TOTAL EXAMINATION PROGRAM
PEO Syllabus of Examinations, 2004 Edition
TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
PROFESSIONAL EXAMS – SPECIFIC TO TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING
GROUP A
07-TRA-A1 Introduction to Transportation Engineering
Fundamentals of transportation systems and the application of engineering, mathematical and economic concepts and principles to transportation issues, including transportation planning; public transit; traffic engineering; geometric design; pavement design; and the economic, social and environmental impacts of transportation.
07-TRA-A2 Highway Design
Basics of highway engineering geometric design, including vehicle traction and resistance; principles of braking; stopping sight distance and passing sight distance; highway horizontal and vertical alignment; intersection layout design; channelization; grade separation and interchange design; and cut and fill calculations.
07-TRA-A3 Traffic Engineering
Fundamental techniques of traffic systems analysis with emphasis on congested traffic networks. Topics include: transportation demand; supply and equilibrium; traffic assignment; network equilibrium; system optimality; traffic flow theory; shockwaves; highway capacity analysis; introduction to deterministic and stochastic queuing analyses; intersection signal control types and related timing methods; traffic simulation; and introduction to the basic elements of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS).
07-TRA-A4 Pavement Materials, Design and Management
Basics of flexible and rigid pavement analysis, design and management and pavement materials; pavement types; axle loading; pavement stress and deflection; theoretical and empirical pavement design methods; pavement design life; performance and failure criteria; ride quality; pavement distress types; pavement maintenance; pavement subgrade; subbase; base and surface layer materials; asphalt types and characteristics; asphalt mix tests; mix design; pavement construction; and an introduction to modern pavement management.
07-TRA-A5 Transportation Planning and Demand Analysis
Elements of design and execution of an urban transportation planning study; introduction to travel demand modelling; analysis of environmental impacts; modelling transportation-land use interactions and transportation project evaluation; contemporary transportation planning issues and policies; role of planning within the wider context of transportation decision-making and the planning and design of urban areas; applications to person-based travel in urban regions; freight and intercity passenger transportation; transportation-related environmental, social, and economic sustainability issues.
07-TRA-A6 Geotechnical Materials and Analysis
Materials: origin of soils; soil identification and classification; compaction; permeability; pore water pressure and effective stress; compressibility and consolidation; shear strength; stress paths; and critical states; frost action; associated laboratory tests. Analysis: elastic stress distribution; settlements; times of settlements; introductory analysis of lateral earth pressures, bearing capacity, and slopes; seepage; well flow and confined 2-D flow problems.
GROUP B
07-TRA-B1 Transit Systems
Role of transit in urban areas; classification of transit modes; transit performance and operational analysis; capacity analysis; scheduling; line and network design; systems planning and mode selection; transit economics.
07-TRA-B2 Intelligent Transportations Systems
Modern techniques to optimize the performance of a transportation system with emphasis on traffic networks in congested urban areas; Intelligent Transportation Systems; analysis of advanced traffic management and information systems; history of ITS; ITS user services and subsystems; ITS interoperability and system architecture; enabling technologies for ITS; introduction to telecommunication technologies for ITS; introduction to control theory for transportation systems; traffic flow modelling; static and dynamic transportation network analysis; incident detection; freeway control; and surface street network control.
07-TRA-B3 Logistics and Goods Movement
Introduction to the structure of the freight industry and its relationship to business logistics and planning of supply chains; planning of freight services at the strategic, tactical, and operational levels and modelling of international, inter-city, and urban freight movements; shipper behaviour related to mode choice, carrier selection, adoption of 3-PL and information technology; introduction to the role of advanced technologies (ITS) for freight operations, and the implications of e-commerce on planning of freight services; overview of policy issues, data sources and needs; and the particularities of the freight-transportation context.
07-TRA-B4 Air Transportation
Nature of civil aviation; structure of the airline industry; aircraft characteristics and performance; aircraft noise; navigation and air traffic control; airport planning and design; runway length and orientation; airline operations; aviation system planning.
07-TRA-B5 Railway Transportation
Design, construction and operation of railway lines, railway stations and station structures; signal operations; railway structures (bridges, tunnels, etc.); tramway and other railroads; underground railways; harbour linkages.
