CEE 408 ONL - Railroad Transportation Engrg
Campus: Urbana-Champaign
Description:
Principles and analysis of railroad transportation efficiency, economics, energy, and engineering; effect on production and markets. Railroad infrastructure; locomotive and rolling stock design, function, and operation. Computation of train speed, power, and acceleration requirements; railway traffic control and signaling. Quantitative analytical tools for rail-transportation decision-making and optimization. Field trip to observe railroad infrastructure, equipment and operations. Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. 3 or 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite: CEE 310.
Special Instructions:
Restricted to online non-degree, online MCS, online MSAE, online MSME, and online MSCE students. For more details on this course section, please see http://engineering.illinois.edu/online/courses/. Non-Degree students may enroll on a space-available basis with consent of Program Coordinator, Meg Griffin (mgriffn@illinois.edu).
Academic Program Restrictions:
MS:Industrial Engr Online-UIUC
Option 1
Number of Required Visit(s): 0Course Level: Graduate
Credit: 3
Term(s): Fall