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CVEN 3602: Transportation Systems (Fall)

This undergraduate course is a main elective of CVEN students offered in Fall. This course provides a solid introduction to the principles of transportation engineering with a focus on highway engineering and traffic analysis. The material learned will provide the basic skill set that will allow students to solve transportation problems that are likely to appear in professional practice and on the Fundamentals of Engineering exam (FE) and the Principles and Practice of Engineering exam (PE). The material also serves as foundation for future coursework in transportation should students wish to pursue further coursework in the field.

Course Learning Objectives

By the end of the course students will be able to:

• Describe, differentiate, and apply the various modeling approaches used to predict individuals' travel behavior, the terminology used, and their potential applications.
• Understand basic queuing principles and the deterministic and probabilistic assumptions made for arrivals and departures.
• Determine highway construction needs by conducting level of service analysis.
• Apply the fundamental concepts, tools, and techniques used for traffic control and analysis at signalized intersections.
• Design vertical and horizontal alignments for roads under safety and comfort criteria.
• Design pavement structures under safety and economic criteria.
• Explain the basics, principles, and fundamental concepts of infrastructure asset management.

Modules

1. Travel Demand and Traffic Forecasting
2. ​Fundamentals of Queuing Theory
3. Highway Capacity and Level of Service Analysis
4. Traffic Control and Analysis
5. Geometric Design of Highways
6. Pavement Design
7. Intro to Infrastructure Asset Management

AREN 4506: Pre-Construction Estimating and Scheduling (Spring)

Scheduling and estimating are fundamental to the construction and engineering industry: being ‘on time’ and ‘within budget’ are necessary components for project and organizational success. This undergraduate elective course provides an overview of pre-construction scheduling and estimating for construction and engineering projects. We will explore project management methods with an emphasis on the techniques used to estimate and schedule the project prior to construction. We will apply lecture and reading materials to solve basic engineering problems. We will use computer programs, including Primavera and WinEst, to perform complex schedules and estimates. The course will culminate in a group project that will simulate a construction bid and schedule.

Course Learning Objectives

By the end of the course students will be able to:

• Identify the concepts and phases of project management and pre-construction planning.
• Describe and differentiate between types of construction estimates and the role they play in the project process.
• Explain the fundamental concepts, tools, and techniques used to organize and develop estimates.
• Perform conceptual estimates for building construction.
• Perform Quantity Takeoffs (QTOs) and detailed estimates for building construction.
• Apply a cost database to perform estimates through software.
• Describe and create a work breakdown structure (WBS) for a project.
• Describe and differentiate between relationship types when ordering activities in a project plan.
• Calculate the early start, early finish, late start and late finish for activities and the early/late finish, total float and free float for a project using the critical path method (CPM).
• Apply Primavera P6, a computer scheduling program, to schedule activities.
• Create project schedules and a bid-day estimate by applying the materials from the class to a project.

CVEN 5446: Infrastructure Asset Management (Fall)

This graduate course focuses on the fundamentals of infrastructure asset management, a discipline that combines engineering principles, business practices, and economic theory to facilitate a more organized and logical approach to decision-making. A framework for asset management will be discussed in detail, including the importance of asset valuation, maintenance needs assessment, and performance monitoring and prediction. Other topics covered in the course will include: decision support systems, life cycle cost analysis and optimization, data analysis in infrastructure management, and sustainability. Although the concepts introduced in this course are applicable to different infrastructure systems, especial emphasis will be given to transportation projects.

Course Learning Objectives

By the end of the course students will be able to:

• Apply the concepts and methodologies of asset management for the strategic and systematic management of infrastructure.
• Develop infrastructure performance models to predict the future condition of infrastructure assets.
• Evaluate the technical and economic long-term impacts of different investment alternatives in infrastructure projects.
• Optimize investment plans for the maintenance of infrastructure networks under budgetary restrictions.

Modules

1. Framework for Infrastructure Asset Management
2. Data Requirements and Decision Support Systems
3. In-Service Monitoring and Performance Evaluation
4. Performance Modeling and Failure Analysis
5. Preservation, Maintenance, and Rehabilitation Strategies
6. Life-Cycle Cost and Benefit Analysis
7. Prioritization and Optimization for the Design of Maintenance Programs
8. Current Challenges in Infrastructure Asset Management