Monica Menendez: Catalogue data in Spring Semester 2016

Name Dr. Monica Menendez
DepartmentCivil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
RelationshipLecturer

NumberTitleECTSHoursLecturers
101-0416-00LRoad Transport Systems2 credits2GM. Menendez
AbstractNetwork design, operations, dimension, construction, and maintenance of individual transport.
ObjectiveTeaches the basic principles of individual transport system network design, operations, and control. Provides the background for Masters degree study.
ContentTransportation impacts and service concepts, maintenance, technical principles and measurements, transport operations and control, evaluation and comparison of alternatives.
Lecture notesThe lecture notes and additional handouts will be provided at the lectures.
101-0437-01LTraffic Management and Control6 credits4GM. Menendez
AbstractIntroduction to traffic management strategies, including traffic control mechanisms, as well as basic principles of intelligent transportation systems.
ObjectiveThe objective of this course is to acquire general knowledge of traffic management strategies and control mechanisms, to be able to propose feasible alternatives for improving urban and inter-urban traffic conditions. By the end of this course students should be able to develop appropriate control strategies for improving the efficiency of the transportation system based on real data.
ContentThe course will include both a theoretical background, and more pragmatic case studies. Such case studies will cover examples from around the world on the use of different strategies to better control traffic. Students will be able to compare traditional, well established practices (e.g., ramp metering in freeways) with the latest developments coming from the transportation research community (e.g., perimeter control based on real time macroscopic fundamental diagrams of urban networks). A couple of invited speakers with large expertise on specific strategies, will provide realistic perspectives on the advantages of those strategies as well as the challenges faced by practioners prior and during their implementation.
Lecture notesCopies of the lecture slides will be available during the semester.
LiteratureRelevant readings will be recommended throughout the course. They will include mostly articles detailing different traffic management strategies and specific control algorithms.
Prerequisites / NoticeRecommended: Traffic Engineering (101-0437-00 G)

For interested students who have not taken Traffic Engineering, it is possible to obtain permission from the instructor to attend the course.
101-0438-00LSimulation of Transport Systems6 credits4GM. Menendez, M. Balmer, M. Sojka
AbstractBasics of transportation system simulation methods, including transport demand, service offer planning, modelling of transport facilities, facility dimensioning, facility performance and simulation quality control. Recognizes the applicability and limitations of current simulation tools.
ObjectiveStudents will develop a basic knowledge of transport simulation methods, including transport demand, service supply, modelling of transport facilities, facility dimensioning, facility performance and simulation quality control. Students will learn to recognize the appropriate type of simulation model to apply and the limitations of current simulation tools.
ContentTransport planning: (1) Basics of microsimulation: forms, idea of agent-based modelling, rule-based versus optimising behavioural models, steady state versus evolutionary paths, Nash equilibrium. (2) Random numbers and experimental design: Generation of quasi-random numbers and their algorithms; the idea of experimental design, sample design, ANOVA and response surfaces. (3) Agent-based travel demand models: examples, details and experiences (MATSIM, ORIENT, CEMDEP, Famos, Albatross etc.).
Transport systems: IT-tools for service planning, determination of vehicle and personnel requirements, operating simulation of rail lines and nodes, evaluation process from operational data to quality control.
Road Transport: Macro and micro traffic modelling, simulation techniques, simulation of the traffic flow at interchanges, highways and in networks, system optimization, evaluation of simulation results.
Lecture notesThe lecture notes and additional handouts will be provided at the lectures.
LiteratureAdditional literature recommendations will be provided at the lectures.
Prerequisites / NoticeStudents will use most of the simulation programs discussed in the class during the course of the semester.
103-0488-00LSeminar in Spatial Development and Infrastructure Systems Restricted registration - show details 9 credits18SB. Scholl, B. T. Adey, K. W. Axhausen, A. Grêt-Regamey, M. Menendez, U. A. Weidmann
AbstractThis seminar offers the students the opportunity to research and present a topic of their choice in depth resulting in a term paper.

The topic can be freely chosen after consultation with the chair supervising the student. The chairs will also provide a list of proposed topics.
ObjectivePractise independent scientific working addressing a relevant topic from the range of the master's programme course.
ContentThe students can work on a topic of their choice from the range of the he master's programme course.