CCE 4300: Traffic Design
Elements of traffic engineering including traffic flow theory, highway capacity analysis and traffic control systems. Traffic engineering tools and implements including traffic sensor and data systems, parking and traffic accident analysis, freeway traffic management systems and uniform traffic control devices. Application of control measures such as ramp metering systems, actuated signal control systems and traffic impact analysis. Concepts in transportation system management, cost-effectiveness, and public policies.
CCE 5400: Transportation Planning
Theoretical foundations of transportation planning, design, and analysis methods. Theory and application of aggregate and disaggregate models for land use development, trip generation, and destination, mode, and route choice. Transportation network analysis. Planning, design, and evaluation of system alternatives.
CCE 6100: Civil Systems Analysis
Introduction to systems approach to analyze and design civil systems. Identification and formulation of civil engineering systems. Modeling the problems and their solution techniques. Modeling approaches include linear programming, simplex method, network analysis, simulation, and decision theory.
CCE 6110: Traffic Operations and Management
Application of traffic engineering and control concepts, including data collection, analysis, and traffic control systems design to traffic operations and management. Traffic engineering studies, traffic flow theory, traffic control devices, traffic signal control and ramp metering systems, and intelligent transportation systems.
CCE 6530: Traffic Model and Simulation
Understanding macroscopic and microscopic traffic flow models and applying simulation techniques to modeling traffic phenomena; Application of traffic flow models to traffic operation studies; Issues in data needs and model validation; Incorporating advanced traffic operation and ITS technologies into traffic simulation models; Advanced transportation simulation models.
CCE 6580: Public Transportation
Design and analysis of public transportation systems; their operation and management; demand and cost analysis. Technological characteristics along with their impacts on capacity, quality of service, and cost. Impact of transit systems on land use and environment.