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Various courses in transportation engineering are offered via UF Electronic Delivery of Graduate Engineering (UF EDGE), a convenient program within the UF College of Engineering that allows students to earn graduate degrees, obtain certificates, or take individual courses all while maintaining their current jobs and/or keeping their family schedules. The course lectures and materials are […]

FDOT Sponsored Research, BDV32-977-03 (Cost-share project for STRIDE Center) Authors: Lily Elefteriadou, Ph.D., Alexandra Kondyli, Ph.D., Bryan St. George (graduate student) Report completed:  September 2014 [final report] Transportation engineers use the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 2010) to estimate the amount of vehicles that freeways can tolerate without becoming oversaturated. Field measurements in Florida have shown measured capacities are actually […]

Research Dr. Scott Washburn Awarded NCHRP Project to Develop Improved Methods for Analyzing the Operational Performance of Two-Lane Highways A large proportion of two lane highways in the U.S. serve an important role in transporting goods, services and people, and with expanding urban congestion, alternate routes are consistently being sought by shipping companies. This new […]

The UFTI held its annual picnic at Lake Wauburg on Sunday, October 19, 2014. More than 70 people attended the event. The weather was perfect with temperatures in the low 80s and very comfortable. The food was excellent, catered by Mi Apa Latin Café as requested by our students.  This year, awards were given to faculty, students and staff, which made for […]

Dr. Juan Gilbert is a new faculty member at the Computer & Information Science & Engineering (CISE) Department at the University of Florida. He is the Andrew Banks Family Preeminence Endowed Chair and the Associate Chair of Research at CISE.  Dr. Gilbert has been at UF since July 1, 2014, and he’s also an affiliate faculty of the […]

McTrans and T2, two centers under the umbrella of the UFTI that specialize in the transfer of transportation technology, are consistently invited to participate in professional meetings, and this year was no exception. In February, Bill Sampson, the director of McTrans, along with staff, were featured presenters at the 2014 Winter Workshop held at Florida’s […]

A large proportion of two lane highways in the U.S. serve an important role in transporting goods, services and people, and with expanding urban congestion, alternate routes are consistently being sought by shipping companies. This new NCHRP project  headed by Dr. Scott Washburn, a transportation faculty member at UFTI, aims to create improved analysis methods […]

The 2nd International Conference on Dynamics of Disasters will take place in Kalamata, Greece, June 29, 2015 to July 2, 2015, at the Elite City Resort.  Conference organizers include, Dr. Panos Pardalos, a distinguished professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering at the University of Florida. See more at the conference website. Conference […]

Research 3rd Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region Mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region which will take place March 26-27, 2015. This year, the conference will be hosted by the University of Alabama – Birmingham in collaboration with Mississippi State University. Comparing Methods for Measuring Travel Time at Florida […]

Join the WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter to discuss “The Future of Transportation” at their 4th Annual WTS Transportation Symposium on Thursday, November 13, 2014. The event will take place at the Arredondo Cafe in the Reitz Union, University of Florida campus from 6 pm to 9 pm. A panel of industry leaders in the […]