Category: Events

By: Ines Aviles-Spadoni, M.S. Earlier this year, STRIDE spearheaded a project led by Dr. Nithin Agarwal, director of the University of Florida Transportation Institute’s (UFTI) Technology Transfer (T2) Center, which focused on transforming transportation education and practices in the southeastern United States. The “Transportation Workforce Development Related to Traffic Signal Systems – Phase II (Technology)” […]

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. Researchers from the University of Florida Transportation Institute’s (UFTI) I-STREET Living Lab traveled in May 2023 to the SunTrax Test Facility in Auburndale, Fla., to test an algorithm they created that optimizes and operates traffic signals, thus improving safety and traffic performance at intersections. The critical component of this new algorithm […]

Students who have a poster must attend the reception in person with the printed version of their poster. They must stand with their poster for the first hour of the event. STRIDE will provide easels and poster boards. Posters should be 24″ h x 36″ l. Submission Instructions: Students will submit a PDF of their […]

TRANSPORTATION EQUITY FUNDAMENTALS CERTIFICATION Part I: February 8 & 9, 2023 Part II: March 8 & 9, 2023 Access to safe, reliable and affordable transportation is a right for all individuals – yet it is particularly difficult to provide in many areas, particularly rural locations. This can mean the difference between access to medical care, […]

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 […]

Researchers from the STRIDE Center will present the latest products emerging from their cutting-edge transportation research during a 3-day virtual showcase. Each day will feature tools and strategies around a central theme. The event will take place on November 16, 17, and 18, from 12 PM to 2 PM, ET via Zoom. There is no […]

The STRIDE Center featured student research during the 2021 Virtual Student Poster Showcase & Competition held during a live, online event on Friday, January 29, 2021, in conjunction with TRB. Congratulations to the winners of the event! 1st Place – Lucas Yu, Georgia Institute of Technology (Poster: AI-Based Work Zone Traffic and Driver Behavior Extraction […]

Abstract DEADLINE is November 18, 2019, by 5:00 pm, ET The Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education Center (STRIDE) invites students to submit abstracts for participation in the Poster Showcase/Competition to be held at the University of Florida Transportation Institute (UFTI) Reception on January 13, 2020 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at Baby […]

This year’s UTC Conference was hosted by the Center for Connected Multimodal Mobility (C2M2) at Clemson University, which attracted students, faculty, staff, state DOT representatives, and other transportation professionals in the southeast region. The STRIDE Center was one of the co-sponsors of this event, and several students, faculty and staff representing the Center were in […]