CARLETON UNIVERSITY

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Geometric Design CIVE5308F Fall 2011

Guidelines for Class Presentation

Each student must make a class presentation of a research article according to the following guidelines:
 All students are expected to acquire and read all articles that are presented in the class from the
list below.

Lecture Article Student

5 1. El Khoury, J. and Hobeika, A.G. Assessing the Risk in the Design of Passing
Sight Distances. Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of
Civil Engineers, Vol. 133(6), pp. 370-377, 2007.
5 2. Said, D., Hassan, Y., and Abd El Halim, A.O. Comfort Thresholds for
Horizontal Curve Design. Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol.
36(12), 2009, pp. 1391-1402.
5 3. Said, D., Abd El Halim, A.O., and Hassan, Y. Desirable Spiral Length Based
on Driver Steering Behavior. Transportation Research Record 2092, pp. 28-
38, 2009.
6 4. Figueroa, A.M. and Tarko, A.P. Speed Factors on Two-Lane Rural
Highways in Free-Flow Conditions. Transportation Research Record 1912,
pp. 39-45, 2005.
6 5. Nicholson, A. Superelevation, Side Friction, and Roadway Consistency.
Journal of Transportation Engineering, American Society of Civil
Engineers, Vol. 124(5), pp. 411-418, 1998. (See also discussion by Easa)
7 6. Perco, P. Influence of the General Character of Horizontal Alignment on
Operating Speed of Two-Lane Rural Roads. Transportation Research
Record 2075, pp. 16-23, 2008.
7 7. Cafiso, S., Di Graziano, A., and La Cava, G. Actual Driving Data Analysis
for Design Consistency Evaluation. Transportation Research Record 1912,
pp. 19-30, 2005.
7 8. Bell, F. Can Driving Simulators Contribute to Solving Critical Issues in
Geometric Design? Transportation Research Record 2138, pp. 120-126,
2009.
8 9. Wooldridge, M.D., Fitzpatrick, K., Koppa, R., and Bauer, K. Effects of
Horizontal Curvature on Driver Visual Demand. Transportation Research
Record 1737, pp. 71-77, 2000.
8 10. Hauer, E. Speed and Safety. Transportation Research Record 2103, pp. 10-
17, 2009.
8 11. Ibrahim, S.E. and Sayed T. Developing Safety Performance Functions
Incorporating Reliability-Based Risk Measures. Accident Analysis &
Preventions, Vol. 43(6), June 2011, pp. 2153-2159.
9 12. Potts, I., Harwood, D., and Richard, K. Relationship of Lane Width to Safety
for Urban and Suburban Arterials. Transportation Research Record 2023,
pp. 63-82, 2007.
9 13. Fitzpatrick, K. and Zimmerman, K. Potential Changes to 2004 Green Book's
Adjustment Factors for Entrance and Exit Terminals. Transportation
Research Record 2023, pp. 1-9, 2007.
 9 14. Sarhan, M., Hassan, Y., and Abd El Halim, A.O. Safety Performance of
Freeway Sections and Relation to Length of Speed Change Lanes. Canadian
Journal of Civil Engineering, Vol. 34(5), May 2008, pp. 531-541.

 Assignment in on a first-come-first-serve basis.

 A student who misses his/her presentation without a legitimate reason or prior arrangement with
the instructor will lose all marks assigned to paper presentation in the marking scheme.
 The student might have to acquire more information from other references.
 The presentation might be an author-perspective (the student mostly agrees with the paper and is
willing to defend it) or a critic-perspective (the student has many reservations and is able to
criticize it).
 Each presentation must not exceed 15 minutes followed by 5 minutes questions and discussion.
 Presentation slides must be submitted as a soft copy.
 The student must also provide a softcopy of a handout that is free of any copyrighted material.
This handout will be made available to all students in the class through WebCT as PDF files only
if it meets that condition.
 Both the presentation file and handout must be submitted before 12:00 noon on Thursday
corresponding to the lecture number in the first column of the table.

Notes:
 Timing is approximate. Exact timing of the presentation might change depending on class
progress.
 CARLETON UNIVERSITY
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Geometric Design CIVE5308F Fall 2011

Guidelines for Grading Class Presentation

Criterion Weight (%) Your Mark (%)

Time: 15
 Will lose all 15% if more than 15 minutes.
 Will lose all 15% if less than 10 minutes.

Presentation Materials: 15
 Quality of slides.
 Clarity of figures and equations.
 Font size.
 Spelling and/or grammar.

Contents: 40
 Objectives must be stated.
 Coverage must be comprehensive.
 All statements must be factual.
 Conclusions and recommendations must be stated.

Following Discussions: 15
 Answering questions correctly.

Handout: 15
 Same criteria as materials and content.
 Will lose all 15% if it contains copyrighted material.

TOTAL 100