Question

Give at least 10 transportation and structural engineering topics for Capstone proposal or Thesis.

Answer 1

transportation engineering

• 1. Minimizing the traffic at congested road intersections.

  In case you take this topic, you can work on the peak times of traffic.

  There are certain times in a day when more vehicles are on the roads and some other times where there is no traffic/minimal traffic.

  Take a live example (from your vicinity) and make the necessary assumptions and calculate the traffic influx. Take a lot of photos during different times of the day.

  After making a detailed report, mention some steps like:

  a) Using Public transportation at the peak time would reduce the traffic.

  b) Suggesting alternate routes during the peak times etc.

  Your project is mainly weighed on authenticity. Don’t copy your seniors projects. Taking an idea is not wrong. Copying A-Z is.

• 2. Modified parking systems.

           We all know how difficult it is to find space to park our vehicles in congested areas. So, give a thought on some project which requires less space for parking more vehicles. Make necessary assumptions and calculations. Think innovatively. To give you an example, 45 degree parking can incorporate more vehicles in a given space when compared to conventional parking.

• 3. Behavior of Unsaturated soil mechanics in Highway infrastructure
• 4. Mass Transit System – The necessity of today
• 5.Traffic Monitoring System
• 6.Geosynthetics In Construction Of Roads
• 7. Highway Failure & Their Maintenance
• 8.Use Of Discrete Fiber In Road Construction
• 9. Geographic Information System
• 10. Intelligent Transport System

structural engineering topics

• Integrated Light Steel Structure Housing
• Monotonic and Fatigue Properties of Functionally Graded Composite Beams
• Design of Reinforced Concrete Block Masonry Basement
• Engineered Wood in Cold Climate
• Low Carbon Housing Structure System of High Durability
• Structural Damage Identification Method and Program Designing Based on Statistical Analysis
• Advances in Civil Infrastructure Engineering
• Analysis of sustainable structures.
• Long-Term Stress Variation of High-Pier & Long-Span Continuous Rigid-Frame Bridge
• Design and Spread Analysis of a New Deployable Bridge Section