Faculty

Program Introduction :
Transportation is an industry that, as a whole, is estimated to comprise 16% of the gross domestic product and effects the lives of every citizen. Professional opportunities for those with the skills to plan, develop, and implement transportation planning operations have never been greater and are expanding rapidly. The Transportation Engineering Master’s Degree offered by Civil Engineering Department of The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) has been developed to prepare participants to tackle transportation engineering problems in both the public and private sector. 

Completion of the Transportation Engineering Program can support activities or careers in: 

         Transportation Policy Analysis

Transit Planning and Operations

Urban and State-wide Transportation Planning

Carrier and Shipper Transportation Analysis

Transportation and Development Economic Analysis

Federal and State Transportation Strategic Planning

Transportation Planning and Engineering Consulting

Transportation Systems Management  

Courses : 

Though a joint teaching commitment between the University of Alabama in Huntsville, The University of Alabama, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, students interested in transportation have the ability to take courses through a variety of distance learning methods, including video tapping and interactive television. The following list of courses represent an idea of the course offering available to students - additional courses may be offered as needs arise. 

Undergraduate Only: 
        Surveying I 
        Introduction to Transportation Engineering 
        Surveying II 

Undergraduate and Graduate: 
        Introduction to Geographic Information Systems 
        Urban Transportation Planning 
        Traffic Engineering 
        Highway Design and Construction 

Graduate Only: 
        GIS in Civil Engineering 
        Traffic Modeling 
        Traffic Flow Analysis 
        Traffic Simulation 
        Public Transportation 
        Intelligent Transportation System 
        Transportation Lab 

Research : 

The transportation engineering program at the University of Alabama in Huntsville has a wide variety of research interests and activities in which students can become involved. Some recently completed project in the transportation engineering area are: 

         External Trip Rate Analysis for Small Urban Areas
         TRANPLAN Modeling Support for Alabama 
         Trip Generation and Travel Rate Indices for Alabama's Urban Areas
         Feasibility of a Rocket Based Combined Cycle (RBCC) Engine         
         Design of a Mobility Information Management System 
         Examination of Small Urban Area Trip Modeling Using a Single Internal Trip Purpose 
         Inventory Control Project: A Review of State Rolling Stock
         Technology Transfer of Travel Model and GIS Environments
         Quick-Response Impact Analysis

 In addition, the transportation engineering program also works as the sponsor for the University of Alabama in Huntsville MAGLEV research and is strongly connected to the University Transportation Center for Alabama. 

Student Work :

The following is a list of recently completed thesis/dissertations within the transportation engineering area:

Analysis of Trip Generation for Medium Sized Urban Areas.
Evaluation of network Pre-loads on Medium Sized Urban Travel Models.
Comparison of Urban Modeling with Trend Line Forecasting for Intermediate Term            Transportation analysis. 
A Serviceability Index to Evaluate Rural Public Transportation.