Compendium of Graduate Student Papers on Advanced Surface Transportation Systems
Texas A&M University, August 1997, 580 pp. (472840-00003-2)
This document is the culmination of the seventh offering of an innovative transportation engineering graduate course at Texas A&M University entitled, “Advanced Surface Transportation Systems”. The seventh offering of the course was presented during the summer 1997 term. As part of the course, a Mentors Program provides students with unique learning experiences. Six top-level transportation professionals from private enterprise and departments of transportation, who are leaders in their field and who have extensive experience with Intelligent Transportation Systems, were invited to Texas A&M University to present a 1½-day Symposium on Advanced Surface Transportation Systems at the beginning of the summer term. Immediately following the Symposium, the students enrolled in the course participated in a Forum and a Workshop with the transportation professionals and course instructor. Each student had discussions with the transportation professionals and the course instructor to identify a topic area and objectives for a term paper. Based on mutual interests, each student was assigned to one of the professionals who served as a mentor (along with the course instructor) for the remainder of the summer term. In addition to discussions with the course instructor, the students (communicating via telephone, fax, e-mail, and mail) worked directly with the mentors throughout the term while preparing their term papers. The mentors returned to the Texas A&M University campus near the end of the summer term to hear and critique the student’s presentations.
Keywords: Intelligent Transportation Systems, Advanced Traffic Management Systems, Advanced Traveler Information Systems, Commercial Vehicle Operations, Railroad/Highway Crossing Systems, Advanced Border Crossing Systems, Rural Advanced Traveler Information, Truck Safety, Variable Speed Signs, Multiple-Lane Ramp Meters
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