MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY

CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

CEEN 3610 TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING

DAILY CLASS SCHEDULE/DEADLINES SPRING SEMESTER 2012

Marquette University Academic Calendar


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Important to read: College of Engineering overview of Academic Policies

Academic Honesty, Attendance, Grade Appeal and other important topics
 

Mon Jan 16 Martin Luther King Jr. day
Wed Jan 18 Building the Hong Kong airport
Fri Jan 20

Materials covered in class today:

  1. Class syllabus and homework guidelines--remember: no figure means 30% off grade!   Be in class on-time to take quiz.

  2. Check your email.

  3. Sample homework problem K.  Step 1:Wind analysis.  No homework assigned.

Reading: Review pages 3-14 of handout M.

Mon Jan 23

Materials covered in class today:  Wind analysis, runway numbering; check your email.

Homework #1 assigned:  Homework W Step 1.  Work by yourself! Use the homework answer forms that were sent to you as an email attachment previously.

Find airport plan views

Landing with the wind on a wet runway--ending in the water.  The aftermath is very interesting!

Wed Jan 25

Materials covered in class today: Runway Use Configuration; check your email (this should happen every day--will not be mentioned again).

Homework #2 assigned:  Homework W Step 2.  Work by yourself!  Use the homework answer forms.

Fri Jan 27 Materials covered in class today: Homework W Step 3 and part of Step 4.

Homework #3 assigned: Homework W Step 3. Work by yourself! Use homework answer forms.

Mon Jan 30 Homeworks #1,  #2, and #3 due beginning of class

Materials covered in class today: Homework W Step 4 and Step 5.

Homework #4 assigned: Homework W Step 4. Work by yourself.  Use homework answer forms.

Landing in the Hudson River (video link courtesy of your classmate Richard Vetter)
Wed Feb 1 Materials covered in class today: Homework W Steps 5,6 and 7.   Handout M pp. 20-38.  Handout N--read, be ready for quiz.

Homework #5 assigned: Homework W steps 5 and 6. Work with your team.

Homework #6 assigned: Homework W step 7. Work with your team.

Fri Feb 3 Materials covered in class today: Homework Step 7 details; English, Metric, Unit Ratio scales; Handout O p. 1 and example geometric design principle application
Mon Feb 6 Homework #4 due beginning of class

Homework #5 due beginning of class

Materials covered in class today: rectilinear motion; stopping distance; coefficient of forward friction. Handout O pp. 2, 3a, 3b, 4.

Homework #7 assigned: Exercises 2, 5 and 6 Chapter 2 textbook

Rejected takeoff Airbus A340-600 FAA certification test

Similar test for Boeing 777

Wed Feb 8 Materials covered in class: Curvilinear motion.  Derivation of Rmin equation; Rmin equation used for design.
Extreme superelevation: Driving on vertical wall
Fri Feb 10  
Mon Feb 13 Homework #6 due beginning of class
Wed Feb 15 Homework #7 due beginning of class
Fri Feb 17  
Mon Feb 20  
Wed Feb 22  
Fri Feb 24  
Mon Feb 27  
Wed Feb 29  
Fri Mar 2 Test 1
Mon Mar 5  
Wed Mar 7  
Fri Mar 9  
Mon Mar 12 Spring break
Wed Mar 14 Spring break
Fri Mar 16 Spring break
Mon Mar 19 Advising week
Wed Mar 21 Advising Week
Fri Mar 23 Advising Week
Mon Mar 26  
Wed Mar 28 Roundabout Presentation by Pat Hawley, P.E. PTOE, R.A. Smith National
Fri Mar 30  
Mon Apr 2  
Wed Apr 4  
Fri Apr 6 Easter holiday
Mon Apr 9 Easter holiday
Wed Apr 11  
Fri Apr 13  
Mon Apr 16  
Wed Apr 18  
Fri Apr 20 Test 2
Mon Apr 23  
Wed Apr 25  
Fri Apr 27  
Mon Apr 30  
Wed May 2  
Fri May 4  

Final exam schedule on-line

Mon May 7 Final exam CEEN 3610 Transportation Engineering Section 101 1:00-3:00 pm
Tue May 8 Final Exam CEEN 3610 Transportation Engineering Section 102 8:00-10:00 am
Fri May 11 Final Exam CEEN 3615 Highway Planning and Design Section 101 1:00-3:00 pm
Sun May 20 Commencement