Trans Eng Capstone Design

Catalog description

This course is the capstone design course in transportation engineering. It is a project based course focusing on the design of roadways, highways and bridges according to the AASHTO, ITE Best Practices, and other state guidelines and codes. The students will work in groups and are responsible of submitting several written reports and participate in a technical oral presentation. In addition, the course will focus on Highway Funding; Travel Forecasting; Ethical Practice; Design Standards and Geometrics; Interchanges and Intersections; Parking; Traffic Control Devices; Highway Maintenance; Roadside Design; Earthwork; Traffic Flow and Capacity Analysis. Spring.