07-TRA-B6 Highway Construction
Clearing and excavation; earthworks; compaction and stabilization; highway drainage; rock drilling and blasting; asphalt and cement concrete pavement construction; inspection and quality control.
07-TRA-B7 Transportation Economics
Introduction to the major theories, methods and policy issues in the field of urban transportation economics, including examination of fundamental issues of planning and financing transportation “infrastructure” (roads, ports, airports); demand analysis and forecasting; congestion pricing of highways and transport infrastructure; cost structure and economies of scale; pricing and regulation; network economics; use of analytical techniques for the analysis of real-world urban transportation issues and policy-making.
07-TRA-B8 Operations Research
Models for the design and operation of systems; linear programming; the simplex algorithm; sensitivity analysis and duality; the assignment problem; network design; probabilistic inventory models; Markov chains; nonlinear, integer, and dynamic programming; and probabilistic dynamic programming.
07-TRA-B9 Traffic Safety
Theory and evidence in accident analysis and prevention; crash data analysis; traffic enforcement; road safety advertising; fleet safety; road safety audits; vehicle safety and program evaluation.
07-TRA-B10 Geomatics
Satellite-based positioning systems (GPS); observations and development of mathematical models used for absolute and differential static and kinematic positioning; error analysis; quantitative remote sensing methods using optical, infrared and microwave radiation; physical principles, including governing equations; imaging system geometries; space and airborne sensor systems; radiometric corrections, including calibration and atmospheric correction; geometric corrections; geographic Information Systems (GIS); characteristics of GIS data structures and database management systems; applications to map projections; geodetic datums; coordinate systems; georeferencing; spatial modelling and analysis.
COMPLEMENTARY STUDIES
11-CS-1 Engineering Economics
Basic concepts of engineering economics through understanding of the theoretical and conceptual financial project analysis. Types and applications of engineering economic decisions. Capital, cash flow, and the time value of money concepts. Nominal and effective interest rates when considering loans, mortgages, and bonds. The application of present worth analysis, annual equivalent analysis and rate of return analysis in evaluating independent projects, comparing mutually exclusive projects, analyzing lease vs. buy alternatives and making decisions. After-tax financial analysis requiring an understanding of capital cost allowance (depreciation) and corporate income tax. Understanding methods of financing and capital budgeting. Break-even, sensitivity and risk analyses.
11-CS-2 Engineering in Society – Health and Safety
The duties and legal responsibilities for which engineers are accountable; safety laws and regulations; and a basic knowledge of potential hazards and their control: biological hazards – bacteria, viruses; chemical hazards - gases, liquids and dusts; fire and explosion hazards; physical hazards – noise, radiation, temperature extremes; safety hazards – equipment operation; workplace conditions - equity standards, human behaviour, capabilities, and limitations; managing safety and health through risk management, safety analyses, and safety plans and programs; practices and procedures to improve safety. The roles and social responsibilities of an engineer from a professional ethics point of view, as applied in the context of Canadian values. The integration of ethics into engineering practice, and its effect on public safety and trust.
11-CS-3 Sustainability, Engineering and the Environment
Basic knowledge of soil, water and air quality engineering: soil and water interaction, water supply issues, human activities and their interaction on soil, air and water resources. Fundamentals of: soil erosion, water quality, atmospheric pollution (carbon and nitrogen cycle), climate change, risk assessment. Basic knowledge of renewable energy sources: solar, photovoltaic, wireless electricity, thermal, wind, geothermal, and biofuels. Introduction to renewable materials engineering; nano materials, new material cycles. Eco-product development, and product life cycle assessment; recycling technologies; reuse of products; design for disassembly, recycling, e-waste, and reverse manufacturing. Consumption patterns; transportation; environmental communication; consumer awareness. Optimized energy and resources management. Sustainable methods: sustainability indicators; life cycle assessment; regulatory aspects of environmental management, ecological planning.
11-CS-4 Engineering Management
Introduction to management principles and their impact upon social and economic aspects of engineering practice. Engineering management knowledge topics including: market research, assessment and forecasting; strategic planning; risk and change management; product, service and process development; engineering projects and process management; financial resource management; marketing, sales and communications management; leadership and organizational management; professional responsibility. New paradigms and innovative business models, including: sustainable production, products, service systems and consumption; best practices and practical examples of successful implementations of sustainable scientific and engineering solutions.