CE 453:
Highway Design (4 Credits)
Class web page www.ctre.iastate.edu/educweb/ce453/453.htm
Instructor in Charge:
Dr. Thomas B. Stout
stouttom@iastate.edu
384
Town Engineering, or
Center
for Transportation Research and Education (CTRE)
Phone: 515-294-2330 (Town) or 515-294-7188 (CTRE)
Availability outside class hours: I have two offices (Town and CTRE). Some students will prefer to meet in teams when they have the best chance of catching me in my Town office.
To facilitate that, I provide the
following tentative schedule when you might best expect to be able to find me
at Town (subject to change):
Monday: 8 - 9, 10 – 11, 12:30 –
2:30
Tuesday: I will be off-campus
most Tuesdays
Wednesday: before or after class
Thursday: 8 – 11, or during labs
(2-6)
Friday: 8 - 9, 10 – 11
Please make an appointment via
email if these times do not work for you.
Required Text:
Garber and
Hoel, Traffic and Highway Engineering,
3rd Edition, 2002.
Other References (available at library):
·
A Policy
on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets (The Green Book).
· Mannering and Kilareski, Principles of Highway Engineering and Traffic Analysis, 2nd Edition, 1998
· Clarkson, Oglesby, and Hicks. Highway Engineering. 4th Edition, Wiley and Sons, 1982.
· Wright, Paul. Highway Engineering, 6th Edition, Wiley and Sons, 1996.
Grading and Grading Policies:
Grading Percentages: (note: Class
Participation and professional behavior may be factored in at up to 10% at
discretion of instructors.) Quizzes will
be administered at the end of most classes, covering the reading material and
the lecture.
Presentations
(1@4%)......................4%
Quizzes and Homework Average…16%
Scale:
|
³ 93.3% = A |
83.3% – 86.6% = B |
73.3% – 76.6% = C |
63.3% – 66.6% = D |
|
90.0% – 93.2% = A- |
80.0% – 83.2% = B- |
70.0% – 73.2% = C- |
60.0% – 63.2% = D- |
|
86.7% – 89.9% = B+ |
76.7% – 79.9% = C+ |
66.7% – 69.9% = D+ |
£ 59.9% = F |
Suggested
study method:
At
beginning of semester, and as changes occur (as noted by instructor):
·
Become familiar with website and related
materials. Stay on top of changes,
especially syllabus. There will be a
quiz over the web site contents early in the semester.
Before
class:
·
Read relevant portion of text – there may be a
quiz
·
Print Power Point lectures, 3 to a page to leave
room for notes or 6 to a page if you don’t need much room to write. Look at the power points before printing; you
may not need all the pages, especially if there are a lot of pictures. Bring the printouts to class with you.
·
Before Lab – read the lab instructions
During
class:
·
Listen to and interact with lecturer, taking
notes. Ask questions.
·
Take closed book/notes quiz at end of
class. May cover assigned reading
material and/or material covered in class.
After
class:
·
Please call attention to instructor of errors or
omissions in notes, suggest improvements
·
Use notes and references to do lab work
·
Use notes and references to study for exams
·
Do homework if assigned
Policies:
1. Attendance: Each student will be allowed up to 3 excused absences per semester (illness, job interview, funeral, etc. where instructor is notified PRIOR to the absence via email) If excused, the student will receive a grade of n.a. for that day’s quiz, which will not figure into the quiz average. On certain days, no quiz will be given and all students present will be given n.a. Unexcused students not present on those days will receive a zero that figures into their quiz average. Students who miss lab periods must coordinate with their team to make up missed work and must understand that their absence may negatively affect their peer evaluation.
2.
Peer evaluation: Each student will evaluate
their design team peers’ performance on weekly lab assignments. Each team is allocated 5 points per
person. Teammates who make the average
contribution (quality and quantity) should receive a score of 5. For students who make above average
contribution, peers may rate them higher than 5, but must penalize another
group member such that the average is 5 within the group. All peer evaluations
are due the Friday (
IMPORTANT: You need to seriously evaluate the contribution of your peers. Labs are a big portion of the grade. Members who make greater than average contributions will receive higher lab scores than the raw score, and vice-versa. Generally no adjustment will be made if your average score is within 10% of the average.
Teams will rotate leadership (project managers - PM) amongst the members. The PM will be evaluated each week. The PM is responsible for calling team meetings, making assignments, pulling together parts of the lab, making sure the lab report reads like one person wrote or prepared it, and providing quality control. As this takes extra effort, other members should be assigned work accordingly.
