CUTRConnections The Official Newsletter for CUTR Employees NEWS FROM THE DIRECTOR Even if you’re on the right road, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Our road also has plenty of potholes to navigate as we make fundamental changes to our business. On Friday, a COE speaker remarked that the only person that really embraces change is a baby with a soiled diaper – for the record, I don’t think my babies even liked those changes. I’m confident that the talent in this building will help us become more agile, more adept, more innovative, and more successful than ever. In fact, I’ll demand it. Don’t sit. Help me navigate potholes and plan for meeting our challenges. All of us liking these changes is not likely; I hope we can learn to embrace them nonetheless. — Jason FACULTY AND STAFF CAMPAIGN Donate today! Deadline to pledge donation is April 6. Click the image to donate. CONGRATULATIONS! Jodi Godfrey, JJ Samus, and Menna Yassin (l-r) were inducted into Chi Epsilon, The Civil Engineering Honor Society on Friday, March 23. Congratulations on your accomplishment! Congratulations to Enrique Gonzalez-Velez who has accepted a transportation engineer position with Sam Schwartz Engineering in Washington, DC. Good luck Enrique! HR COMPASS Sick Leave Pool Open Enrollment begins April 2. Program offers continued paid status in case of emergency. If you would like to become a member of the Sick Leave Pool Program, now is the time to join! The Sick Leave Pool enables an employee to remain in a paid status when they experience a serious, short-term medical condition rendering them unable to perform assigned duties and causing them to deplete all of their leave. Eligible full time and part time employees may join during the annual Sick Leave Pool open enrollment period from April 2 through April 30. Contact Martha for more information. UPCOMING EVENTS April 4, 2012 CUTR Advisory Board Meeting April 10, 2012 Managers’ Meeting April 12 - 13, 2012 Florida TDM Summit (MSC) April 13 - 15, 2012 ACT Board Meeting April 16 - 17, 2012 ACT Leadership Academy Birthdays Lisa Staes 4/1 Alshatti Othman 4/1 Wendy Teague 4/3 Jeff Kramer 4/7 Jan Davis 4/16 Domenick Pontoriero 4/17 Jennifer Iley 4/20 Grace Hunt 4/26 JoAnne Fiebe 4/26 Sisinnio Concas 4/30 Anniversaries Sara Hendricks 20 yrs Martin Catala 18 yrs Debbie Sapper 8 yrs Chris Cohran 3 yrs Steve Bovino 2 yrs Joan Pino 2 yrs Kevin Daniels 1 yr AEGIS Timesheets Due: Tuesday, April 10 by 10am for pay period 3/30 to 4/12 CUTR Webcast 4/5/2012: Transit, Technology & Public Participation Presented by: James Mattson & Del Peterson, Small Urban & Rural Transit Center at North Dakota State Univeristy Please email Jennifer Iley, if you would be interested in presenting. April 2, 2012
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CUTRConnectionsThe Official Newsletter for CUTR Employees
News from the DirectorEven if you’re on the right road, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Our road also has plenty of potholes to navigate as we make fundamental changes to our business. On Friday, a COE speaker remarked that the only person that really embraces change is a baby with a soiled diaper – for the record, I don’t think my babies even liked those changes. I’m confident that the talent in this building will help us become more agile, more adept, more innovative, and more successful than ever. In fact, I’ll demand it. Don’t sit. Help me navigate potholes and plan for meeting our challenges. All of us liking these changes is not likely; I hope we can learn to embrace them nonetheless. — Jason
faculty aND staff campaigNDonate today! Deadline to pledge donation is April 6. Click the image to donate.
coNgratulatioNs!Jodi Godfrey, JJ Samus, and Menna Yassin (l-r) were inducted into Chi Epsilon, The Civil Engineering Honor Society on Friday, March 23. Congratulations on your accomplishment!
Congratulations to Enrique Gonzalez-Velez who has accepted a transportation engineer position with Sam Schwartz Engineering in Washington, DC. Good luck Enrique!
hr compassSick Leave Pool Open Enrollment begins April 2.
Program offers continued paid status in case of emergency. If you would like to become a member of the Sick Leave Pool Program, now is the time to join! The Sick Leave Pool enables an employee to remain in a paid status when they experience a serious, short-term medical condition rendering them unable to perform assigned duties and causing them to deplete all of their leave. Eligible full time and part time employees may join during the annual Sick Leave Pool open enrollment period from April 2 through April 30. Contact Martha for more information.
