COURSE PORTFOLIO

TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING AND DESIGN – CETE 306

INSTRUCTOR
Prof. Dr. Hasan Hamodi Joni
Office: Civil Engineering Department
E mail: [email protected]

COURSE DESCRIPTION (OR CATALOG DATA)

The course includes studying highway planning, highway route location, traffic
fundamentals and characteristics, geometric design of highway including cross section
elements, horizontal and vertical curves, asphalt mix design, structural design of the
pavement rigid and flexible, and pavement distresses.

GOALS/OBJECTIVES
1. Understand the highway planning process, the process of selecting a highway route
location, evaluating the alternatives, and the requirements for each.
2. Provide students with the basic and important information about the fundamentals
and characteristics of traffic engineering.
3. Provide students with practical knowledge about the mass haul diagram including
the amount of earthworks and the cost of excavated soil transport.
4. Providing students with scientific tools for the geometric design of the Highway
including the cross-section characteristics, designing horizontal and vertical curves
and the installing of the stopping and overtaking sight distance.
5. Training students on designing asphalt mixtures in terms of proportions of
materials in the design and how to prepare mixtures and conform to the approved
standard specifications.
6. Training students on the structural design of the pavement layers for rigid and
flexible pavement.
7. Providing students with practical knowledge about the types of distresses in rigid
and flexible pavement, their causes and methods of treatments.

STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES

1. Conduct transportation planning for highway facilities and identify the best route
location for the proposed highway by analyzing each alternative.
2. Compute the total cost for the amount of earthworks by calculate free haul volume,
over haul volume, barrow and waste volume, also installation of free haul distance
and limit of economic haul.
3. Installation all the visible dimensions to cross section elements for highway like
lane width, cross slope, side slope, median, shoulders, curbs, camber, guardrail,
etc.
4. Design horizontal alignment of the highway including circular curves elements
such as length, superelevation, widening, and safety stopping sight distance on the
curve.
5. Design vertical alignment of the highway including vertical curves elements such
as length, grades, elevations and safety stopping sight distance on the curve.
6. Design of asphalt mixtures in terms of proportions of materials in the design and
how to prepare mixtures and conform to the approved standard specifications.
7. Design the thickness of the flexible and rigid pavements layers such as surface
layer, base and subbase layers, which is conform to the approved standard
specifications.

COURSE SCHEDULE:
- 2 hours weekly: Theoretical Lecture
- 2 hours weekly: Laboratory
THEORETICAL LECTURE
Hours
Title Topic
per week
2 Introduction of transportation engineering 1
2 Transportation planning 2
2 Surveys and costs (Mass Haul Diagram) 3
2 Traffic Fundamentals 4
4 Traffic Characteristics 5
4 Design of highway elements 6
4 Pavement types and design 7
4 Flexible pavement design 8
2 Rigid pavement design 9
4 Pavement distresses 10

LAB.
Hours
Title Topic
per week
2 Penetration Test 1
2 Ductility Test 2
2 Softening Point Test 3
2 Flash Point Test 4
2 Viscosity Test 5
2 Loss on Heating Test 6
2 C.B.R. Test 7
2 Marshall Test 8

COURSE MATERIALS (OR TEXTBOOK AND REFERENCES)

1. AASHTO (2011). “A Policy on Geometric Design of Highways and Streets”. 6th
edition, USA.
2. Garber, N.J. and Hoel, L.A. (2009). “Traffic and Highway Engineering”. Cengage
Learning, 4th edition, USA.
3. Clarson Oglesby, John Wiley, “Highway Engineering”.

GRADING UNITS
5% Quizzes
5% Homeworks
30% Mid-Term Exam
10 % Lab.
50% Final Exam
100% Total

TYPICAL GRADING
90-100% Excellent
80-89% Very Good
70-79% Good
60-69% Fair
50-59% Pass
<50% Poor

The ranges are given as examples only. Grades will depend to some extent on the
performance of the entire class.

GRADING POLICY
1. Homework:
- There will be a minimum of four sets of homework during the academic course.
- Please note that homework should be submitted at the beginning of the class before the
start of the lecture.
- The homework will count 5 % of the total course grade.

2. Quizzes:
- There will be a four closed books and notes quizzes during the academic year.
- The quizzes will count 5 % of the total course grade.
3. Mid-Term Exams:
- There will be two closed books and notes exam during the academic year,
- The mid-term exam will count 30% of the total course grade.

4. Laboratory:
- There will be a required specific test each week,
- There will be one required report on a specific test for each student,
- There will be a required quiz on the previous conducted test for each student,
- The laboratory will count 10% of the total course grade.

