Course ID: Engi 9799, Offered in: Spring, Enrollments: 20, Class hours: 3hr/wk

Major Topics

Introduction to Infrastructure Management Framework

• Key issues in infrastructure management
• Application of system methodology to infrastructure management
• Development of IMS; Example of a physical airport-facility system
• Overview of influence levels of IMS components

Introduction to Sustainability

• Technical approaches to quantifying sustainability
• Tenets of sustainability and relationship among major indicator categories
• Major categories of sustainability indicators and example of measurable properties
• Concept of sustainability index; The IPAT Equation, Ecological Footprint, Carbon Footprint, Water Footprint

Network Level Need Analysis and Priority Programming

• Decision making framework for asset management
• Criteria for identifying network level needs; levels of service concept; how to establish
• Prediction models for monitoring performance of infrastructure; model types, performance trend analysis, survival analysis
• Analysis of effectiveness of rehabilitation/treatment alternatives; identifying needs and prioritization techniques for short-term and long-term planning

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) Frameworks

• Introduction to life cycle thinking
• Concept of life cycle assessment, product, functional unit, reference flow, overview of 3-phases of LCA framework
• Materials Flow Analysis in Infrastructure Construction Projects; materials reservoir system – input and output flows
• Efficiencies in mass flow systems; Extraction, Manufacturing, Recovery, Recycling efficiencies

Life Cycle Cost Analysis (LCCA) Methods

• Introduction to life cycle cost analysis; benefits of LCCA
• Steps in LCCA: Establish design alternative, Activity timing, Cost estimation, Life cycle cost, Results Analysis
• Concepts: Analysis period; Discount rate; Salvage value; Determining of net present value of infrastructure
• Analysis Methods to LCCA; application of LCCA method in pavement engineering

Pavement Management Systems, Models and Strategies

• Steps in pavement management process; major components of Pavement Management System (PMS); Levels & Framework of PMS
• A brief discussion on Pavement Condition Data needs, Major characteristics of pavement condition considered in evaluating pavement rehabilitation needs
• Concepts of Pavement Roughness, Present Serviceability Rating, Pavement Serviceability Index
• An overview of equipment used for measuring pavement roughness
• Summary of pavement distresses, distress groups, and their causes; most common measures considered in distress measurement
• Equation for distress rating and overview of distress evaluation technique; discussion of Pavement Condition Index and PCI Parameters
• Pavement structural condition evaluation method; pavement safety condition measures and evaluation system
• Pavement condition prediction model: deterministic and probabilistic approaches; family-based prediction and multi-variate regression approaches
• A brief overview of pavement rehabilitation program development; various Maintenance and Rehabilitation Techniques
• Analysis methods for selecting a program of pavement rehabilitation

Climate Change and Infrastructure Design and Management

• Introduction to climate and weather, Impacts of climate change, Causes of climate change – Greenhouse gas (GHG) and their effects
• Understanding the science of climate change, Concept of Albedo, Estimating average temperature of earth
• Concept of climate forcings, Concept of global warming potential (GWP)
• Control of climate change
• Global Energy Balance and Surface Temperature Model, Climate Change Projections and Impacts

Course ID: CIVE 240 (University of Waterloo), Offered in: Spring 2016, Enrollments: 110, Class hours: 3hr/wk

Major Topics

Introduction to Sustainability 

• Quantifying sustainability, Sustainability Index, The IPAT Equation, Ecological Footprint, Carbon Footprint, Water Footprint
• MDGs and SDGs, Earth carrying capacity and population growth; J-shaped (Logistic curve) and S-shaped growth concepts
• Sustainable design; People-centered design and IDEO’s human-centered design, Triple bottom line

Concepts of Life Cycle Analysis

• Life Cycle Thinking, Definition of Product, Functional Unit, Reference Flow
• Importance of life cycle thinking
• Life cycle assessment framework
• LCA Phases: Definition of goal and scope; inventory analysis of data, impact analysis
• Materials flow analysis techniques
• Embodied water; Embodied energy

