This module is designed to provide an advanced hydrology at watershed scale, including a study of flood hydrograph, flood routing, design flood estimation and flood control methods. It also looks at climate change and water resources sustainability as well as at human-water-climate interactions. This course focuses on modelling the rainfall-runoff process and its application to catchment areas. It will look at how water movement, storage and transformation on the Earth’s surface are influenced by landscape characteristics, including human modifications of those characteristics, and weather. This module serves as a guide for professional and competitive examinations for undergraduate students of water resources engineering.

The student will be trained in the actual working environment of professionals of approved firms, organizations or companies of Civil Engineering, Geomatics Engineering, and Environmental engineering related domain in Rwanda but special case may be considered for foreign students who need to undertake for it in their home foreign countries

Module Code: __ TRE3265____________     School: Engineering________

Module Title: ___ Transportation Economics and Asset Management ____

Year: ____3_____      Trimester: ____3_____                           Credits: __10___   

First year of presentation:   ___2021-2022___     Administering School: __SoE___

5. Core module (Yes or No):   ___Yes__

6. Lecturer Plan (9 weeks)

Welcome message

Greetings from the Transportation Engineering module, students! Get ready for an exciting journey through the complex network involved in developing, improving, and constructing transportation networks. Learn the fundamentals that facilitate the effective flow of people and products. Together, let's forge ahead on the knowledge highway and create a sustainable future."

Intended learning outcomes

·        Understanding basic concepts of pavement failure characteristics and performance criteria

·        Understanding the basic pavement loading characteristics

·        Understanding the interaction between basic pavement design parameters

·        Understanding the effect of improper and inadequate road maintenance programmes

·        Ability to collect and analyse data required for the design of road pavements facilities

·        Ability to evaluate the various pavement design methods and select the most appropriate one in a given situation

·        Ability to plan and design both rigid and flexible road pavements

·        Ability to assess and evaluate the condition of the road pavements and the extent of failure

·        Ability to plan road maintenance

·        Students will be able to explain the road pavement failure and performance criteria

·        Students will be able to explain the difference between mechanistic, empirical and mechanistic-empirical methods of pavement design and the advantages and disadvantages of each.

The aim of this module is to expand and refine GIS concepts, analysis and applications beyond the introductory GIS Module.

This courses discusses different aspects related to:

• Water Quality Parameters, Water Quality Analysis, Water quality starndards
• Physical operations and units in Water Treatment
• Chemical processes and units in Water treatment

The course deepens knowledge, understanding and application of GNSS in positioning and other applications. Emphasis has been put on GNSS application and implementation of control surveys and cadastral surveys including digital data processing. Case study on operational applications of GNSS for intelligent transportation system (ITS), disaster management and emergency response, location based service (LBS), timing and others. Mention on current trends has been done

At the end of this course, learners should be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of GNSS in the presents of DGNSS measurements and apply in control and boundary surveys as well as apply various error mitigation measures

• By the end of the module learners should:

  1. Reaffirm their knowledge in GNSS Positioning concepts
  2. Understanding and knowledge of DGNSS (DGPS)
  3. Formularize with industry and policy of GNSS applications
  4. Familiarize with other GNSS applications including in transport, Disaster Risk Reduction, location based services among others
  5. Understanding of GNSS errors and mitigations

Dear Students, 

You are welcome to this module entitled "Slope Stability and Earth Retaining Structures". The module aimed to provide the students with theories and concepts needed to analyze retaining structures and slopes encountered in engineering projects. Topics for this course include earth pressure theories; design and behavior of rigid, flexible, braced, tied-back, slurry, and reinforced soil structures; stability of excavation, cut, and natural slopes; methods of slope stability analysis; effects of water forces; shear strength selection for analysis; and stability and seepage in embankment dams. 

Module Leader Details

Emmanuel Twagirimana (Pr.E)

SoE/CEGE Department/TRE Program Coordinator.

Office: Agaciro Block, 1st Floor, Room: M116

E-mail: emmay004@gmail.com

Phone: +250788302806

Dear students,

Welcome to CWE3264 Water Supply and Sanitary Engineering module

The course gives students an introduction to the basic theories for water, wastewater, and stormwater. Water and wastewater systems, stormwater calculations, treatment of drinking water and wastewater, applying a selected set of methods for design and analysis.

