Center Theme

The Southeastern Transportation Research, Innovation, Development and Education (STRIDE) Center is a USDOT/RITA grant-funded, regional University Transportation Center (UTC) headquartered at the University of Florida that conducts transportation-related research in the areas of safety, livable communities and economic competitiveness. Through a strong interdisciplinary network of researchers, educators, state DOTs, private and public agencies, and professional organizations throughout the Southeast and across the U.S., the Center aims to advance the state of the art in transportation and develop a robust workforce for designing, implementing and managing the transportation systems of the future.

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Keep up to date with STRIDE activities, events, research publications, workshops, conferences, K-12 workforce development, and student awards and accomplishments by following us on the STRIDE website, Facebook and Twitter.

Website: www.stride.ce.ufl.edu Facebook: www.facebook.com/southeasterntranportationcenter Twitter: twitter.com/STRIDE_UTC

Contents

Center Theme Director’s Message Milestones & STRIDE by the Numbers for 2012 (Year 1) Financial Report for Year 1 Staff Organizational Chart Research Education Student of the Year – Amy Cavaretta Awards Transportation Research Internship Program (TRIP) Workforce Development

K-12 Workforce Development GatorTRAx

Family Engineering Night UAB Career Day, UF Engineering Fair, FIU Engineering Expo Engineering: It’s for Girls Too! LEGO® Robot Vehicle Lesson Plans

Technology Transfer

WTS Transportation Symposium UFTI/STRIDE Reception and Student Poster Competition, TRB 2013 27 Transportation Safety Symposium 28 UTC Conference for the Southeastern Region 30 WTS Advancing Women in Transportation Student Chapter Creation 32 Webinars 33 Publications and Presentations List of Projects