Transportation Sustainability

• A big picture of transportation engineering; historical development of technologies in transportation
• Emerging technologies for transportation sustainability
• Transportation infrastructure and sustainability
• Transportation theories and models – an overview
• Utility theory and transportation mode choice
• Urban transportation systems and the impact on environments

Sustainable Built Environment

• Definition of built environment, Importance of sustainable built environment
• Concept: Land-use and land cover change, Development, Urban sprawl, Mix-use development
• Zoning, regulations and importance in sustainable development, Building envelope, Setback, FAR
• New urbanism, Smart growth, Environmentally sensitive design, Green infrastructure
• Low impact development, Conservation design, Green building, LEED rating and certificate system
• Strategies for building energy conservation

Climate Change

• Climate and weather, Impacts of climate change, Causes of climate change – Greenhouse gas and effects
• Understanding the science of climate change, Albedo, Estimating average temperature of earth
• Climate forcings, Global warming potential (GWP), Control climate change

Sustainable Air Quality

• Importance of Sustainable Air Quality; Impacts of Poor Air Quality; Highlights and Outcomes of North American Regulations on Clean Air; NAAQS, CAAQS; Determine AQI and Interpreting AQI for Health Effects
• Fundamentals of Air, Air Pollutants and Emissions; Detail about Six Criteria Pollutants – Sources, Impacts and Mitigation Techniques; Estimate Emissions; Estimate Dispersion of Air Pollutants
• Type of air pollutants; Sources, environmental and health effects and mitigation techniques of air pollutants: CO, NO_x, N₂O, VOCs, O₃, PM, SO₂, Pb and NH₃
• Methods of Estimating Emissions and Models, Dispersion Models

Sustainable Energy

• Fundamental of energy, Different energy sources and characteristics, Role of energy on the economy
• Analysis of local, national and global trends in energy consumption, Technical function of fossil fuel, solar, wind, hydraulic, nuclear, geothermal power systems
• Mathematical model on sustainable energy

Sustainable Water Quality

• Background on water quality, Water pollution, Water quality parameters
• Biochemical oxygen demand, Nutrients in water, Modeling water pollution, Modeling dissolved oxygen in a stream
• Biogeochemical cycle, Residence time, Hydrologic cycle, Pathways of water flow; evaporation, transpiration, infiltration, precipitation, runoff
• Watershed, Water use: withdrawal, nonwithdrwal, consumptive water use, per capita water use, water price, Water budget

Course ID: Engi 4312, Offered in: Spring, Enrollments: 90, Class hours: 3hr/wk

Major Topics

Introduction to Mechanics of Materials and Stress

• Definition of mechanics; Different types of loads/forces; Review of reactions at supports/connections; Equations of forces/moments in equilibrium state
• Internal loadings in solid materials for an external load, Concept of stress; Average normal stress and average shear stress, Allowable stress design for a solid material

Deformation and Strain in Solid Materials

• Effects of an external force, Concept of deformation and strain, Concept of axial and shear strain

Mechanical Properties of Materials

• The tension tests, the stress-strain diagram, Detail inspection of stress-strain diagram
• Concept of Modulus of elasticity (Hook’s law), Yielding, Plastic Deformation, Strain Hardening, Necking, Ductile Materials vs. Brittle materials
• Procedure for Determining Yield Stress for Materials with Non-linear Elastic Behaviors (e.g.; Metal, Plastic)
• Concepts of Permanent set, Strain Energy, Strain Energy Density, Elastic Strain Energy, Modulus of Resilience, Modulus of Toughness, Poisson Ratio, Creep, Fatigue

Stress and Deformation in Materials under Normal Loading

• Review of stress distribution and Hooke’s law, The Saint-Venant Principle
• Estimating deformation of an axially loaded member (within the elastic region)
• The Principle of Superposition, Statically indeterminate axially loaded member
• How to analyze statically indeterminate axially loaded member, Concepts of Thermal Stress, Stress Concentration and Residual Stress

