Exploring the State-of-the-Art in quantitative transport science
DTU DTU Management Engineering
General course objectives Gaining knowledge in recent research results in the transport research area. Get familiar with recent methods and tools in publishing. Learn to present technical material to an audience, learn to present critique as an opponent, learn to communicate.
Learning objectives:
A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:
- Review state-of-the-art in defined transport research subjects
- Critically evaluate scientific contributions
- Read and present seminal academic papers
- Present your own scientific progress and challenges
- Structure the writing of scientific papers
- Be familiar with the newest tools to improve scientific productivity
- Gain an overview of the specific areas in the transport research area covered in the seminar
- Engage in scientific discussions
- Act as a reviewer for a scientific paper or presentation
- Develop ideas for future research in transport research
- Mutual exchange of ideas
- Good practice of referencing and introduction to the DTU library
Contents:
After the seminar students are expected to participate in a scientific discussion critically reviewing the approach taken and suggesting areas of related and future research as well as topics that could be included in the course. The expected is 140 hours. Much of this is used for preparing lectures, reading papers and advancing academic work of the students that are presented at the course.