CE 3201: Introduction to Transportation Engineering

Syllabus - CE 3201: Introduction to Transportation Engineering - Fall 2007

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Course Title	Introduction to Transportation Engineering
Times and Rooms:	Lecture M and W 11:15 AM-12:05 PM; Room 210 CivE Lab W 1:25-2:15; Lind Hall 24 or F: 2:30 - 3:20 pm; Room 221 CivE (Computer Lab) Final Exam: 01:30pm-03:30pm Thursday, December 20
Text:	Text: Fundamentals of Transportation Engineering: A Multimodal Systems Approach Author: Fricker, Jon and Whitford, Robert & Class Notes by David Levinson
Instructor:	David Levinson
Office:	138 CivE
Phone, Email	625-6354, dlevinson@umn.edu; (Note: do not try to contact me via WebCT/WebVISTA) (Please put CE3201 in the subject line).
Office Hours:	M and W, 1:00 - 2:00 or by appointment (email me)
Teaching Assistants :	TA: Tyler Patterson Office Hours: _______ in 275 CivE TA: Shanjiang Zhu Office Hours __________and by appt. – in 275 CivE
Prerequisites	If you are concerned about your background and timely preparation for this course, please speak to the instructor. The specific background topics that will be applied in this class comprise college mathematics and science up to and including: • trigonometry and analytic geometry, • vector and matrix algebra, • differential and integral calculus (i.e. Calc I and Calc II), • introduction to mechanics, Newton’s Laws (i.e. Phys I). If any of these topics is unfamiliar (or rusty) to you, review your class textbooks. Familiarity with computer spreadsheets and the use of common computer applications (a word processor, a browser) is assumed. What you do not already know you should be prepared to learn.
Grading:	(1) Exams 60%: MAX [3 Quizzes, Final Exam] (i.e. if you ace your quizzes you don't need to take final, if you do well on the final, your quizzes don't count) (2) Homework, as assigned, (20% Total) (3) Labs (20% Total). No late make-up exams will be given. Grading Ranges: As ... 90%+ Bs ... 80%+ Cs ... 70%+ Ds ... 60%+ F ... below 60% The exact break between A, A-; B, B+, B-, etc. will be determined at the end of the semester.
Homework:	There are 3 homework sets. Homework problems will be assigned to individual students. Each student is responsible for preparing their assigned problems for review by classmates. These problems must be posted on the course section bulletin board on the listed date. You may work with classmates in developing problem solutions, however only one student will receive credit (or blame) for each posted solution. You are of course free to solve any other homeworks you wish for study purposes, without receiving course credit, though it should help on quizzes. Late homeworks are worth 0.0 points. Preparation of Homework Solutions for Posting Identify problem number and your name Restate problem Identify and write out variables, what each means, include units Identify and write out appropriate equations Solve equations Clearly denote results, with proper number of significant figures, and proper units. (You may use either notation from textbook or from class notes, but be consistent) Post your results as a PDF file (there are many programs that allow you to create PDFs. Remember your classmates are depending on you for accurate results. Bulletin Board should be available at http://www.myu.umn.edu/ ... click on My Toolkit and look for WebCT and CE3201 . You will need to log in via x.500. Users can log directly into the course by using the following URL: https://www1.webvista.umn.edu/webct/logon/197912398121
Lab:	For the most part, the sections will be used to provide experience with computer applications to understand the types of problems which will be encountered in the real world. A cooperative, group-centered format will be employed in the labs.

Course Schedule

Date	Activity	Chapters (text)	Homework	Lab
W Sept 5	Introduction	1		*No Lab* This Week
M Sept 10	Part 1: Planning Transportation Planning,	4, 5	Homework 1	Lab 1: Travel Demand Model Adam Adam - week 1 *Lab due before next week's Lab.* *CE3201 Lab1-1-PPT.pdf*
W Sept 12	Trip Generation
M Sept 17	Trip Distribution			Adam - week 2 *Lab due before next week's Lab.* *CE3201 Lab1-2-PPT.pdf*
W Sept 19	Mode Choice, Mode Choice spreadsheet,
M Sept 24	Route Choice			Adam - week 3 *Lab due before next week's Lab.* *CE3201 Lab1-3-PPT.pdf*
W Sept 26	Review Problems (spring 2005 quiz and solution) Sample Quiz (spring 2006 quiz, NO solution posted)		Homework 1 Problems Due (posted electronically) 11:15 a.m.
M Oct 1	Quiz 1			Lab 2: Queueing Lab2.pdf Lab2-1.xls Lab2-2.xls Example.xls
W Oct 3	Part 2: Analysis Queueing, Living Queue	2	Homework 2
M Oct 8	Traffic flow			queueing continued
W Oct 10	Shockwaves & Gaps			queueing continued
M Oct 15	Level of Service	3		Lab 2 Due in Lab Lab 3: Traffic Signal Network: My Traffic Kontrol Lab3.pdf
W Oct 17	Traffic Signals	8
M Oct 22	Traffic Control			*Lab 3 Due in Lab* Lab 4: Intersections (OASIS) Lab4.pdf
W Oct 24	Traffic Analysis
M Oct 29	Traffic Signal Timing	10		intersections continued
W Oct 31	Review Problems (sample quiz 2 solutions)		Homework 2 Problems Due (posted electronically) 11:15 a.m.	intersections continued
M Nov 5	Quiz 2			*Lab 4 Due in Lab* Lab4-Solution.pdf Lab 5: Highway Design Highway Design Lab Lab5Project.jpg Lab 5 Java Applet
W Nov 7	Part 3: Design Human Factors, Perception Reaction Time	6, 7	Homework 3
M Nov 12	Stopping Distance, Superelevation			highway design continued Lab 5 Powerpoint Slides
W Nov 14	Horizontal Alignment			highway design continued Lab 5 Powerpoint Slides
M Nov 19	Tangent Grades			No Lab This Week (Thanksgiving)
W Nov 21	Crest Vertical Curves			No Lab This Week (Thanksgiving)
M Nov 26	Sag Vertical Curves			highway design continued
W Nov 28	Review Problems		Homework 3 Problems Due (posted electronically) 11:15 a.m.	highway design continued
M Dec 3	Quiz 3			No Lab This Week *Highway Design Lab Due Electronically 11:15 am Wednesday*
W Dec 5	Special Topics Safety: Land Use
M Dec 10				No Lab This Week
W Dec 12	Conclusions			No Lab This Week

