Alumni Spotlight: Dr. Miguel Lugo, PE, Planning Engineer, RS&H
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While at UF, Dr. Lugo enjoyed working on his dissertation
Walking and Healthy? On the Relationship among Utilitarian Walking, Health, and Residential Choice
. He expressed that it provided him with the opportunity to “marry two issues I am passionate about and use my research skills to develop new tools and ways to advance knowledge in this area,” the area of health and city walkability. In addition to his Ph.D., he also earned a Master’s in Engineering with a minor in Urban and Regional Planning.
Since graduating from UF, Dr. Lugo has been working with RS&H, an architecture, engineering, and consulting design firm at their headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida.
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WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter Announces Executive Board Members for 2020-2021
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The WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter is excited to announce their Executive Board for the 2020-2021 year. The organization is looking forward to a fun, productive, and educational year ahead.
- President - Mary Jeghers
- Vice President - Arielle Hernandez
- Treasurer - Shabnam Medhizadah
- Secretary - Elisabeth Staten
- Newsletter/Website Chair - Carlyn Ellison
- Program/Event Chair - Leonida Kibet
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Recently Published: Proceedings of the 2019 Workshop on Linked Building Data and Semantic Web Technologies Organized by Dr. Aaron Costin of the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management
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With an increase in the use of computer software, technologies and automation such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Big Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI), the built environment and the architecture, engineering, construction and operation industry (AEOC) have been experiencing a transformation that has greatly improved their industry. Due to a surge in the application of these technologies within the AEOC industry, a sharing of information was needed and a workshop was created to “provide a focused overview on technical and applied research on the usage of semantic web, linked data, and web of data technologies for the AECO industry” according to the workshop chair Dr. Aaron Costin.
A Workshop on “Linked Building Data and Semantic Web Technologies 2019” (WLS2019) was hosted by the University of Florida on September 29 through October 1, 2019 with sponsorship from the College of Design, Construction and Planning and co-hosted with Infotech, Inc. Presenters from industry, government agencies, and academia discussed a variety of topics during the three day workshop. The workshop generated a Proceedings titled “Future of Information Exchanged and Interoperability,” which was edited by UFTI affiliate Aaron Costin, assistant professor in the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Construction Management. Dr. Costin also served as the workshop chair.
Workshop presenters included UFTI Director Dr. Lily Elefteriadou whose presentation "Capitalizing on Autonomy, Connectivity, and other Advanced Technologies to Enhance Mobility and Safety: The I-STREET Testbed" discussed the opportunities presented by the I-STREET real-world testbed.
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Transportation Research Board 2021 Annual Meeting Paper Submissions are due August 1
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Mc
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Highway Capacity Analysis Webinar Series
August 3 - 7: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Eastern
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will be presenting a training course as a series of webinars on Highway Capacity Analysis covering the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM 6th Edition) methodologies including applications using the Highway Capacity Software (HCS7) organized as follows:
August 3 (1:00-2:30) – HCM 6th Edition with HCS7 Overview (included with all registrations) (1.5 PDH)
August 3 (2:30-4:00) & August 4 (1:00-2:30) – Freeway Segments (Basic, Weaving, Merge & Diverge) and Freeway Facilities (Reliability) (3.0 PDH)
August 4 (2:30-4:00) – Highway Segments (Multilane Highways, Two-Lane Highways) (1.5 PDH)
August 5 (1:00-2:30) – Unsignalized Intersections (TWSC, AWSC, Roundabouts and Roundabout Corridors) (1.5 PDH)
August 5 (2:30-4:00) & August 6 (1:00-4:00) – Signalized Intersections (Multiple-Period Analysis, Phase Duration); Urban Streets (Flow Profile, Access Points, Reliability) and Interchanges (Ramp Terminals, Alternative Intersections) (4.5 PDH)
August 7 (1:00-2:30) – TransModeler SE Demonstration (HCS7 Streets Integration, 3D Animation, HCM-Compliant Simulation) (1.5 PDH)
Register for the entire series (13.5 PDH) at a discounted rate. Registrations will be limited to ensure questions and discussion can be managed appropriately. Individual registrations are required for all participants. Multiple registrations on the same order from the same company or agency are discounted.
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STRIDE Webinar: South Carolina (SC) Bike and Pedestrian Clearinghouse
August 5: 12:00 PM Eastern
The South Carolina (SC) Bike and Pedestrian Clearinghouse is part of a larger movement to advance the built environment and mobility needs and promote the adaption of multimodal solutions in the state of SC. The webinar will give an introduction to the SC’s built environments with bike and pedestrian facilities, how efforts have evolved through the years, what has been accomplished, and then go through the structure of the newly developed bike and pedestrian clearinghouse resources.
Webinar Presenters:
- Dimitra Michalaka, The Citadel
The Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education (STRIDE) Center is the 2016 USDOT Region 4 (Southeast) University Transportation Center (UTC) housed at the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI).
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STRIDE Webinar: Planning for Urban Freight Delivery: How do City Codes Accommodate Freight?
August 12: 12:00 PM Eastern
This research project presents a comparison of minimum requirements for freight loading spaces in the 20 largest cities in the United States, as well as the four most populous cities in North Carolina. The study provides insights on a topic that is little understood: how U.S. cities provide and manage infrastructure for urban freight delivery. This multi-methods study assesses the requirements for off-street and on-street loading spaces, drawing from quantitative and qualitative data collected from municipal zoning codes, planning documents, news stories, and interviews with local planners and transportation engineers. The findings indicate that requirements vary widely across the cities. While requirements for off-street loadings spaces are move prevalent, particularly for larger business, requirements for on-street loading spaces are less likely to be codified and depend heavily on the availability of curb space. This study provides a general overview of how freight loading spaces are provided and managed in larger U.S. cities and supports the need for improving the supply of freight loading spaces to meet the growing demand for urban freight deliveries spurred by e-commerce.
Webinar Presenters:
- Dr. Noreen McDonald, UNC Chapel Hill
The Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development, and Education (STRIDE) Center is the 2016 USDOT Region 4 (Southeast) University Transportation Center (UTC) housed at the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI).
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Recordings of past STRIDE webinars can be accessed on YouTube via the STRIDE Center's playlist on the University of Florida Transportation Institute's YouTube channel.
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