering the Management of Transportation Research, ABG10(1), which is a joint subcommittee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Conduct of Research (ABG10) and Education & Training (ABG20) committees.  Aviles-Spadoni, research coordinator at the Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE), will join David Jared, PE, assistant […]

The Women in Transportation Central Florida chapter invites all aspiring women studying transportation-related fields to apply to one of three scholarships: the Frankee Hellinger Leadership Undergraduate Scholarship, the Frankee Hellinger Undergraduate Scholarship, or the Frankee Hellinger Graduate Scholarship. The scholarships are worth $1,000, $1,500, and $2,500, respectively. Women in Transportation (WTS) is an international organization […]

Sinead Crotty is one of the many interdisciplinary students affiliated with the UFTI, currently pursuing a doctoral degree in environmental engineering. Her project involves looking at the spatial patterning of bivalves in salt marshes. Bivalve communities have a critical role in maintaining the stability and vertical accretion of coastal wetlands. This is especially relevant in […]