TEACHING
EXPERTISE
Based
on my experience in transportation engineering, I
am qualified to teach
the following subjects: 1) transportation demand modeling, 2)
highway/roadway design, 3)
roundabout
design and analysis, 4) traffic operations and design, 5) discrete
choice
analysis, and 6) GIS applications in transportation and land use.
TEACHING
EXPERIENCE
In addition to advising
senior design groups, supervising summer interns, moderating review
sessions,
guest lectures, and multiple laboratory/teaching assistantships, I also
have had
the opportunity to be full instructor for Traffic Operations and Design
(CE241), a
design-based elective at
the University of Vermont in the Spring of 2011 and 2013.
Student
Level:
Civil Engineering juniors, seniors, and some graduate
students
Prerequisites: CE133
– Introduction to
Transportation Systems
Current Enrollment:
13 students
Mean
Overall
Student Rating
of Course (5pt Scale): 3.9
Mean
Overall Student Rating of Instructor (5pt Scale): 4.4
Mean
Overall Student Rating of Course Difficulty (5pt Scale):
3.8
CE241
COURSE
SYLLABUS - 2013
This course is designed to
familiarize students with
advanced concepts relating to traffic engineering and capacity
analysis,
highway and intersection capacity, traffic analysis and simulation
software,
design and application of controls, and roundabouts and traffic calming.
TEACHING PHILOSOPHY
My
teaching goals are to: make sure my students become independent
thinkers and instill in them passion and curiosity about traffic and
the transportation system; to create a learning environment where
students want to be engaged and understand the importance of thinking
big; to help students appreciate the importance of being
interdisciplinary and foster a student-teacher relationship that is
symbiotic.
INVITED COURSE LECTURES
Belz,
N.P. (February 2011). Complete Streets and Traffic Calming, Invited lecture for Sustainable Transportation Planning (ENVS 195 / NR 185 / CDAE 195), University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Belz,
N.P. (March 2010). Living with the Automobile: Examing the Role of Complete Streets and Traffic Calming, Invited lecture for Transportation Planning (CDAE 295), University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Belz,
N.P. (February 2010). Identifying Additional Bus Routes in Chittenden County, VT: A Transportation Application of GIS, Invited lecture for Transportation Planning (CDAE 295), University of Vermont, Burlington, VT.
Belz,
N.P. (January 2007). Applications of Intelligent Transportation Systems, Invited lecture for Urban Transportation Planning (CDAE 295), University of Maine, Orono, ME.