This course deals with dynamics in a variety of infrastructure industries, in particular the transportation and construction industry. Conceptual frameworks, case discussions, and skill-oriented activities are applied to each topic. Topics include group dynamics, leadership and power, the influence of technology, communications, motivation, and organizational design and development for government agencies and engineering firms in the transportation and construction industry. Class sessions and assignments are intended to help participants acquire the skills managers need to improve organizational relationships and performance in the Transportation and Construction Industry. Organization flowcharts of engineering firms and federal, state, county, and municipal government agencies with an emphasis on the department of transportation will be covered with an in-depth discussion on intra- and inter- agencies interaction and private-public partnership.

This course provides an opportunity for students to demonstrate their capabilities developed through their course of study to design, develop and/or evaluate a Smart Cities, Transportation, and Construction Management related project culminating in a written report or manuscript and presentation.

Study of the basic principles of engineering dynamics. Topics include kinematics of particles, force, mass and acceleration, work and energy, force-impulse and momentum, and an introduction to vibrations and structural dynamics. Applications to practical civil engineering problems are emphasized.