CCE 36100 – Introduction to Transportation Engineering

Credits and contact hours

  • 3 credits
  • Lecture that meets 3 times per week for 50 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks

Specific course information

  • Catalog description: This course will introduce the student to the fundamentals of transportation engineering – from planning and design to operations. The multimodal nature of transportation will be demonstrated by studying non-highway modes. The relationship disciplines outside engineering – will become clear. Perhaps most important, the student will see how a transportation engineer can practice the profession in today’s world.
  • Prerequisites: There are none, but it is helpful to have taken:
    • CCE203 Principles & Practice of Geomatics
    • Probability and Statistics
    • Cash flow analysis
  • Course status: Technical elective – breadth and design

Specific goals for the course

  • Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
    • Analyze transportation-related problems using methods that constitute standard practice. (While doing so, define and explain the most common terms and abbreviations used in transportation engineering.
    • Identify, collect, and apply data to analyze transportation problems.
    • Explain the role of transportation in today’s society and the community.
  •  Relationship of course to program outcomes
    • Outcome 1: An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
    • Outcome 2: An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
    • Outcome 3: An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
    • Outcome 4: An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
    • Outcome 5: An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
    • Outcome 6: An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
    • Outcome 7: An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Topics

  • CHAPTER 1 TRANSPORTATION IN OUR DAILY LIVES
  • CHAPTER 2 TRAFFIC FLOW: THEORY AND ANALYSIS
  • CHAPTER 3 HIGHWAY DESIGN FOR PERFORMANCE
  • CHAPTER 4 MODELING TRANSPORTATION DEMAND AND SUPPLY
  • CHAPTER 5 PLANNING AND EVALUATION FOR DECISION-MAKING
  • CHAPTER 6 SAFETY ON THE HIGHWAY
  • CHAPTER 7 HIGHWAY DESIGN FOR SAFETY
  • CHAPTER 8 DESIGN OF INTERSECTIONS FOR SAFETY AND EFFICIENCY
  • CHAPTER 9 HIGHWAY DESIGN FOR RIDEABILITY (PAVEMENT DESIGN)
  • CHAPTER 10 PUBLIC MASS TRANSPORTATION
  • CHAPTER 11 AIR TRANSPORTATION AND AIRPORTS
  • CHAPTER 12 MOVING FREIGHT
  • CHAPTER 13 THE PATH TO A SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM