Special Topics and Quantitative Methods in Highway and Transportation Engineering
| Title | Ειδικά Θέματα και Ποσοτικές Μέθοδοι Οδοποιίας και Μεταφορών / Special Topics and Quantitative Methods in Highway and Transportation Engineering |
| Code | 08EC065 |
| Faculty | Engineering |
| School | Rural and Surveying Engineering |
| Cycle / Level | 1st / Undergraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter/Spring |
| Coordinator | Grigorios Fountas |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600024655 |
Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Agronómōn kai Topográfōn Mīchanikṓn (2025-sīmera)
Registered students: 13
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geospatial Surveying | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Earth Observation using Geodetic Methods | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Construction Surveying | YPOCΗREŌTIKO EPILOGĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Cadastre and Land Management | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Cartography and Geographical Analysis | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Planning and Management of Transportation Infrastructure and Systems | YPOCΗREŌTIKO EPILOGĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Water Resources, Environment and Engineering Works | EPILOGĪS ALLĪS EMFASĪS | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Spring |
| Faculty Instructors | |
| Instructors from Other Categories | |
| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Class ID | 600255098
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EPIChallenges
- Sustainable Transformation
- Global Health
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Course Type 2016-2020
- Scientific Area
- Skills Development
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
Digital Course Content
- e-Study Guide https://qa.auth.gr/en/class/1/600255098
- eLearning: https://elearning.auth.gr/course/view.php?id=16145
- OpenCourses (eClass): https://opencourses.auth.gr/courses/OCRS402/
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Learning quantitative methods and utilizing specialized software for analyzing data related to road safety, transportation planning, and management. Understanding fundamental concepts and methodologies for analyzing and assessing road safety levels, as well as implementing appropriate measures and policies for road management in light of quantitative analyses of highly dimensional data. Integrating modern technologies into road management and transportation planning.
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in teams
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Design and manage projects
- Respect natural environment
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
Road and environment, road safety – interaction between road, user, and vehicle, quantitative methods in transport engineering and planning, and applications through software packages for data analysis, design of road safety measures and policies, speed management, Artificial Intelligence and smart transportation, Green road engineering and sustainable transportation, resilience of transport infrastructure, and introduction to supply chain and logistics.
Keywords
road safety, quantitative methods, data analysis, design of road management measures, sustainable transportation
Educational Material Types
- Notes
- Slide presentations
- Multimedia
- use of software package for quantitative analysis
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Laboratory Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | |||
| Seminars | 9 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 28 | ✓ | |||
| Tutorial | 18 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Project | 24 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Written assigments | 5 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Exams | 2 | ||||
| Total | 125 |
Student Assessment
Description
Group project assignment and submission for evaluation.
Oral presentation of the projects by each group, oral examination by the instructors, and a Q&A session with the other students.
Final oral examination.
Student Assessment methods
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Oral Exams (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Formative, Summative)
- Report (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
1. ΟΔΗΓΙΕΣ ΜΕΛΕΤΩΝ ΟΔΙΚΩΝ ΕΡΓΩΝ (Ο.Μ.Ο.Ε. – Λ.Κ.Ο.Δ. & Ο.Μ.Ο.Ε. – Χ.) Γ.Γ.Δ.Ε. – Υπ. ΥΠ.ΜΕ.ΔΙ. (GREEK ROAD DESIGN STANDARDS – Ministerial paper.)
2. Εγχειρίδια ειδικών λογισμικών (Manuals of the specialized software.)
3. ΣΗΜΕΙΩΣΕΙΣ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΟΣ «ΕΙΔΙΚΑ ΘΕΜΑΤΑ ΟΔΟΠΟΙΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΩΝ – ΕΠΙΛΥΣΗ ΣΥΓΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΚΩΝ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΜΕ Η/Υ», ΤΕΥΧΟΣ Ι: Σχεδιασμός ισόπεδων κόμβων, Μίντσης Γεώργιος, 2005
4. ΣΗΜΕΙΩΣΕΙΣ ΜΑΘΗΜΑΤΟΣ «ΕΙΔΙΚΑ ΘΕΜΑΤΑ ΟΔΟΠΟΙΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΜΕΤΑΦΟΡΩΝ – ΕΠΙΛΥΣΗ ΣΥΓΚΟΙΝΩΝΙΑΚΩΝ ΠΡΟΒΛΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΜΕ Η/Υ», ΤΕΥΧΟΣ ΙΙ: Σχεδιασμός ανισόπεδων κόμβων, Μίντσης Γεώργιος, 2013
Last Update
06-02-2025