5. Final Exam:
- The final exam will be comprehensive, closed books and notes, and will take place for
three hours,
- The final exam will count 50% of the total course grade.

ASSESSMENT PLAN
- Assessment of the topic material is based on the information provided in Tables 1
– 4. Table 1 lists the learning outcome in the first column and the specific
approaches to teach and reinforce the material in the second column.
Reinforcement is done through homework, quizzes, and student engagement
during lectures.
- Table 2 lists the objective course learning outcomes by number based on Table 1
with space shown to record the class averages on each learning outcome for each
exam and the standard deviation for each learning outcome. This is an objective
measure of the student/class mastery of the learning objective.
- Table 3 lists the responses obtained from student survey conducted at the end of
term as well as the instructor evaluation of each outcome of Table 2. A list of
questions is included in Appendix A. The instructor evaluation takes into account
the metric results of Table 2 as well as the student survey results included in Table
3. Student ratings are averaged. Instructor rating system uses a 0.5 demarcation,
i.e. scale is X.0 or X.5. Instructor comments are included in the third column of
Table 3 based on the observations of the instructor. Student survey responses will
be collected every year, but the instructor evaluation will be performed every two
or three years unless a large weakness is observed (rating below 3.5 out of a
possible 5.0).
- Results of Table 3 are used in Table 4 to assess changes/improvements from the
previous evaluation as well as changes/improvements that will be made to the
course to improve student achievement of the learning outcomes.

Table 1: Strategies for Achieving Outcomes and Assessment Methods

Assessment
Strategies for Achieving Outcomes Learning Outcome
Methods
Review the subject how decisions to build
facilities are reaches and highlights the major 1. Conduct
element of the planning process. transportation
planning for highway
Questions Review the basic principle for locating
facilities and identify
on exam highways is that roadway elements such as
the best route
curvature and grade must blend with each
location for the
other to produce a system that provides for the
proposed highway by
easy flow of traffic at the design capacity,
analyzing each
while meeting design criteria and safety
alternative.
standards.

2. Compute the total

cost for the amount
Questions of earthworks by
on exam, Assign individual problems to calculate free
calculate free haul
selected haul volume, over haul volume, barrow and
volume, over haul
homeworks waste volume, also installation of free haul
volume, barrow and
distance and limit of economic haul.
waste volume, also
installation of free
haul distance and
limit of economic
haul.
Questions Installation all the visible dimensions 3. Installation all
on exam, according to the Iraqi specifications for the visible
project to highway and bridges and AASHTO dimensions to cross
design Specifications for each highway type. The section elements for
cross student will be asked to draw across section highway like lane
width, cross slope,
section of side slope median,
highway with appropriate dimensions shoulders, curbs,
camber, guardrail,
etc.

Present circular horizontal curve equations to 4. Design horizontal

Questions design a suitable curve for highway with alignment of the
on exam, proper superelevation. Students will work in highway including
selected teams on selected projects to solve problems circular curves
homework and design horizontal curve elements such as
and length,
examples superelevation,
widening, and safety
stopping sight
distance on the curve.
Present vertical curve equations to design a 5. Design vertical
Questions suitable curve for highway with proper sight alignment of the
on exam, distance. Students will work in teams on highway including
selected selected projects to solve problems and design vertical curves
homework vertical curve elements such as
and
length, grades,
examples
elevations and safety
stopping sight
distance on the curve.
Present the idea of most efficient materials
and layers for flexible pavement. 6. Design of asphalt
Questions
Discuss how to prepare the percentage for mixtures in terms of
on exam,
each material used in the mix. proportions of
selected
Lab project to prepare an asphalt mix and materials in the
homework
measure stability flow for the mix, and design and how to
and
calculate the percent of air voids. prepare mixtures and
examples
conform to the
approved standard
specifications.
Questions Identify the design principles and how flexible 7. Design the
on exam, and rigid pavements differ from each other in thickness of the
selected load carrying mechanism. flexible and rigid
homework pavements layers
Assign several individual assignments to such as surface layer,
base and subbase
design flexible and rigid pavement using
layers, which is
AASHTO design method.
conform to the
approved standard
specifications
Table 2: Transportation Engineering and Design Learning Outcome Exam Metrics.

