UFTI Welcomes Dr. Panos Michalopoulos to the External Advisory Board
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The UFTI is excited to welcome Dr. Panos Michalopoulos to the External Advisory Board. UF alumnus Dr. Michalopoulos has over 50 years of consulting, research, teaching, professional, and business experience in traffic engineering, management operations, and control. Additionally, Dr. Michalopoulos developed a patented process for machine vision based vehicle detection and founded a company (Image Sensing Systems, Inc.) for commercializing the technology. Image Sensing Systems, Inc., pioneered the field of wide area vehicle detection (widely known as Autoscope).
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UF Ranked No. 1 Nationally in Innovation Impact
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The University of Florida is the most productive large university in the country at leveraging its research funding into new companies, new jobs and new ideas, according to a report released last week by the George W. Bush Institute and the Opus Faveo Innovation Development consulting firm. The UFTI is proud to be part of the innovation ecosystem at UF.
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GatorITE announces Executive Board Members for 2020-2021
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The UF student chapter of Institute of Transportation Engineers - GatorITE - 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 - Luan G S Carvalho
- Vice President - Sagar Patni
- Treasurer - Pratik Lahoti
- Secretary - Vivek Gadhiya
- Outreach Chair - Shashwat Anant
- Event Coordinator - Akhilesh Shastri
- Social Media Coordinator - Ehsan Amini
- Traffic bowl Coordinator - Christian Breault
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Florida will be one of the first states to participate in an Automated Vehicle Transparency and Engagement for Safety Testing Initiative from the USDOT
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This initiative from the US Department of Transportation (USDOT) is part of an effort to improve the safety and testing transparency of automated vehicle technology. Florida Department of Transportation Secretary and UFTI External Advisory Board member Kevin J. Thibault, P.E. says "the AV TEST Initiative is a monumental step into the future of automated vehicles, and we are proud Florida is one of the first states to participate in such an important effort led by USDOT and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration."
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STRIDE Webinar:
Creation of graduate curriculum explaining relationships between Public Health, Physical Activity, Urban Mobility and The Built Environment
July 8: 12:00 PM Eastern
Evidence-based research from the public health profession has determined adverse factors associated with the built environment, transportation system, urban land use patterns, and travel mode choices are contributing to declining public health and rising healthcare costs in U.S. metropolitan areas. The objective of this project was to develop a multidisciplinary graduate-level course addressing the intersection between public health, transportation and the built environment. This course focused on establishing basis of need for and potential benefits from implementation of optimal solutions to the challenging dilemma of how the built environment impacts urban mobility, transportation infrastructure, network connectivity, sustainability, livability, and public health. Interconnections between the fields of physical activity, public health, public policy and engineering planning and design will be identified. The goal was for students with diverse backgrounds, in a variety of academic fields, to be able to evaluate urban, suburban communities, and neighborhoods to identify positive and adverse effects of the built environment on levels of physical activity and measures of public health, with an emphasis on adoption of polices and approaches for improving desirable outcomes supporting healthier communities.
Webinar Presenters:
- Dr. William J. Davis, The Citadel
- Dr. Daniel B. Bornstein, 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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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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