Introduction to Transportation Engineering – This course is designed to provide students with a basic introduction to the field of transportation engineering. An introduction to different modes of transportation with emphasis on roadway and traffic engineering. Topics include traffic flow theories, transportation economics and planning, highway capacity analysis, highway geometric design, traffic control and operations, intelligent transportation systems, transportation safety and sustainability.

​Intelligent Transportation Systems – This course covers the fundamentals of intelligent transportation systems. Transportation systems worldwide provide economic and social opportunities, but they also create well-known problems of congestion, safety and environmental degradation. This course will examine how Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) can enhance mobility, reduce deaths and injuries, and protect environmental resources. ITS apply information and communication technologies in transportation. The issues to be covered in the course will include systems engineering approach applied to ITS, ITS deployment and transportation operations, transportation system management, traveler response to technologies and information, ITS planning, evaluation, and institutional issues.

Urban Transportation Planning – This course is designed to provide students with an in-depth understanding of the urban transportation planning process. The course is intended to provide a strong foundation in urban transportation planning covering demand and supply, data and survey, trip generation, trip distribution, mode split, traffic assignments, etc. Lectures will be used to discuss planning principles, concepts, and capabilities, especially those related to efficient use of the highway system, public transportation, impact assessments, and other required transportation planning studies, as well as practical implementation issues. Assigned readings will be used to supplement and introduce the material presented in class and should be read prior to attending class. The students’ work will culminate in the preparation of a course paper and project in which they will study an urban transportation planning problem and complete a travel demand model.  

Transportation Safety and Security – This course introduces fundamental concepts of transportation safety and security. These concepts cover areas such as the nature of traffic crashes and emergency events, human behaviors, and transportation infrastructures. The course examines how death, injury and property damage and the public perception of risk detract communities from achieving their goals. The specific issues relate to transportation safety/security goals, relevant frameworks, and the selection of countermeasures and their evaluation in terms of specific criteria.

Sustainable Transportation – This course concentrates on exploring options in light of a variety of goals of improving the sustainability of transportation systems and our living environments. The class focuses on public policy, travel demand management strategies, land use, and technology in addressing sustainable transportation in an integrated approach. It especially emphasizes the role of technology, human response to technology, mobility justice, and public policy.