This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience. This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives. Students evaluate the need for a highway improvement and develop design objectives to meet the identified need. They then apply appropriate design principles and methodologies to develop a highway design that best meets the design objectives.
Students participate in teams in completing the open-ended highway design project.
At the end of the project the students present the results orally and in a written report. Assessment of student progress toward course objectives Homework problem sets are used to illustrate the key concepts and design principles. Two hour exams are used to evaluate the level of understanding of key concepts and principles as well as the ability to develop appropriate designs.