upcomiNg eveNtsApril 4, 2012 CUTR Advisory Board Meeting
April 10, 2012 Managers’ Meeting
April 12 - 13, 2012 Florida TDM Summit (MSC)
April 13 - 15, 2012 ACT Board Meeting
April 16 - 17, 2012 ACT Leadership Academy
BirthdaysLisa Staes 4/1Alshatti Othman 4/1Wendy Teague 4/3Jeff Kramer 4/7Jan Davis 4/16Domenick Pontoriero 4/17Jennifer Iley 4/20Grace Hunt 4/26JoAnne Fiebe 4/26Sisinnio Concas 4/30
anniversariesSara Hendricks 20 yrsMartin Catala 18 yrsDebbie Sapper 8 yrsChris Cohran 3 yrsSteve Bovino 2 yrsJoan Pino 2 yrsKevin Daniels 1 yr
aegis timesheetsDue: Tuesday, April 10 by 10am for pay period 3/30 to 4/12
cutr webcast4/5/2012: Transit, Technology & Public ParticipationPresented by: James Mattson & Del Peterson, Small Urban & Rural Transit Center at North Dakota State Univeristy Please email Jennifer Iley, if you would be interested in presenting.
april 2, 2012
usf collaBoratioNsUse the links below to view/download a copy of the patent.
Project: U.S. Patent # 8,036,679 – Optimizing Performance of Location-Aware Applications Using State Machines USF Partners: Rafael Perez, Miguel Labrador, USF Computer Science and Engineering CUTR Leads: Sean Barbeau, Nevine Georggi, Phil Winters Issued: October 11, 2011
Project: U.S. Patent # 8,045,954 – Wireless Emergency-Reporting System USF Partners: Rafael Perez, Miguel Labrador, USF Computer Science and Engineering CUTR Leads: Sean Barbeau, Nevine Georggi, Phil Winters Issued: October 11, 2011
Project: U.S. Patent # 8,138,907 – Travel Assistance Device USF Partners: Rafael Perez, Miguel Labrador, USF Computer Science and Engineering CUTR Leads: Sean Barbeau, Nevine Georggi, Phil Winters Issued: March 20, 2012 Description: Travel Assistance Device (TAD) system to assist transit riders with intellectual disabilities.
Project: U.S. Patent #8,140,256 – Dynamic Ridematching Algorithm. USF Partners: Rafael Perez, Miguel Labrador, Sasha Dos-Santos, USF Computer Science and Engineering CUTR Leads: Sean Barbeau, Nevine Georggi, Phil Winters Issued: March 20, 2012 Description: GIS-based Algorithm to match riders for carpools that are traveling on similar routes.
Project: U.S. Patent # 8,145,183 – On-Demand Emergency Notification System Using GPS-Enabled Devices USF Partners: Rafael Perez, Miguel Labrador, Sasha Dos-Santos, USF Computer Science and Engineering CUTR Leads: Sean Barbeau, Nevine Georggi, Phil Winters Issued: March 27, 2012 Description: Mobile app to automatically determine the cell phone user’s current evacuation zone and real-time evacuation information for that zone.
Project: USF Successful Transition After Graduation for Exceptional Students (STAGES) Sponsor: Hillsborough County School District USF Partner: College of Engineering CUTR Lead: Sean Barbeau
Proposal: NSF, SHB: Type II (INT): “Enabling Human Behavior Analysis” Sponsor: National Science Foundation USF Partners: Miguel Labrador, USF Computer Science and Engineering CUTR Lead: Sean Barbeau
Proposal: “Community Missing Events in Persons with Dementia Who Wander” Sponsor: US Department of Veterans’ Affairs, Rehabilitative Research and Development Service Partners: Helen Moore, Donna Algase, Scott Barnett, Lisa Brown, Jim Fozard, Bill Kearns, Micahel Kerrigan, Victor Molinari, and Tatjana Bulat – James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital and USF
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School of Aging Studies, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences CUTR Lead: Sean Barbeau
New awarDs/coNtractsProject: FTA Open Data Policy Sponsor: Federal Transit Administration Principal Investigator: Martin Catala
Project: Florida Transit Operator Trainer Training Program Sponsor: FDOT Principal Investigator: Amber Reep Co-Principal Investigator: Lisa Staes
receNtly releaseD reportsUse the links below to view/download the final report are from the TRB website.
TCRP Synthesis 97/SF-16: Improving Bus Transit Safety through Rewards and Discipline Sponsor: TRB/TCRP Principal Authors: Jay Goodwill, Amber Reep, and Randall Pine
proposals suBmitteD/uNDerway Project: Bus System Safety and Security Reviews Sponsor: FDOT District 7 PI: Deborah Sapper
Project: Substance Abuse Program Management Oversight and Technical Assistance Program Sponsor: FDOT PI: Lisa Staes Co-PI: Diana Byrnes
traNsportatioN graDuate semiNarApril 6, 2012 @ 11am: “Development and Application of ITS Operations Evaluation Models” Presented by: Gummada Murthy
April 13, 2012 @ 11am: “Estimating the Optimal Cycle Length for Feeder Transit Services” Presented by: Sujan Sikder
April 20, 2012 @ 11am: “Mapping Travelers’ Attitudes: Does Space Matter” Presented by: Dr. Antonio Paez from McMaster University (Canada)
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