By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., Research Coordinator Matthew Mapa is captivated by the power of data and its potential to help society. That interest led him to the University of Florida, where he is now a third-year computer science engineering student,… Read More
Tag: transportation
Revolutionizing U.S. Infrastructure: The Digital Future of Bridges and Structures
By Aaron Costin, Ph.D., Associate Professor, M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management, University of Florida and Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., UFTI The launch of Phase II in an innovative multimillion-dollar initiative marks a significant milestone in the revolutionized way bridges… Read More
Using Flexible Financing for Improving Toll Road Projects
By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., Research Coordinator/Marketing & Communications, UFTI Millions of people travel on highways and toll roads daily without ever considering the planning, decision-making, and financial decisions that went on in the background before that road was built. To… Read More
How a Novel Routing Technology Could Help Reduce Traffic Jams
By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., Research Coordinator/Marketing & Communications, UFTI Traffic jams, a pervasive issue in the United States, cost consumers time and money. INRIX, the transportation analytics research firm, has estimated that urban commuters in 2022 spent a staggering 51… Read More
Uncovering Bias in Human Mobility Analysis through Mobile Device Location Data
Doctoral student Xiaojian Zhang is working to reduce social inequalities by analyzing biases in mobile device location data gathered and tracked from technologies such as mobile phones or other GPS-enabled devices. Mobile device location data has become an important tool… Read More
Women in Transportation History
New NSF-funded Research Experience for Undergraduates project led by Dr. Sandip Ray to focus on cybersecurity for vehicles
University of Florida’s College of Engineering will soon be hosting a new REU site, thanks to a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF.) REU stands for Research Experiences for Undergraduates and is a unique opportunity for small cohorts of… Read More
Transportation Workforce Development for State DOTs To Address Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (Southeast Region)
By Ada Lang, UFTI Communications Coordinator Equity, diversity and inclusion in the workforce are long-standing areas of concern, and a STRIDE-funded project titled Transportation Workforce Development for State DOTs to Address Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion recently studied that issue –… Read More