Jones, E. G., & Soltaninejad, M., & Ponce de Leon, C. (2019, June), Work in Progress:  Moving from Outside to Inside - Traffic Engineering Field Exercises through Virtual Reality  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida. 10.18260/1-2--33576

\bibitem{asee_peer_33576}
  Jones, E. G., \& Soltaninejad, M., \& Ponce de Leon, C. (2019, June), \emph{Work in Progress:  Moving from Outside to Inside - Traffic Engineering Field Exercises through Virtual Reality}
  Paper presented at 2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida.
  10.18260/1-2--33576

Elizabeth G. Jones, Mostafa Soltaninejad, and Claudia Ponce de Leon.  "Work in Progress:  Moving from Outside to Inside - Traffic Engineering Field Exercises through Virtual Reality".  2019 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2019.  https://peer.asee.org/33576 Internet.  19 May, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_33576}
  Elizabeth G. Jones, Mostafa Soltaninejad, and Claudia Ponce de Leon.
  "Work in Progress:  Moving from Outside to Inside - Traffic Engineering Field Exercises through Virtual Reality".
  \emph{2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition , Tampa, Florida, 2019, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2019.
  https://peer.asee.org/33576 Internet.  19 May, 2025

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title = "Work in Progress:  Moving from Outside to Inside - Traffic Engineering Field Exercises through Virtual Reality"
booktitle = "2019 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition "
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month = "June"
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TY  - CPAPER
AB  - Traffic engineering is the study of how traffic operates and the design of systems, like traffic signals, to allow traffic to move safely and efficiently.  The study of traffic engineering typically uses field observations of traffic.  These field observations take place along highways and at intersections.  Field observations have several issues including the exposure to traffic that could be hazardous, adverse weather conditions, and the variable nature of traffic.  To overcome these challenges, video of traffic and microsimulation of traffic are often used (Kyte & Urbanik, 2012; PTV Vissim 10, 2017).

Recently, VR and 360 video are being used in educational settings (Ulrich et al, 2014; Pantelidis (2010)).  Transportation engineering has used simulated virtual environments with driving simulators for a variety of research include work on driver behavior, driver safety, and pedestrian safety (NADS, 2017) and for driver training (Deb et al, 2017).  The resources, in terms of equipment and space needed to support one person in the simulated virtual environment, are high.  With the advent of Google Cardboard and YouTube support of 360 videos, along with the continuing price decline in VR systems and 360 cameras, wider use of VR for engineering education is now possible.

This paper presents work in progress to demonstrate the effectiveness of VR as an alternative to field laboratory exercises in transportation engineering.  The work presented demonstrates how the experience of live field laboratory exercises have been translated to a virtual reality environment through the use of 360 video and a virtual reality viewing system.  The planned work to compare student learning outcomes between live field exercises and VR exercises and to evaluate student attitudes of the two environments is also presented.

AU  - Elizabeth G. Jones
AU  - Mostafa Soltaninejad
AU  - Claudia Ponce de Leon
CY  - Tampa, Florida
DA  - 2019/06/15
PB  - ASEE Conferences
TI  - Work in Progress:  Moving from Outside to Inside - Traffic Engineering Field Exercises through Virtual Reality
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