UFTI Affiliate Reaches Mount Everest Base Camp – a Lesson in Leadership

June 9, 2025

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., M.A., Research/Communications Coordinator Sherrilene Classen, Ph.D., professor and chair of the UF Department of Occupational Therapy, is an affiliate of the UFTI who, on May 29, 2025, accomplished the amazing achievement of reaching Mount Everest’s Base Camp at 17,600 feet in the Himalayas. Coincidentally, May 29 was also the day when […]

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UFTI Celebrates Transportation Leadership Master’s Graduates with a Reception at the I-STREET Lab

May 14, 2025

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., M.A., Research/Communications Coordinator Five students graduated on Monday, May 5, from UF’s online master’s degree in civil engineering with a concentration in transportation leadership. To celebrate this very important moment in their lives, the graduates were honored with a reception at the I-STREET Living Lab, the location for UF’s real-world testbed […]

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Driving excellence: Celebrating 10 years of research, education, & technology transfer at the UFTI

December 4, 2023

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S. The University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) this year is commemorating 10 years of ground-breaking research and contributions to the transportation sector. The UFTI was founded in 2013. It is now regarded as a leader in transportation research and education. The Institute has served as a hub for multidisciplinary transportation research, […]

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