Category: Awards

By: Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S. Each year, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) University Transportation Center’s (UTC) program recognizes a student from each UTC across the nation for their achievements and promise for future contributions to the field of transportation. This year, the UFTI’s STRIDE Center has selected Bryce Grame, a concurrent degree master’s student in […]

By Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S., STRIDE Research Coordinator Congratulations to Matteo Saracco, a master’s student at the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), for being selected as the STRIDE Center 2022 Student of the Year. For more than three decades, the U.S. Department of Transportation has honored students affiliated with University Transportation Centers (UTCs) who have […]

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a partner in the STRIDE Consortium. In the Spring 2022 semester, two students affiliated with STRIDE were recognized for their achievements. Mithila Hasan of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is the recipient of the inaugural 2022-2023 Civil Engineering Graduate Recruitment Initiative (CE-GRI) Fellowship. She joined UAB in the Spring 2022 […]

The Engineering Club at Howard Bishop Middle school in Gainesville, FL has a lot to cheer about this year. After finishing second place in the Tampa Bay regional Future City CompetitionTM the last two years, the team finished first this year and went on to compete at the national competition. Ondine Wells, STRIDE K-12 Coordinator […]

When he was an undergraduate student at Auburn University, Mitchell Fisher experienced firsthand how research in civil engineering, specifically transportation engineering, helps improve the quality of life for individuals and/or society. “I had the opportunity to work on a project with Dr. LaMondia as a research assistant supporting vulnerable road user guidance in Alabama,” he […]

Transportation is one of the essential components in a society for accessing various resources and opportunities. However, as we witnessed transportation’s vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of creating a workforce that can effectively meet the needs of the communities in which they operate in became more urgent. This means that more of a […]

Students: Candace Brakewood (GaTech) Advancing Science in America Fellowship, Fall 2012 Grady Carrick, Doctoral student (UF) STC Poster Competition at TRB, January 2012 Amy Cavaretta, Master’s student (UF) Thomas J. O’Bryant Fellow, Eno Center for Transportation, Washington, D.C., 2012 Harley Cooper, M.S. 2012 (UNC Chapel Hill) Elsie Van Dyke Dewitt Fellow, 2011-2012 Shannon Denny, Undergraduate […]

Faculty: Dr. Randal Guensler (GaTech) Research Innovation Award, Georgia Institute of Technology, School of Civil Engineering, Atlanta, GA Dr. Robert W. Peters (UAB) Emmett B. Carmichael Award, Alabama Academy of Science for Outstanding Paper, Journal of Alabama Academy of Science Dr. Daniel Rodriguez (UNC Chapel Hill) Excellence in Safety Research for Active Living Poster Award, […]

Faculty: Dr. Virginia Sisiopiku (UAB) Fellow, Institute of Transportation Engineers Dr. Scott Washburn (UF) College of Engineering Doctoral Dissertation Adviser/Mentoring Award for 2014-2015 Students: Gauen Alexander (UAB) ALSITE Billy T. Jones Memorial Scholarship, 2014 Margaret-Avis Akofio-Sowah (GaTech) Leadership Legacy Graduate Scholarship Thomas Chase, Pruthvi Manjunatha and Don Watson 2nd Place, UF Traffic Bowl Team, 2014 Xuanwu […]

Staff: Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S. (UF) Administrative Leadership Award, Council of University Transportation Centers/American Road & Transportation Builders Association Students: Jack Cabe (GaTech) 3rd Place Student Paper, American Planning Association/Transportation Planning Division; Title: An Evaluation of “Road Diet” Projects on 5-Lane and Greater Roadways Chelsea Dyess (GaTech) 3rd Place Winner, STRIDE Student Poster Competition, TRB 2016, Washington, […]