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Title: CE En 361: Introduction http:www'et'byu'edumsaitoCE361MS


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CE En 361 Introduction(http//www.et.byu.edu/ms
aito/CE361MS)

• Intro of the instructor, TAs, offices and office
  hours
• Course outline Areas to cover
• Objectives of the course and related courses
• Homework policy and grading distribution
• Film viewing and guest speaker policies
• Transportation engineering integration of CE
  principles
• Employment in transportation engineering
• Roll call

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Dr. Saitos Background
How did you find the treat?

• Gunma National Tech College, 1973
• Nihon Koei (Engineering consultant), 1973 - 1978
• BS, BYU, 1981
• MS, Univ. of Virginia, 1983
• PhD, Purdue, 1988
• City University of New York 1988 - 1997
• BYU, 1997 - present

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Areas to Cover (focusing on the movement of
people)
Characteristics
History
Transp. Systems
Eng. studies
Operations
Signal timing level of service
Public Transport
CE 361
Hwy alignment
Design
Intersection
Safety
Highway Society
Pavement
Traffic Flow Theory
Planning
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Advanced Courses
CE565 Urban Transp. Planning
CE594R Site Impact Analysis
CE561 Hwy Geometric Design
CE361 Intro to Tranp. Eng.
CE562 Traffic Eng.
CE563 Pavement Design
CE662 Traffic Simulation and Analysis
CE505 Concrete Design
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Transportation Engineering -An Interdisciplinary
Engineering/integration of multiple disciplines
Geotech
Graphics/CAD
Geography/GIS
Structure
Survey
Public policy
Hydraulics
Economics
Hydrology
Human behavior
Materials/ Pavement
Systems engineering
Statistics
Art
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Areas of Employment
Public Agencies or Private Firms
Planning, Design, Construction, Operations,
Research, Management, Administration
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The Challenge of Transportation Engineer
The transportation engineer is a professional who
is concerned with the planning, design,
construction, operations, and management of a
transportation system.

• Planning
• Data analysis
• Forecasting
• Evaluation

• Design
• Geometric
• Pavement
• Drainage
• Structural

• Construction
• Surface preparation
• Grading
• Pavement
• Bridges

Roadway facilities were used as and example in
the text

• Operations Management
• Traffic
• Maintenance
• ITS
• Surveillance
• Control

• Experience
• Field
• Analysis
• Projects

• Research Development
• Tech transfer