Lectures about "Urban and Road Engineering", dedicated to sixth semester of the English-speaking group, will be conducted in a way that activates students.
Lectures on Road Engineering cover a wide range of important issues related to the subject, starting from a discussion of the historical circumstances of the creation, development and domination of the contemporary conventional model, through identifying new approaches and standards, emphasizing the importance of universal design, discussing important issues regarding safety and the sense of security, to ways management of greenery, water in the road and traffic calming.
Lectures take the form of discussions on specific topics. Topics discussed may also be proposed by students, if appropriate for the lecture topics. Each student must give one presentation per semester. Each presentation is publicly discussed during lectures.
Purpose of the subject:
The aim of the lectures is to prepare students for professional understanding, discussion skills and design application of road engineering solutions. The educational result is to teach students to use correct terms and understand the relationship between specific needs, solutions used and achieved results.
Course of lectures:
Lectures last two hours, during which:
- in the first hour, a presentation on a selected topic related to the scope of the course is listened to - individual threads of the presentation are discussed together, which is intended to activate the group and highlight those threads that require special attention, discussion and ad hoc development;
- in the second hour, using the atmosphere of discussion and students' involvement, selected substantive issues are raised - students, together with the lecturer, interpret the substantive issues raised.
Selected topics:
- presentation, comparison and explanation of basic concepts;
- a brief historical outline of the creation and development of the modern street as a road dominated by vehicular traffic;
- review and explanation of the meaning of international, national and local documents;
- principles of universal design;
- different approaches to the design process;
- discussion of important components of engineering projects: lighting, greenery, water management, parking and parking;
- traffic management methods, such as traffic calming;
- relationships between development intensity and transport infrastructure;
- discussion of key principles, paradoxes and non-intuitive laws related to transport infrastructure.
- Nauczyciel: PIOTR SMOLNICKI
