Chair of Road & Transport Engineering

Department of Civil Engineering

Overview

Road and Transport Engineering Chair is established to be an excellent academic unit in the field of Road and Transportation Engineering under FCWRE. The chair administers and facilitates the courses to be delivered for undergraduate civil engineering and graduate Road and Transport Engineering programs. Numerous consultancy services are provided through the chair in the road and transport engineering specified areas to the community at large. The stream in general is aimed at providing optimal and practical oriented engineering solutions in the planning, designing, construction and management of road infrastructures as well as road safety and traffic engineering management. The stream also affords surveying data collection analysis and setting out works for design and construction of civil, water and other infrastructures.

Academic & Teaching Activities

The Chair delivers undergraduate and postgraduate courses that combine theory, practical applications, and real-world case studies.

Highway Engineering
Railway Engineering
Traffic Engineering and Management
Transportation Planning and Economics
Pavement Materials, Analysis and Design
Sustainable Mobility
Engineering Surveying and GIS

The program also delivers specialized trainings on Road infrastructure design, traffic management and safety, and Pavement materials laboratory.

Research Areas

Traffic flow analysis and simulation
Road safety and accident analysis
Pavement performance and rehabilitation
Public transport systems
Smart roads and ITS applications
Sustainable and low-carbon transportation

Laboratories & Facilities

Highway Engineering Laboratory

Chair Holder

Mr. Tesfahun Nigatu
MSc in Road and Transportation Engineering
Email: Tesfahun.Nigatu@bdu.edu.et
Office: NDD

MSc and PHD Programs

MSc in Road and Transport Engineering
MEng in Road and Transport Engineering
PhD in Road and Transport Engineering

Contact Information

Chair of Road & Transport Engineering
Faculty of Civil & Water Resources Engineering
Bahir Dar Institute of Technology, Bahir Dar University