Urban Knowledge Discovery Lab



Courses:


CE5200: Traffic Engineering (Undergraduate Class)

1- Traffic Flow
.....a. Introduction to ITS/ Traffic Flow theory
.....b. Observations and Basic Quantities
.....c. Data Analysis
.....d. Microscopic Models (Car Following)
.....e. Fundamental Diagram
.....f. Cell-Transmission Models
2- Signal Design and Operations
.....a. Signal Timing
.....b. Signal Coordination
3- Level of Service Analysis
.....a. Intersections
.....b. Freeways, Arterials and Urban Roads
4- Simulation and Network Modeling
.....a. Designing Simple Networks in VISSIM
.....b. Signal Timing Simulation in Synchro
.....c. Level of Service Analysis and Optimizing Signal Operation Using HCS


CE327: Tranportation Systems Engineering (Undergraduate Class)

> Traffic Flow (Fundamentals; Greenshields and Greenberg Models, Car following models)
> Probability and Statistics
> Queuing Theory
> Shockwaves
> Signal Timing
> Level of Service Analysis
> Road Geometric Design
> Pavement (material and design)


CE4900: Tranportation Network Analysis (Graduate Class)

1- Basic Concepts of Optimization Problems
.....a. Introduction
.....b. Unconstrained Optimization Problems
.....c. Constrained Optimization Problems
.....d. Mixed Integer Models
.....e. Multi-objective Optimization Problems
.....f. Dual Formulations
2- Transportation Network Analysis
.....a. Network representations
.....b. Equilibrium models
.....c. Assignment models (SO vs UE)
3- Solution Methods
.....a. Steepest Descent
.....b. Frank-Wolfe algorithm
.....c. Branch and Bound Algorithm
.....d. Piecewise Linearization
.....e. Lagrangian methods
4- Heuristic Methods
.....a. Genetic Algorithm
.....b. Simulated Annealing Algorithm
5- Large Scale Optimization Techniques
.....a. Benders Decomposition
.....b. Dantzig-Wolfe Algorithm
.....c. Column Generation
.....d. Lagrangian Method


CE326: Tranportation Planning (Undergraduate Class)

> Tranportation Policy
> Land use models
> Four-Step Models
> Highway transportation
> Public Transportation
> Freight Transportation
> Non-motorized transportation
> Environment Justice and Transportation
> Engineering Economics