Acronyms
LOS
What is Level of Service?
This is the Jeopardy-style game with three teams answering transportation-related questions.
What is The Traffic Bowl?
This type of roadway is an expressway with fully-controlled access and continuous flow.
What is a Freeway?
This person is the administrative assistant for the Civil Engineering Department.
Who is Renee Quackenbush?
This is the name of the mascot at UT Tyler.
Who is Swoop?
TIA
What is Traffic Impact Analysis?
The measure of how resistant an object is to changes in its rotational motion.
What is moment of inertia?
This type of roadway is for streets near homes and typically has a speed limit of 30 mph.
What is a Local Street?
There are two full-time Civil Engineering faculty in HEC. Name one of them.
Who is Dr. Miqdadi or Dr. Huq?
This is the current Provost of UT Tyler.
Who is Dr. Amir Mirmiran?
AASHTO
What is The American Society of State Highway and Transportation Officials?
This is the LOS when demand exceeds capacity.
What is LOS F?
What is a Local Collector?
This is the accreditation body for engineering.
What is ABET?
TWLTL
What is a Two-Way Left Turn Lane?
Generally speaking, the shear force is zero for this bending moment.
What is the shear force where bending moment is maximum?
This type of roadway collects traffic from local collectors to freeways.
What is an Arterial?
This is the name of the very first concrete canoe at UT Tyler.
What is Pioneer?
This College on campus has the highest enrollment.
What is the College of Nursing and Health Sciences?
TCP
What is a Traffic Control Plan?
The coefficient of uniformity is smaller than 2.
What is the coefficient of uniformity for well graded sand?
This type of local street is closed at one end and is typically in residential neighborhoods.
What is a Cul-de-Sac?
This is the year the Civil Engineering Department was founded.
When is 2005?
This is the decade that UT Tyler became a four-year institution.
What are the 1990's?
(1998)