Postgraduate Programme and Module Handbook 2024-2025

Module ENGI48315: Transportation Infrastructure Engineering

Department: Engineering

ENGI48315: Transportation Infrastructure Engineering

Type	Tied	Level	4	Credits	15	Availability	Available in 2024/2025	Module Cap

Tied to	H1KB09

Prerequisites

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Corequisites

As specified in programme regulations.

Excluded Combination of Modules

As specified in programme regulations.

Aims

This module is designed solely for students studying Department of Engineering degree programmes.
To provide an overview and describe the methods used in the design and construction of transportation infrastructure.
To explain the principles of highway design and maintenance.
To explain the principles of railway design and maintenance.
To explain the principles of airport runway design and maintenance.
To explain the principles of ground improvement and the use of this technique in transport infrastructure engineering.

Content

Pavement and road layout design.
Design of infrastructure earthworks.
Tunneling.
Design of runways.
Ground improvement techniques.

Learning Outcomes

Subject-specific Knowledge:

A knowledge of benefits and limitations of technologies currently used or being developed for ground improvement for transportation infrastructure engineering.
An appreciation of the factors that impact the design of transportation infrastructure.
An understanding of tunnelling design and construction methods and their relevance to transportation infrastructure engineering.
An understanding of rail track design and construction methods and their relevance to transportation infrastructure engineering.

Subject-specific Skills:

An awareness of current technology, analysis methods and industrial practices along with the ability to apply those methods in transportation infrastructure engineering.
An in-depth knowledge and understanding of specialised and advanced technical and professional skills, an ability to perform critical assessment and review and an ability to communicate the results of their own work effectively.

Key Skills:

Capacity for independent self-learning within the bounds of professional practice.
Mathematics relevant to the application of advanced engineering concepts.
Engineering problem solving skills.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

The module content is delivered in lectures and is reinforced by self-learning sessions and formative problem sheets, equipping students with the required problem-solving capability.
Students can make use of staff "office hours" to discuss any aspect of the module with teaching staff on a one-to-one basis. These are sign-up sessions available for one hour per week per lecture course.
Students will be required to submit formative problem sheets throughout the academic year into the virtual learning environment to check their understanding as the course progresses.
Students will be formed into study groups and will attend timetabled self-learning sessions (up to a maximum of two) during the Michalemas and Epiphany terms.
A benchmark test will take place at the start of the academic year. This will be used to guage students understanding and direct them to further study as appropriate.
A mock exam will take place in the Epiphany term. This will be used to provide students with an exam type experience in a formative setting and allow them to discuss their performance with a member of academic staff.
Written timed examinations are appropriate because of the wide range of analytical, in-depth material covered in this module and allow students to demonstrate the ability to solve advanced problems independently.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total/Hours
Benchmark Test	1	Completed during Induction Week	30 mins	0.5
Lectures	20	Typically 1 per week	1 hour	20
Revision Leacture	1		1 hour	1
Tutorial Hours	As required	Weekly sign-up sessions	Up to 1 hour	12
Self learning session	2	Throughout first two terms	3 hours (includes 1 hour preparation to be completed before attending the session)	6
Practice Exam	1	Epiphany Term	30 mins	0.5
Preparation & reading				110
Total				150

Summative Assessment

Component: Examination		Component Weighting: 100%
Element	Length / duration	Element Weighting	Resit Opportunity
Written on-campus examination	2 hours	100%	Yes

Formative Assessment:

Formative assessment is provided by means of formative problem sheets, benchmark test and mock examinations.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University