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Rebecca Kiriazes began her transportation engineering journey at the University of Florida’s Transportation Engineering program, participating in projects as an undergraduate student and eventually graduating with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering in May 2018. She is currently pursuing her doctoral degree at The Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and has worked on two […]

Dr. Xilei Zhao is an assistant professor at the University of Florida’s Department of Civil and Coastal Engineering. She specializes in data science applications for innovative mobility and evacuation. Dr. Zhao came to UF after graduating from Johns Hopkins University, spending time as a research fellow at the University of Michigan and one year as […]

A B M Tausif Ullah Chy completed his graduate work this spring and graduated with a master’s degree in transportation engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). As a research assistant, he mostly concentrated on traffic operations and management with a focus on freeway work zones. Along with his master’s thesis adviser, Dr. […]

Kai Monast, MRP, is the interim director of the School Planning and Transportation Group and the director of the Public Transportation Group at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at North Carolina State University. At ITRE, Kai specializes in bus and paratransit planning, operations, and performance measurement. His interests in transportation sprung early […]

This spring, Sahila Sarjana graduated with a master’s degree in civil engineering at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She also worked as a graduate research assistant on a STRIDE-funded project titled “Technology Influence on Travel Demand and Behavior”, a project led by her thesis adviser Dr. Virginia Sisiopiku. Sarjana’s interest in transportation engineering solidified […]

Project C2 (Urban Freight and Planning; Principal Investigator: Dr. Noreen McDonald, UNC Chapel Hill) Dr. Noreen McDonald of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill along with Dr. Ruth Steiner of the University of Florida, are working to develop guidelines that will assist local governments with increases in freight movements to mitigate congestion. More […]

Project K2 (Assessing and Addressing Deficiencies in the HCM Weaving Segment Analyses; Principal Investigator: Dr. Behzad Aghdashi, NCSU) Dr. Behzad Aghdashi of North Carolina State University is the lead researcher in a STRIDE funded project that is looking at deficiencies in the Highway Capacity Manual’s (HCM) weave segment analysis. As weave segments are one of […]

STRIDE researchers in North Carolina, Georgia and Florida wanted to understand how shifting demographics and new mobility services were impacting public transit ridership, particularly for the transportation disadvantaged, including low-income populations and paratransit users. Through a four-part effort, researchers created analytical tools that transit and regional planning agencies can use to improve their services. Part […]

A group of high school friends led by Michael Zhou, a senior at Auburn High School in Auburn, Alabama, got together to develop a concept design with safety implications that would alert drivers when students were crossing a road or using crosswalks. The high school student team, which included three other friends (Eric Mao, senior; […]

Dezhong (Tony) Xu is a graduate student at North Carolina State University. He played an important role in a comprehensive study related to STRIDE Project K2 titled “Assessing and Addressing the Deficiencies of HCM Wave Analysis”, led by Dr. Aghdashi and with collaboration from Dr. Nagui Roupahil of NCSU and Dr. Lily Elefteriadou, professor and […]