Highway Engineering and User Interaction

Course Information
TitleΚατασκευή Οδού και Αλληλεπίδραση με τον Χρήστη / Highway Engineering and User Interaction
Code05YC029
FacultyEngineering
SchoolRural and Surveying Engineering
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter/Spring
CoordinatorGrigorios Fountas
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID600025748

Programme of Study: PPS Tmīmatos Agronómōn kai Topográfōn Mīchanikṓn (2025-sīmera)

Registered students: 0
OrientationAttendance TypeSemesterYearECTS
Core CoursesCore Courses535
Class Information
Academic Year2025 – 2026
Class PeriodWinter
Faculty Instructors
Instructors from Other Categories
Class ID
600292874
EPIChallenges
  • Sustainable Transformation
Course Type 2021
Specific Foundation
Course Type 2016-2020
  • Background
  • General Knowledge
Course Type 2011-2015
General Foundation
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Learning Outcomes
Learning of methodology for the integrated design of the road-plan, longitudinal profile, superelevation profile, typical cross-section and cross-sections for different road configurations, as well as analysis of road visibility. Learning and application of methodology for the computation of earth works required throughout the road and their distribution. Learning of methods to address operational impacts related to road safety and the interaction between the road and the user.
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)
Combination of horizontal and vertical alignment, road cross-section, earthworks computations and costs, Bruckner method, road safety, deliverables needed in highway engineering project auction. Road-user interaction and emerging technologies.
Keywords
Road profile, excavation-embankment, transport of materials, road-user interaction
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Multimedia
  • Book
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
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures52✓
Laboratory Work26✓
Reading Assigment13✓
Tutorial13✓✓
Project13✓✓
Written assigments3✓
Exams3✓
Final exam preparation9✓
Total132
Student Assessment
Description
Written class examination. Submission of a written assignment (project) and evaluation of the assignment. Oral feedback at various stages of the assignment (project) for formative assessment.
Student Assessment methods
  • Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
  • Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
  • Written Assignment (Formative, Summative)
  • Oral Exams (Formative)
  • Written Exam with Problem Solving (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
«Οδοποιία: Σχεδιασμός και Κατασκευή» του Henning Natzschka, ISBN: 978-960-461-583-4, Έκδοση 3η Γερμανική, έτος 2014, ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΚΛΕΙΔΑΡΙΘΜΟΣ ΕΠΕ. (Κωδικός Βιβλίου στον Εύδοξο: 33154221)
Additional bibliography for study
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.) «Οδοποιία ΙΙ» - Ανοικτό Ψηφιακό Μάθημα (ΑΨΜ) κατηγορίας Α, στο έργο «Ανοικτά ακαδημαϊκά μαθήματα ΑΠΘ» Οδοποιία ΙΙ: https://opencourses.auth.gr/courses/OCRS372/
Last Update
18-02-2025