ACADEMIC PROJECTS
Final Study Paper
Transportation Demand Management on the Texas A&M University - College Station Campus (TAMU): Best Practices and Recommendations for Upgrading
TDM on TAMU Campus.
PLAN 665 | Plan Making
Introduction to a wide variety of styles and methodologies employed by the urban and regional planner; planning styles reviewed include: comprehensive land use planning; policies planning; strategic planning; regional planning; and private sector corporate planning. Emphasis is given to the actual review and content analysis of plans.
PLAN 661 | Information and Communication in Planning
Types and sources of planning related information; use of verbal, printed and electronic media in communicating planning information and formulating alternative solutions to community development problems.
PLAN 673 | Design for Sustainable Transportation
Introduce planning and design principles, techniques, and examples for achieving sustainable transportation; transit-oriented development, neo-traditional design, traffic calming, non-motorized travel, and smart growth; car-sharing, parking pricing, location efficient mortgage, and alternative vehicles and fuel technologies.
CVEN 672 | Engineering and Urban Transportation Systems
Characteristics of transportation engineering systems; transportation engineering data collection; modeling effects of engineering project planning, trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice, and traffic assignment; use and interpretation of engineering modeling results; engineering project analysis.
PLAN 667 | Site Planning
Introduction to physical planning and design aspects of city planning; the relationship between urban design and city/regional planning; the history of design paradigm; essential tools and applications for physical planning; and site planning and design of physical attributes.
PLAN 610 | Structure and Function of Urban Settlements
The study of urbanization and how geographic, economic, sociological and political factors give rise to changes in the structure and functions of cities; how the movement of people, products, services, and capital create unique urban patterns of land use and infrastructure with implications for long-term livability and sustainability.
PLAN 625 | Geographical Information Systems in Landscape and Urban Planning
The course study provides an understanding of GIS fundamentals; basic concepts, principles, and functions; essential skills for applying GIS in various fields such as urban planning, landscape architecture, land development, environmental studies, transportation, and hazard management; based on learning through class projects.