| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Coifman | 2/03 |
| | 675 | Instrumentation, Signals, and Control in Transportation Applications |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | An interdisciplinary course bringing together electrical engineering tools and transportation applications. Students gain |
| | valuable experience working in teams while learning traffic flow, surveillance and control. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Au Qtr. | 3 | U G | 2, 1.5-hr cl |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prerequisites: 301 and Math 415; or Civil Eng 570; or grad standing in Elec Eng or Civil Eng. Cross-listed in Civil |
| | Engineering. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | none |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | Fundamentals of Transportation and Traffic Operations, 1997 | Daganzo, C.F. | Pergamon |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | none |
| | 5. | COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| | 1. Provide students with a teamwork environment that is representative of the work strategies found in industry and |
| | research, but rarely in coursework. Homework assignments will consist of interdisciplinary group projects, drawing on |
| | electrical engineering and transportation engineering skills. Each member brings experience that contributes to the success of |
| | the team, while all members will learn the dynamics of working closely with engineers from other fields. (Criterion 3(d)) |
| | 2. Address an interdisciplinary topic with a holistic approach that bridges Civil Engineering and Electrical Engineering (and |
| | to a lesser degree, other disciplines such as computer science and city planning). (Criterion 3(d)) |
| | 3. Provide a comprehensive course on the subjects listed in the topical outline below (traffic flow theory, traffic surveillance |
| | and traffic control). These studies will form the foundation for a research program on traffic surveillance, traffic flow theory, |
| | and traffic control. (Criterion 3(i)) |
| | 4. Introduce the students to managing and manipulating large quantities of raw data. This objective will include basic tasks |
| | such as interfacing between PC's and sensor hardware, converting data from one format to another, and identifying data |
| | collection errors. The tasks embody core engineering skills that are key to a student's professional development. (Criterion |
| | 3(k)) |
| | 5. Distil meaningful information from large quantities of sensor data. Applications will include traffic control, traffic flow |
| | theory, and driver behavior (e.g., car following models). (Criteria 3(b),(a)) |
| | 6. | TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES) |
| | Traffic flow theory- what are we monitoring and why? (4 lectures) |
| | Existing traffic surveillance and control- hardware and software- how do we monitor and control traffic today and what are |
| | the shortcomings? (4 lectures) |
| | Signals, shocks and disturbances- the waves that propagate through the traffic stream- how do they travel and how do they |
| | affect traffic? (4 lectures) |
| | New traffic surveillance technologies and traffic control methods. (8 lectures) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 2, 1.5-hr cl |
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