Tag: autonomous shuttles
Doctoral student wins ITE District Best Paper award for autonomous shuttle study
September 23, 2025By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., M.A., Research/Communications Coordinator, UFTI Congratulations to Renan Favero for winning the Daniel B. Fambro Student Paper Award at the Florida-Puerto Rico Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) District Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida, on August 12, 2025. Renan Favero is a doctoral student in transportation engineering, conducting research on autonomous shuttles. “This […]
Read more »Student Spotlight: Renan Favero Says It’s Not All About the Degree; It’s about Making a Difference
June 9, 2025By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., M.A., Research/Communications Coordinator, UFTI Who would have thought that a microsimulation class would have made such an impact on Renan Favero that he would go on to pursue a career in transportation engineering? It was 2013, and Favero, then an undergraduate student in civil engineering, was attending the Politecnico di Torino, […]
Read more »How a UF Doctoral Student’s Passion for Integrating Transportation Technologies Led Her to a Post Doc at UMass
February 26, 2025By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., M.A., UFTI Research & Communications Coordinator Many students pursue a doctoral degree because they wish to deepen their knowledge, contribute to enhancing the state of the art and make some sort of meaningful impact in their chosen field. For Isabelle Wandenkolk, that desire led her to explore how to use technology […]
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