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY

Students are reminded:"The Institute of Technology expects the highest standards of honesty and integrety in the academic performance of its students. Any act of scholastic dishonesty is regarded as a serious offense, which may result in expulsion. The Institute of Technology defines scholastic dishonesty as submission of false records of academic achievement; cheating on assignments or examinations; plagiarizing; altering, forgin, or misusing an academic record; taking, acquiring, or using test materials without faculty permission; acting alone or in cooperation with another to obtain dishonestly grades, honors, awards, or professional endorsement. Aiding and abetting an act of scholastic dishonesty is also considered a serious offense."

ATTENDANCE AND ABSENCES
You are expected to attend class promptly and regularly. If you are unable to attend class, it is your responsibility to obtain class notes from a classmate. If you arrive late to class, or must leave early, please be considerate with your classmates, and do so as quietly and unobtrusively as possible.
If you are unable to submit a homework assignment or take and exam or quiz due to an absence, you will be granted a waiver of the late homework policy and be given the opportunity to make up for the missed exam or quiz only under special circumstances. These include 1) illness or personal injury and 2) university -related extracurricular activities. Illnesses and personal injuries include you or your children or spouse, and extracurricular activities include athletics. A written statement from a responsible party is required to be granted these special considerations. In the case of illness or personal injury, a letter from a physician or registered nurse must indicate that you were incapacitated from attending class. In the case of athletics, a letter from your coach or trainer must explain why you had to miss class

ABET

The Department of Civil Engineering offers two ABET accredited undergraduate degrees: Civil Engineering (CE), and Geological Engineering (GeoE). ( ABET stands for Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology.) To maintain ABET accreditation, the Department of Civil Engineering must demonstrate that all of their graduates have the following eleven general skills and abilities:

(a) an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering
(b) an ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and interpret data
(c) an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs
(d) an ability to function on multi-disciplinary teams
(e) an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems
(f) an understanding of professional and ethical responsibility
(g) an ability to communicate effectively
(h) the education necessary to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global and societal context
(i) a recognition of the need for, and an ability to engage in, life-long learning
(j) a knowledge of contemporary issues, and
(k) an ability to use the techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice.

In this course, ABET Outcomes (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (g), (k) will be specifically emphasized. To successfully complete this course, you will be required to learn, develop, and ultimately demonstrates these skills and abilities within the context of this course.

HOMEWORK 1

Student ID Last Digit	PROBLEMS
0	4.1	4.11	4.21	4.3	4.14	4.24	4.5
1	4.2	4.12	4.22	4.4	4.15	4.25	4.6
2	4.3	4.13	4.23	4.5	4.16	4.26	4.7
3	4.4	4.14	4.24	4.6	4.17	4.27	4.8
4	4.5	4.15	4.25	4.7	4.18	4.28	4.9
5	4.6	4.16	4.26	4.8	4.19	4.11	4.10
6	4.7	4.17	4.27	4.9	4.20	4.1	4.11
7	4.8	4.18	4.28	4.10	4.21	4.2	4.12
8	4.9	4.19	4.1	4.12	4.22	4.3	4.13
9	4.10	4.20	4.2	4.13	4.23	4.4	4.14

HOMEWORK2

Last Digit of Student ID	Traffic Flow	Flow Models	LOS	Queueing	Signals	More Signals
1	2.1	2.42	3.6	3.17	8.19	8.20
2	2.2	2.36	3.7	3.18	8.18	8.21
3	2.3	2.35	3.10	3.19	8.17	8.22
4	2.4	2.34	3.11	3.25	8.16	8.23
5	2.5	2.33	3.12	3.26	8.15	8.24
6	2.7	2.32	3.13	3.27	8.14	8.25
7	2.10	2.31	3.14	3.28	8.13	8.26
8	2.12	2.43	3.10	3.24	8.12	8.5
9	2.14	2.44	3.11	3.26	8.11	8.6
0	2.18	2.47	3.12	3.27	8.10	8.7

HOMEWORK3

Last Digit of Student ID	Problems
1	6.6	6.16	7.1	7.12	7.25	6.5
2	6.7	6.17	7.2	7.13	7.26	6.6
3	6.8	6.18	7.4	7.14	7.27	6.7
4	6.9	6.19	7.5	7.15	7.28	6.8
5	6.10	6.20	7.6	7.16	7.29	6.9
6	6.1	6.11	6.21	7.7	7.20	7.30
7	6.2	6.12	6.22	7.8	7.21	6.1
8	6.3	6.13	6.23	7.9	7.22	6.2
9	6.4	6.14	6.24	7.10	7.23	6.3
0	6.5	6.15	6.25	7.11	7.24	6.4