Effect of Torsional Forces in Structural Materials

• Concept of torsional moment or torque, A brief overview of torsion test, Visualization of torsion force application or torsional effects
• Understanding and estimation of effect (stress and strain) of torsional force on a circular shaft, Review of polar moment of inertia
• Understanding shear stress distribution in a member and its effects; Relationship between power (rate of work) and torque
• Estimation of angle of twist for a torsional force; Sign convention in torsion problem

Effect of Bending Loading 

• Concept of bending/flexural moment, Visualization of bending/flexural effects, Effects of internal loadings in beams
• Detail discussion on methods for determining shear and moment in beams: shear and moment functions method and graphical method
• Understanding of bending deformation in a beam due to bending moment and equation for estimating bending deformation
• Understanding of bending stress (flexure stress) and equation for bending stress (flexure stress), Procedure for determining bending stress in a beam
• Concept of unsymmetrical bending and determining bending stress when moment arbitrarily applied

Concepts and Applications of Transverse Shear Forces

• Concept of transverse and longitudinal shear forces or shear stresses, Understanding shear force and shear stress in straight member, Visualization of transverse shear effects
• Estimating the shear stress in the member at the point located a distance y from the neutral axis
• What will be the shear stress at flange-web junction? Shear stress distribution over the width t at the section, Procedure for estimating shear stress distribution
• Concept of shear flow in a built-up member, Estimating spacing of fastener/tie

Effect of Combined Loadings

• Understanding stresses in pressure vessels or cylinders, Estimating Hoop/Circumferential Stress in a thin-wall pressure vessel
• Estimating Longitudinal Stress in a thin-wall pressure vessel, Estimating Circumferential and Longitudinal Stresses in a Spherical Vessel, Understanding concept of combined loadings, and the resultant stress from the combined loadings, Procedure for analysis to determine stress from combined loadings
• Application of concepts

Course ID: Engi 7745, Offered in: Spring, Enrollments: 60, Class hours: 3hr/wk

Major Topics

Introduction to Highway Engineering

• Importance of Transportation, An Overview of Transportation History in Developed Countries
• Concept of Transportation System, Transportation Demand, Transportation Supply and Their Interactions, Factors Affect the Transportation System, Steps or Processes in Highway Project Development

Highway Geometric Design 

• Principles of Highway Location, Steps or Process in Highway Location, Methods of Highway Survey, Factors Affect Highway Design, Concepts/Definitions of Highway Functional Classification, Design Hour Volume, Design Speed, Design Vehicle
• Inspection and Review of Cross-Section Elements of Highway, Design of Vertical and Horizonal Alignments

Highway Foundation Materials 

• Importance of Surface Texture of Sub-grade Materials, Basic Engineering Properties of Sub-grade Materials including Porosity, Void Ratio, Moisture Content, Degree of Saturation, Density of Soil, Atterberg Limits
• Concept of Permeability, Shear Strength, AASHTO Classification of Soils/USCS, Optimum Moisture Content, Review of Soil Compaction Equipment; Special Soil Tests for Pavement Design; CBR, Hbeem Stabilometer, Aspects of Sub-grade Design in Cold Region (Frost Action), Sub-grade/Soil Stabilization Techniques

Asphaltic Materials: Asphalt Properties, Mix Designs, Asphalt and Mixture Testing (Classical and SuperPave Testing)