Students will gain knowledge in:
- demand for water supply to households, industry and public servises
- the components of water supply systems from source to recipient
- the components in wastewater collection systems for both combined and separate systems
- urban hydrology and relationships between precipitation and runoff
- process theory for water and wastewater treatment
- characteristics of waste water (amount and composition)
- regulations for drinking water quality and effluent quality
- methods for treatment of water and waste water

Skills:
- calculate the demand needs for water supply to households, industry and public servises
- calculations on the components of water supply systems

Facilitators' details

UWIMPUHWE Charlotte, 0782862618, enguw2005@yahoo.com (module leader)

NIKUZE Marie Joselyne, 0788403078, nikuzemariejoselyne@yahoo.fr

The course aims to provide basics analysis and design of reinforced concrete structures, assessment and monitoring of structures. It covers the analysis and design of beams subjected to torsion, analysis and design of flat and ribbed slabs, Analysis and design of eccentrically loaded columns, design of shallow and deep foundation, design of R.C water tanks, Analysis and Design of Retaining walls

Dear Students,

You are welcome to this module entitled "Pavement Design and Rehabilitation". This module provides an introduction to transportation engineering, understanding on principles of pavement design, performance criteria and functional characteristics of road pavements. It provides an understanding and knowledge on design of pavements, maintenance of highways and Rehabilitation Techniques. The students finally will be given a real world design project based on field data.

Module Leader:

Emmanuel Twagirimana (Pr.E)

SoE/CEGE Department-TRE Program Coordinator

Office: Agaciro Block, 1st Floor, M116

E-mail: emmay004@gmail.com

Phone: +250788302806

CEE 3262 Soil AND WATER RESOURCES PROTECTION  

INDICATIVE CONTENT

PART A: Soil Erosion and Sediment Control

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

         Definition of terms, types of erosion, erosion forms and processes, factors affecting erosion, erosion and sediment transport

      UNIT II EROSION CONTROL STRATEGIES 

      AND THE CONCEPT

Soil loss tolerance, Erosion variation according to place and time, Soil degradation, Factors in the water balance; History of erosion control strategies; Social and economic aspects of erosion

          UNIT III SHEET EROSION

Initial phase of water erosion, Wischmeier and Smith's Empirical Soil Loss Model (USLE), Soil erodibility, The topographical factor, Effects of plant cover, Influence of cropping techniques, Erosion control strategies, Sheet Erosion control practices, The P factor in Wischmeier's equation, Erosion control structures, Variability of erosion factors, Applicability of the USLE

          UNIT IV EROSION CONTROL METHODS

         Soil conservation practicals, Dry mechanical erosion, linear and gully erosion, Mass movement, Wind erosion; Restoration of degraded land.

PART B: Water Conservation

1. Large Scale Water Harvesting Structures (Engineering of Dams)
2. Small Scale Rainwater Harvesting Systems

2.1   Domestic Rainwater Collection from roof tops

2.2  Small Scale Rainwater Collection from a Prepared Catchment

3. Groundwater Recharge
4. Water Treatment and Wastewater reclamation
5. Water Pricing

PART C: Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM)

• Storm water Management
• Flood Control
• IWRM

Dear students,

Welcome to CGE 3265 ENVIRONMENTAL GEOTECHNICS AND BIOENGINEERING

The course is designed to introduce students to Environmental Geotechnics and bioengineering which is  an informative and practical guide to the realities of land-based waste disposal and  guide on how to utilize biological functions for the preservation and remediation of a global environment.

 The main objectives

1. To disseminate knowledge and provides a fresh perspective regarding the basic concepts, theory, techniques and field applicability of innovative testing and analysis methodologies and engineering practices

3. To utilize biological functions for the preservation and remediation of a global environment.

2. To provide main concepts and information on environmental geotechnics (soil compaction, slope stability analysis, mechanical properties of geosynthetics, geotechnical aspects of landfill design and construction)

3. To conserve of resources via the recycling of waste materials

Facilitator's contacts

NIKUZE Marie Joselyne (Module leader), 0788403078, nikuzemariejoselyne@yahoo.fr

Field scheme is a must for all students to qualify for graduation. The aims of this subject are:

• To provide an opportunity for students to consolidate, integrate and practice the knowledge and skills learnt in subject areas of fundamental surveying, mapping/cartogaphy and survey data analysis.
• To enhance students’ ability and skills in project planning and organization, logistics design and implementation, problem identification and solving, as well as working in a group environment.

