King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals
CIVIL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
CE 343
Transportation Engineering Laboratory
Instructor
:
Office Location:
Phone
:
Office Hours :
Email
:
Mirza Ghouse Baig
26 – 144
7463
S , M & T: 10:00 – 11:00 am (or visit by taking appointment)
ghouse@kfupm.edu.sa
Grading System:
Assignments & Lab Reports
---------------- 55%
Short Quizzes
---------------- 15%
Final Exam
--------------- 25%
Attendance & Class Participation ---------5%
Important Points:
1. Be Punctual in attendance. Come to the class/lab before time.
2. Failure to attend one lab session means missing the chance to submit two lab
reports.
3. Reports are to be done independently. Failure to comply may result in zero
grades.
4. No late reports submissions. Otherwise 10% will be deducted for each day
delayed.
5. Bonus can be expected for a well-prepared report and for any extra efforts put in
preparation of an organized lab report.
6. Follow discipline and safety rules in the field trips and during all lab sessions.
ENTER TO LEARN
GO OUT TO SERVE..!
CE 343 (072)
Course Syllabus & Breakdown
Week
Date
(Tentative)
Topic or Experiment
1
17 Feb, 2007.
Introduction to the Course.
2
24 Feb.
Statistical Concepts & its applications in
Transportation Engineering. (L)
3
02 March
Compliance with Traffic Control Devices Study. (L + FT)
4
09 March.
Spot Speed Study. (L + FT)
5
16 March
Intersection Traffic Counts (L + FT)
6
23 March
Saturation Flow Rates and Start-up Lost Time. (L + FT)
7
30 March
Signal Timing Design (L + FT)
8
06 April
Horizontal & Vertical Curves (L)
9
20 April
Design of new Pavement Structures using DNPS86
Software. (L)
10
27 April
Site Visit
11
04 May
Design and Analysis of Basic Freeway Segments. (L)
12
11 May
Superpave Mix Design (Concepts & requirements) (L)
13
18 May
Superpave Mix Design (Analysis using software) (L)
14
25 May
Intersection Channelization (L) or Project. (L)
15
01 June
FINAL EXAM.
L = Lecture & Lab
L+FT = Lecture + Field Trip
Book: CE 343 Lab Manual as distributed.
All together it will be an interesting course giving you basic ideas or concepts in
transportation engineering.
GOOD LUCK…!