Discipline: Transportation Engineering

Introduction to the Course (including objectives and requirements)

Thecourse aims to give comprehensive introduction to the basic theory and analysismethods of Road Traffic Safety. Through specific research projects, after-classreading and class discussion, the course can stimulate students’ researchinterest; cultivate students’ research ability in related field, and promotestudents’ English ability. This course uses the method of combining classroomteaching with discussion, with the discussion covering 25% of the total course.

Inthe class, the following aspects will be taught:

1.The concept of Road Traffic Safety.What is safety?How to evaluate safety?

2.The causes of traffic accidents: people, cars, road andtraffic safety

3.Application of Statistics in Road Traffic Safety

4.Application of analysis method before and after accidents inRoad Traffic Safety

5.The foundation of casualty forecasting model

6.The application of Conflicts Law in Road Traffic Safety

7.Traffic Safety EvaluationIn the class, the research samples will be combined and discussion willbe held. Emphasis will be put on students’ independent ability to do relatedresearch. Meanwhile, this course will train students’ English ability in anall-around way. By a great amount of reading on English literature, this coursecan improve students’ reading ability in scientific papers, meanwhile enablingstudents to have a preliminary understanding of the international situation inthe field of traffic safety. Every student in this course is required to writea thesis in strict line with the format of certain paper in SCI.Students are required to do at least 2English reports in class.

Introduction to the Main Instructor:

LiuPan, male, professor, Deputy Director of Transportation Engineering ResearchInstitute, was born in September, 1979. Graduated from the department ofCommunication and Transportation Engineering, Southeast University, he got thebachelor's degree. Graduated from the Department of Civil Engineering,University of South Florida, U.S., he acquired doctor's degree in 2006; He workedas the Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Department of Civil Engineering,University of South Florida from August 2006 to August 2007, as the visiting assistantprofessor in Department of Civil Engineering, University of South Florida sinceAugust 2007, and has been working as a teacher in department of TransportationEngineering Southeast University since September, 2008; Pro. Liu has been devoted to the research andteaching of traffic safety for a long time; His main research interests:Prevention of the Road Traffic Accidents,Road Safety Improvement, Design of Transportation Engineering Facilities, TrafficFlow Theory, Study on Traffic Capacity and Intelligent Transportation System; Inthe University of South Florida, he took part in 11 major scientific researchitems made by U.S FHWA and the Ministry of Communications of the State ofFlorida, Published 7 research reports; Presided over one NationalEleventh Five-Year Plan Technology Support Program and one NationalNatural Science Foundation project; Published more than 40 papers (Accepted papersincluded)in the International Core Journals and important internationalconference, 15 of which can be searched by SCI/SSCI,31 of which can be searchedby EI; Presented his thesis for 18 times in the TRB Annual Meeting, among whichthe research result of traffic capacity of U-turn has been adopted by HighwayCapacity Manual 2010, U.S. worked as a reviewer for many internationallyrenowned conference and International Core Journals

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