Winter 2027 - CVL 316: Transportation Engineering - Dr. Patrick Loa *Civil MASc and PhD Applicants ONLY*

About Toronto Metropolitan Toronto Metropolitan University is Canada's leader in innovative, career-focused education and a university clearly on the move. It is a distinctly urban university with a focus on innovation and entrepreneurship. Toronto Metropolitan University has a mission to serve societal need and a long-standing commitment to engaging its community. Guided by a bold Academic Plan, an ambitious research agenda, and a Master Plan to revitalize the campus and surrounding neighbourhood, Toronto Metropolitan University is the most applied-to university in Ontario relative to available spaces, and its reputation with business and community leaders continues to rise. We offers more than 100 undergraduate and graduate programs. Culturally diverse and inclusive, the university is home to 38,950 students, including 2,300 master's and PhD students, nearly 2,700 faculty and staff, and more than 170,000 alumni worldwide. Research at Toronto Metropolitan University is on a trajectory of success and growth: externally funded research has doubled in the past four years. The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education is Canada's leading provider of university-based adult education. The university's focus on innovation and entrepreneurship is represented most distinctly by the Digital Media Zone, a place for students to collaborate and bring their digital ideas to the marketplace. Toronto Metropolitan University is reshaping the downtown core of Toronto with three new buildings: the Mattamy Athletic Centre at the Gardens, the Toronto Metropolitan University Image Centre in the heart of campus, and a Student Learning Centre on Yonge Street. In addition, currently in progress is the development of a new multipurpose building, the Church Street development (CSD). This new building will be located just north of Dundas on Church Street and will be home to four academic health services programs, Toronto Met. University food services, administration, and a student residence. Responsibilities CVL 316 Transportation Engineering Introductory level course on transportation engineering, including transportation system characteristics, classification, mathematical models, and modes; transportation planning (trip generation, trip distribution, mode choice, and traffic assignment); highway geometric design; traffic flow characteristics; capacity and level of service; queuing and simulation models; and evaluation of transportation impacts. Weekly Contact: Lecture: 3 hrs. Tutorial: 1 hr. 1. Marking of Midterms and Final Exams: The Supervising Instructor is required to mark the midterm tests and final exams. No Graduate Assistant (GA) is allowed to mark midterm tests and final exams. 2. Meeting with the Supervising Instructor to Discuss Duties/Responsibilities The Supervising Instructor is the RFA professor or the CUPE 1 instructors responsible for the delivery of the course that the Graduate Assistant is appointed to assist with. i) Initial Meeting: The first meeting with the Supervising Instructor is after the Graduate Assistant receives and accepts their letter of appointment. The purpose of this meeting is to review and confirm the hours of work, the start date/end date, the assigned duties, the expected hours of work breakdown, the standard of performance expected, etc. If it is determined at this meeting that changes need to be made to the Workload Form, e.g., a redistribution of duties, the Supervising Instructor will revise the Workload Form and they, along with the Graduate Assistant, must sign the Form. The Graduate Assistant must receive a copy of the revised Form. If there is a change to the hours, the Supervising Instructor must share the revised Workload Form with the Administrative Assistant so they can complete a job change. If more hours are required this needs to be discussed with and approved by Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies prior to revising the Workload Form and completing a job change. ii) Midpoint Meeting: The…

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