To train the professionalism of the students in their work, especially in carrying out field survey, taking field notes, checking and analysis of data, presentation of results, and caring of survey instruments

• ruments.
• This project emphasizes on team work, project management and problem solving in real environment, hence will help students develop communication, critical and creative thinking, and cooperative attitudes and behaviour of working with others.

Outcomes of professional/academic knowledge and skills

At the end of this subject students will be able to integrate the knowledge learnt in Surveying and Mapping, to manage and carry out a survey project according to client’s specifications. The project work will involve control survey, topographical and detail survey, production of manual plans of survey and report writing.

1.1.Learning outcomes

6.2.1 Knowledge and understanding

By the end of the module learners should:

1. Understanding of planning, logistical, and  implementation and reporting writing of surveying and mapping tasks/projects
2. Knowledge of fieldwork particularly taking field notes, checking and analysis of data, presentation of results, and caring of survey instruments

6.2.2. Cognitive/ intellectual skills/ application of knowledge

Having successfully completed the module, the students should be able to:

1. Carry out control surveys, topographical surveys and mapping in real world
2. Reaffirm and consolidate the skills and knowledge as applied in single project
3. Care for survey equipments
4. Familiarize with project planning and implementation
5. v.      Encourage teamwork

6.2.3. Communication, ICT and numeracy

Having successfully completed the module, the students should be able to:

1. Apply CAD software in mapping
2. Improve their communication skills and teamwork
3. Carry out all related computations: position, angles, distances, etc
4. Compile a technical report for the fieldwork

6.2.4. Autonomy, accountability and cooperation

Having successfully completed the module, the students should be able to:

1. Be able to work with little or no supervision.
2. Be able to work with others to achieve defined objectives
3. Be able to take responsibility for their own work.
4. Be able to take a leadership role in group work.

1. Indicative content

Part I

This will be fieldwork project on topographical mapping, initially using conventional methods and finally by applying modern techniques leading to production of topographical map and compilation of technical reports. This will involve the following key areas:

1. A.      Reconnaissance
2. B.      Planning (equipments, stationery, data collection, logistics, schedule, budget, etc)
3. C.      Execution (control surveys, detail surveys, and levelling) and field note taking
4. D.      Computations and adjustments
5. E.      Map design/Compilation (Plotting and symbology)
6. F.       Technical Reports
7. G.      Presentation

Part II

This is an engineering surveying field based project encompassing:

1. site reconnaissance,
2. control surveys,
3. terrain modelling,
4. road alignment design, production of road longitudinal and cross-sections,
5. setting out of road alignment and batter profile boards,
6. computation of cut and fill volumes, generation of mass haul diagram, calculation and analysis of earthworks, and
7.  survey design and analysis

This course introduces civil engineering students the fundamental concepts of foundation analysis and design. The course aims to provide the general notions of: Application of soil mechanics to analysis and design of foundations and embankments. Settlement of structures, bearing capacities of shallow and deep foundations, earth pressures on retaining structures, and slope stability.

Introduction

Hydraulic structures are anything that can be used to control water flow velocities, directions and depths, the elevation and slope of the stream bed, and general configuration of waterway including its stability and maintenance characteristics. A weir, for example, is a type of hydraulic structure which can be used to pool water for irrigation, establish control of the bed (grade control) or, as a new innovative technique, to divert flow away from eroding banks or into diversion channels for flood control. The shape, size and other features of a hydraulic structure can vary widely for different projects, depending upon their functions. Hydraulic design procedures must govern the final design of all structures. This module will introduce the students to understand the basic principles of river engineering, and design of diversion works and cross-drainage and drop structures.

The following is a brief indicative of the module of hydraulic structures I:

Topic 1: River engineering

• Some basic principles of open channel flow,
• River morphology and regime,
• River surveys,
• River flood routing,
• River improvement.

Topic 2: Diversion works

• Weirs and barrages
• Intakes
• Fish passes

Topic 3: Cross-drainage and drop structures

• Aqueducts and canal inlets and outlets
• Culverts, bridges and dips
• Drop structures.

The Law of contract of employment

The aim of this course is to introduce students to basic concepts of water regulation structures. The structures covered range from spillways to dams. It focuses mainly on their structural behavior, modes of failure, and design considerations.