Lecture meets 2 times per week for 75 minutes per meeting for 15 weeks
Specific course information
Catalog description: This course provides fundamentals of traffic engineering with a focus on traffic operations and control. Main components include basic traffic flow theory, traffic simulation, and traffic signal control. An introduction to the smart transportation system with connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) and smart infrastructure, and how these new technologies will impact existing operation and control models will also be introduced.
Prerequisites: CCE 36100 and CCE463 or equivalent
Course status: Technical elective
Specific goals for the course
Student learning outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
Model and analyze highway and intersection traffic flow,
Build and calibrate microscopic traffic simulation models,
Evaluate, analyze, and optimize signal timing plans,
Have basic knowledge of connected and automated technologies including background, standard, testing, evaluation, and their applications in traffic engineering.
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 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.
Topics
Macroscopic Traffic flow theory
Traffic stream characteristic and basic traffic variable
Fundamental diagrams
LWR theory and solution scheme (Godunov scheme, cell/link transmission models)