• Asphaltic Materials; Sources, Types and Usages
• Fundamental and Engineering Properties of Asphalt: Viscosity/Consistency, Aging and Temperature Susceptibility, Shear Modulus, Phase Angle, Creep Stiffness
• Asphalt Curing for Cutback and Emulsified Asphalt
• Review of Classical Tests of Asphalt; Penetration Test (ASTM D5), Ring-and-Ball Softening Point Test (ASTM D36), Ductility Test (ASTM D113), Density Test (ASTM D3289), Flash Point Test, Water Content Test
• An Overview of Advanced Tests (Superpave^TM) for Asphalt; RTFOT, PAV, DSR, BBR, Adhesion Test, Surface Free Energy Test
• Review of Classical Tests of Aggregate Physical Properties; Percentage of Fractured Particles (ASTM D5821), Soundness of Aggregates (ASTM C88), Resistance to Degradation (ASTM C131), Flat and Elongated Particles (ASTM D4791),
• Asphalt Mixture; Definitions of Hot-Mix Hot Laid, Hot-Mix Cold Laid, Cold Mix Cold Laid Mixtures, Concept of Aggregate Structure Design/Aggregate Gradation
• Review of Marshal Mix Design Method, Asphalt Mixture Volumetrics; Bulk Specific Gravity, Apparent Specific Gravity, Effective Specific Gravity, Maximum Theoretical Specific Gravity, Effective Asphalt Content, VMA, Va, VFA
• Various Seal Coating; Fog Seal, Slurry Seal, Chip Seal, Prime Coat, Tack Coat, Surface Treatments
• An Overview of Superpave Asphalt and Testing System; Asphalt Performance Grading (PG), Superpave Aggregate Testing- Consensus and Source Standards, Superpave Volumetric Mixture Design, Design of Aggregate Structure

Flexible and Rigid Pavements: Structural Designs 

• Inspection of Structural Components of Flexible Pavement
• Factors Affect Pavement Design; Pavement Performance, Traffic, Roadbed Soils, Materials, Environment, Design, Reliability
• Design of Flexible Pavement using AASHTO Design Method; An Overview of Mechanistic-Empirical Deign Guide (MEPDG) Method
• Rigid Pavement; Materials, Types of Rigid Pavement, Pumping and Stress in Rigid Pavement
• An Overview of Rigid Pavement Design using AASTHO Method

Pavement Drainage Design

• Concepts/Definitions of Surface Drainage System including Transverse Slope, Longitudinal Slope, Longitudinal Channels, Curbs and Gutters, Review of Minor Drainage Structures, Importance of Subsurface Drainage
• Types of Subsurface Drainage including Longitudinal, Transverse and Horizontal Drains and Drainage Blanket

Pavement Asset Management

• Definition of Asset Management, Highway Maintenance and Rehabilitation, Approaches to Highway and Pavement Management, Levels of Management
• Importance of Highway and Pavement Performance Data, Methods of Collecting Pavement Condition Data (Pavement Roughness, Pavement Distress, PCI, Pavement Structural Condition, Skid Resistance, ITS in Pavement Condition Monitoring
• Models for Pavement Condition Prediction; Deterministic – Family Based and Multiple Regression
• Different Rehabilitation Techniques and Strategies

Highway Safety

• Importance of Highway Safety, Crashes or Accidents, Factors Causes Highway Crashes, Processes of Highway Safety Management
• Definitions; Crash, Crash Frequency, Crash Rate, Performance Measure, SPF, Prediction Method, Expected Crash Frequency, Crash Severity, EPDO, Crash Evaluation, Countermeasure, Regression to the Mean
• Review of Crash Type Related to Highway Design and Associated Contributing Factors
• Review of Safety Effectiveness of Commonly Used Highway Design Features; Access Control, Alignment, Land Width, Median, Shoulder, Passing Lane, Climbing Lane, Rumble Strip, Intersection Sight Distance
• Safety Effects of Traffic Calming Strategies; Speed Hump, Speed Table, Raised Crosswalk, Raised Intersection, Textured Pavement, Neighborhood Traffic Circle, Roundabout, Chicane, Neckdown, Center-island Narrowing, Choker

Highway Capacity and Level of Service Analysis

• Definition and Terminologies; Freeways, Free-Flow Speed, Level of Service of Freeway Segments; Estimation of Highway Capacity for a Basic Freeway Section
• Operational Analysis Procedure for Estimating Speed, Density to Determine LOS

Introduction to Traffic Engineering and Transportation Planning

• An Overview of Traffic Flow Theories, Signal Designs, Intersection Designs and Transportation Four-Steps Planning Model