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Photo of Behzad Aghdashi Behzad Aghdashi Director of the McTrans Center
352-294-3095

Dr. Aghdashi’s areas of expertise include traffic operations on surface streets, simulation analysis, software development, and mathematical optimization. He has over ten years of professional experience focusing on research in transportation engineering. He was involved in several funded NCHRP, SHRP 2, FHWA, NCDOT, STRIDE, and University of Maryland projects. Dr. Aghdashi serves as a member for TRB Committee on Highway Capacity and Quality of Service (AHB40).…

Photo of Jonathan Czerenda Jonathan Czerenda Program Assistant
352-294-3096

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McTrans Center

Photo of Shen Dong Shen Dong Application Developer Analyst IV
352-294-3090

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McTrans Center

Photo of Lee Duda Lee Duda Store Rec

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McTrans Center

Photo of Pamela Johnson Pamela Johnson Administrative Support AST II
352-294-3098

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Photo of Sonja Mincey Sonja Mincey Program Assistant
352-294-3097

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UF Transportation Institute
McTrans Center – Auxiliary Center

 

Photo of Karla Rodrigues-Silva Karla Rodrigues-Silva Postdoctoral Associate

Dr. Karla Rodrigues-Silva is Postdoctoral Associate in University of Florida, integrating McTrans and T2 team. She earned her Master’s and Doctorate’s degrees in Transportation Engineering from University of São Paulo and bachelor’s in Civil Engineer from Federal University of Minas Gerais with an exchange program from ENPC in France. Karla has over 15 years of working in the transportation industry in many areas such as road safety, traffic engineering and urban planning.…

No Photo Available Hugh Snyder Administrative Support Assistant II
800-226-1013
Photo of Samantha Taningco Samantha Taningco Engineer II
352-392-0378

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