Transportation Courses
The following courses are offered in Transportation Engineering at the ODU Civil Engineering Department:
CEE 375: Introduction to Roadway Design: This course provides an introduction to a broad range of issues impacting road design. Topics covered include characteristics of the driver and vehicle, geometric design, horizontal and vertical alignment, and pavement design.
CEE 470/570: Transportation Fundamentals : This course surveys the current practice of transportation engineering in the United States. It focuses on various ground transportation modes, and covering policy, institutional, planning and operational issues. Students are introduced to planning models, capacity analysis, traffic impact analysis, and parking studies. Prerequisite: CEE 375 or equivalent
CEE 471/571: Transportation Operations I: This is the first course in transportation operations and traffic flow theory. Topics include traffic engineering studies, capacity analysis, intersection control, traffic flow models, shockwave analysis, signal warrant analysis, and safety analysis. Course includes applications of modeling and simulation to isolated intersections. Prerequisite: CEE 375 or equivalent
CEE 670: Transportation Planning: This course covers transportation planning processes that include policy direction, transportation data, travel demand forecasting models, and decision-making/stakeholders issues. Prerequisite: CEE 375 or equivalent
CEE 770/870: Transportation Safety: This course focuses on major transportation safety issues including transportation safety goals, safety of various transportation modes, identification of problematic locations, selection of safety countermeasures and their evaluation, safety data and modeling issues. Prerequisites: CEE 470/570, CEE 471/571, or instructor's permission
CEE 771/871: Transportation Operations II: This is the second course in transportation operations and traffic flow theory. Topics covered include design of progressive signal systems, queuing theory, car following models, and applications of microscopic traffic simulation to corridor studies. Prerequisites: CEE 470/570, CEE 471/571 or instructor's permission
CEE 772/872: Intelligent Transportation Systems: This course examines how ITS can be used to enhance mobility and safety. The topics covered in the course include systems engineering approach to ITS, traveler response to technologies and information, ITS planning and evaluation, and ITS deployment and operational performance. Prerequisites: CEE 470/570 or instructor's permission
CEE 773/873: Transportation Facilities Design : This is a problem-solving, client-based course that is intended to give students experience in applying engineering principles to actual problem situations in civil/transportation engineering. It typically covers the planning and design, and functionality of key transportation infrastructure systems. Prerequisites: CEE 375, CEE 470/570, or instructor's permission