3. Grammar and Style: All work will be evaluated for organization, content, neatness, grammar, and for how well it meets the assignment objectives (poor spelling, grammar and style may be penalized up to 30% of assignment grade). Every student in the group earns the same grade for each lab. However, individual grades can be changed at the instructor’s discretion to reflect participation.
4. Presentations: will be evaluated for organization, content, flow, and the ability to clearly communicate material in the specified time frame. Peer evaluations may be used in determining part of the student’s oral presentation grade.
5. Late projects and homework: (lab assignments) will be graded, but penalized 10% (one letter grade) for every day past the due date. (5 points off if not submitted prior to beginning of lab instruction on the due day, the week after assigned)
6. Any conflicts: between the policies described in this syllabus and the lab manual should be brought to the attention of the instructor for resolution.
Course Description:
C E 453. Highway Design. (3-3) Cr. 4. F.S. Prereq: 304,
355, 372, 382. Introduction to traffic engineering and
highway planning. Design, construction, and
maintenance of highway facilities; earthwork, drainage structures; pavements.
Preparation of environmental impact statement. A
complete design project is required. Computer applications.
Non-major graduate credit.
Course Objectives (please read before class
begins and as you go along – it is your time and money – are these reasonable
objectives? Are you meeting the objectives?):
·
Describe and/or define roadway classification
systems, the governmental role in transportation, transportation
administration, and financing
·
Understand transportation planning
purpose/process/results, assess and apply results or appropriate equivalent to
a design project
·
Identify and recognize important driver and
vehicle characteristics, and apply to design project
·
Identify factors to be considered in location
and route selection process, estimate impacts, systematically compare
alternatives, and justify recommended solution
·
Distinguish and explain the various controls,
criteria, and design methodologies for a number of roadway plan components
(e.g., cross section, horizontal and vertical alignment,
intersections/interchanges, drainage, pavement, and traffic and erosion
control)
·
Design, calculate, and communicate the physical
characteristics and/or impacts of a roadway cross section, horizontal and
vertical alignment, intersections/interchanges, drainage, traffic and erosion
control during construction, and pavement
·
Consider and explain the design impacts of
maintenance, rehabilitation, pedestrians/bikes, HOV lanes, lighting, parking
lots, and some recent transportation topics (e.g., flexibility, animal/vehicle
interaction, traffic calming, and roundabouts),
·
Interpret and effectively communicate (written
and orally) design project tasks and decisions to the interested public and
practicing engineers
Department of Civil and Construction
Engineering Policy Regarding Language Skills
"Language
skills shall be considered, to the extent appropriate, in assigning grades to
all problems, examinations, and reports in Civil Engineering courses. It is considered appropriate, for example,
that the grade assigned to two reports of equal technical quality could differ
by two letter grades between one that is superior in terms of organization,
composition, grammatical usage, and spelling, and one that is unsatisfactory in
this regard. This policy shall be made
known to all students enrolled in Civil Engineering courses by an announcement
at the first class meeting and as frequently as necessary thereafter."
Course Relationship to CE Education
CE
453 serves as a capstone course that applies various individual civil
engineering components/areas to a single design solution. The course evaluates the student’s ability to
recall a significant amount of the information and methods taught in a number
of prerequisite courses to achieve an appropriate design solution. The students will discover that the combined
application of the information and skills they have learned will allow them to
develop an overall understanding of the proposed problem, and the methods
necessary to achieve a safe and economical solution.
1. Design,
coordinate, and execute an integrated undergraduate civil engineering program
that produces graduates who:
a. Have
a fundamental understanding of mathematics, statistics, and physical sciences
and where appropriate, life sciences.
b. Have
a broad base of knowledge in civil engineering technical areas, represented by
the transportation/surveying, structural,
environmental/water resources, and geotechnical/materials discipline areas.
c. Have
a basic understanding of cost estimating, planning, and scheduling for civil
engineering projects.
d. Utilize
critical thinking to identify, define, and develop alternative solutions, and
to implement feasible design to solve an open-ended or ill-defined problem
while considering constructability, sustainability, and maintainability of the
design.
e. Are
effective in oral, written, and graphical communication of ideas to engineers
and non-engineers.
f. Recognize
and understand the importance of timely and effective communication during the
design and construction processes.
2. Provide
opportunities for student interaction with practicing professionals.
3. Provide
opportunities for students to develop their leadership skills.
4. Develop and maintain a faculty that serves as a model of professional excellence for our student
Special Needs:
Please
address any special needs or special accommodations with me at the beginning of
the semester or as soon as you become aware of your needs. Those seeking
accommodations based on disabilities should obtain a Student Academic
Accommodation Request (SAAR) form from the Disability Resources (DR) office
(phone 515-294-7220). DR is located on the main floor of the