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The Civil Engineering Transportation Group ushered in the fall 2015 semester with a Graduate Student Orientation on August 27th. This semester, the Transportation Engineering program admitted eight new graduate students. The orientation is a great opportunity for new and current students to get to meet each other and learn about the polices, rules and regulations […]

The UFTI’s Annual Picnic will take place on October 18, 2015 from 11 am to 2 pm at Lake Wauburg’s North Pavilion. Lake Wauburg is located 8 miles south of US Highway 441. Many activities are available such as kayaking, canoeing, wall climbing, beach volley ball and more. Affiliate faculty and students, including significant others and […]

UFTI Director Dr. Lily Elefteriadou participated in a panel of industry experts at an HNTB “Think: Infrastructure Forum” on August 18, 2015, in Orlando, Fla. The group of more than 40 leaders, experts, and thinkers met for 2 hours to discuss key topics important to the transportation industry. The main topic of the discussion was […]

Don Watson was awarded a 2015 Dwight D. Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship. This prestigious fellowship is given to outstanding students in the field of transportation. Watson is specializing in traffic operations and simulation of two-lane highways. “The Eisenhower Graduate Fellowship has enhanced my education by reducing the financial burden of school and travel to conferences,” Watson […]

Coming from an extensive family tradition of Florida Gators, Clark Letter did not think twice about attending UF after graduating from high school. His grandfather and father both attended UF and so did his brother and sister. His great-grandfather, a horticulturalist, also worked on campus in the 1950’s and 1960’s. So it was that Letter […]

View in Constant Contact [view] Research Mechanical Engineering Professor Conducts Automated & Connected Vehicle Research Imagine instructing your car to drop you off at a specific location. Imagine you also tell it to find a parking space. Think of the time and mental energy you would save.  This scenario, envisioned by Dr. Carl Crane, a […]

View in Constant Contact [view] Research Understanding the Perceptual-Motor Capabilities of Drivers from a Neurophysiological Perspective Evangelos Christou, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Applied Physiology and Kinesiology at UF. As an affiliate of the UFTI, his research focuses on the effects of aging and neuromuscular control of movement.  Christou’s connection to […]

Di Wu, also known as “Woody,” was a quiet and hardworking doctoral student in the transportation program. He attended UF from fall 2007 to fall 2011, working under the direction of Professor Yafeng Yin, his doctoral program adviser at the UFTI. While in graduate school, he followed a rigorous path, conducting transportation-related research, attending conferences, […]

As the publication of the updated Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2015) approaches, McTrans is hard at work implementing the changes and expansions within the Highway Capacity Software (HCS). HCS7 is planned for release concurrently with the publication of the HCM 2015 with most (if not all) new material included. One of the most significant additions […]