Performance Indicators
LO1
Term Term Term 2023-2024 Term 2022-2023

Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (25) Exam 1 (20)

1
Avg Avg 3.1 Avg 1.9 Avg

Std Std Std Std

1.6 4.7
Dev Dev Dev Dev

Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (25) Exam 1 (20)

Avg Avg 2.5 Avg 2.5 Avg
2
Std Std Std Std
2.2 3.7
Dev Dev Dev Dev

Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (25) Exam 1 (20)

Avg Avg 3.4 Avg 1.9 Avg
3
Std Std Std Std
2.7 4.7
Dev Dev Dev Dev

Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (25) Exam 1 (20)

Avg Avg 2.0 Avg 2.0 Avg
4
Std Std Std Std
1.5 3.3
Dev Dev Dev Dev

Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (25) Exam 1 (20)

Avg Avg 1.7 Avg 1.8 Avg
5
Std Std Std Std
2.3 3.8
Dev Dev Dev Dev

Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (25) Exam 1 (20)

Avg Avg 3.4 Avg 3.3 Avg
6
Std Std Std Std
2.6 6.4
Dev Dev Dev Dev
Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (xx2) Exam 1 (25) Exam 1 (20)
Avg Avg 3.5 Avg 2.3 Avg
7
Std Std Std Std
1.9 3.8
Dev Dev Dev Dev
1
LO – Learning Outcome
2
Numbers in parenthesis are the possible number of points.

Table 3: Student and Instructor Evaluations of Learning Outcomes

Instructor Student
Instructor Comments Learning Outcomes
Ratings2 Ratings1

A good indicator, but we hope 1-Conduct transportation planning for highway

4.1 4.0
to achieve more facilities and identify the best route location for the
proposed highway by analyzing each alternative.
2- Compute the total cost for the amount of earthworks
Students face some problems
in their general understanding 2.7 3.5 by calculate free haul volume, over haul volume,
of this topic barrow and waste volume, also installation of free haul
distance and limit of economic haul.

3- Installation all the visible dimensions to cross

section elements for highway like lane width, cross
More cross section design and
slope, side slope median, shoulders, curbs, camber,
drawing example and 3.4 3.8
guardrail, etc.
homework needed

4- Design horizontal alignment of the highway

including circular curves elements such as length,
More examples are needed as superelevation, widening, and safety stopping distance
3.0 3.2
well as more homework on the curve.

5- Design vertical alignment of the highway including

Students face some problems vertical curves elements such as length, grades,
in their general understanding 1.7 3.1 elevations and safety stopping distance on the curve.
of this topic

6- Design of asphalt mixtures in terms of proportions

of materials in the design and how to prepare mixtures
More examples and More
3.0 3.7 and conform to the approved standard specifications.
homework are required

A good indicator, but we hope 3.0 3.1 7- Design the thickness of the flexible and rigid
to achieve more pavements layers such as surface layer, base and
subbase layers, which is conform to the approved
standard specifications.

Term

1
Student performance ratings by the students in regards to the learning outcomes is on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 implying very
high performance and 1 implying very low performance.
2
Instructor performance ratings by the instructor is also on a scale of 1 to 5 with 5 implying very high performance and 1
implying very low performance.

Table 4 Changes/Improvements

 More examples will give to the students in all topics. Assessment of

changes/improvements
made in previous term

 Need a valuable tool to increase the understanding level Changes/improvements

of students such as films and videos. that will be made next time
 In class projects and homeworks, it is needed to ensure the course is offered (2024-
that all students work together especially in outcome 1, 2025).
2 and 5.
 More examples will give to the students in all topics.
APPENDIX A

Design of Highway Engineering – Outcomes Assessment Questions – Student Evaluation

Please rate the listed outcomes as

0 = Not Applicable
1 = Strongly Disagree
2 = Disagree
3 = Neither Agree nor Disagree
4 = Agree
5 = Strongly Agree.

Student
Learning Outcome
Rating
1. Conduct transportation planning for highway facilities and identify the best route
4.0
location for the proposed highway by analyzing each alternative.
2. Compute the total cost for the amount of earthworks by calculate free haul
3.5 volume, over haul volume, barrow and waste volume, also installation of free haul
distance and limit of economic haul.
3. Installation all the visible dimensions to cross section elements for highway like
3.8
lane width, cross slope, side slope median, shoulders, curbs, camber, guardrail, etc.

4. Design horizontal alignment of the highway including circular curves elements

3.2
such as length, superelevation, widening, and safety stopping distance on the curve.

5. Design vertical alignment of the highway including vertical curves elements such
3.1
as length, grades, elevations and safety stopping distance on the curve.
6. Design of asphalt mixtures in terms of proportions of materials in the design and
3.7
how to prepare mixtures and conform to the approved standard specifications.

7. Design the thickness of the flexible and rigid pavements layers such as surface
3.1
layer, base and subbase layers, which is conform to the approved standard.
specifications.