STUDENT CHAPTERS

WTS Florida Gator Student Chapter

On May 24, 2015 the student chapter hosted a workshop with Marsha Anderson-Bomar, a principal at Stantec, titled “Harmonize Life: Words, Work and the World around Us”. Along with UF’s ITE chapter, the WTS Florida Gator chapter co-organized an educational tour at the Tampa Bay Port in April, 2015. They also supported the ITE chapter by attending their organized educational presentations like the ‘NW 8th Avenue-Multiple Options for Achieving a Multi-modal Corridor’ and ‘ITS and Smart Cities’ seminars. Lastly, WTS members volunteered at the PK Yonge Research School Carnival with a booth with various hands-on activities that helped students explore engineering.

ITEUF

The UF ITE student chapter organized and hosted six seminars, three technical tours, three outreach events, and five socials. Seminar topics ranged from pedestrian responsive traffic signals to road diets. Students visited the newly constructed Corrine Brown Transit Facility, Gainesville Regional Airport and Port Tampa Bay. The chapter also reached out to K-12 students through the Benton Engineering Council’s E-Fair, Tau Beta Pi’s GatorTRAX, and a signals lab tour. Members also attended ITE conferences and participated in the 2014 ITE Collegiate Traffic Bowl. The UF traffic bowl team placed 2nd in the competition, which took place in Seattle, WA in August 2014.