Babak Mehran's Research Group

Calendar description: Study of the characteristics of traffic flow and methods of traffic control; introduction to traffic flow and queuing theory; roadway capacity and level of service analysis; speed and volume studies; traffic signs and signalization; computer control systems; and, accident analysis.

Calendar description: Detailed geometric design of highways; functional and detailed geometric design of at-grade and grade separated intersections; and, introduction to design of flexible and rigid pavements.

Calendar description: Structure and properties of engineering materials, particularly steel, aggregates, asphalt and Portland cement concretes. Introduction to soils. Environmental aspects of materials.

Calendar description: Students will be introduced to the concepts of engineering design and communications. In addition, the consequences of engineering projects on society will be explored.

Calendar description: The historical evolution of transit in cities; the technological innovations which made transit possible; and transit mode definitions. Models of transit vehicle motion are presented; transit travel times under different travel regimes are derived. Transit scheduling methods are shown. System operational characteristics are defined and quantitative measures of effectiveness are introduced. Transit network planning objectives are identified; actual geometries are qualitatively and quantitatively analyzed. Transit ownership structures and economics are discussed; contemporary ITS applications are presented. Methods for selecting appropriate transit modes are covered.