CEG8431 : Technologies for Future Mobility
- Offered for Year: 2024/25
- Module Leader(s): Professor Phil Blythe
- Lecturer: Professor Colin Herron, Dr David Golightly
- Other Staff: Mr Simon Edwards
- Owning School: Engineering
- Teaching Location: Newcastle City Campus
Semesters
Your programme is made up of credits, the total differs on programme to programme.
| Semester 2 Credit Value: | 10 |
| ECTS Credits: | 5.0 |
| European Credit Transfer System | |
Aims
This module aims to examine what forms mobility will take in the near future, what scenarios might influence the forms of that mobility, and what technologies will underpin those future transportation networks. The module does this by focusing on five example areas. The aims being:
1. Provide some base material through workshops and seminars on key challenges in different sectors of transport and mobility, which will include:
• Electromobility and the wider decarbonization of transport;
• Future Freight and Logistics;
• Smart Port Operations;
• Automation of road transport; and
• Smart Cities
2. Introduce the students to a range of stakeholders who will present their role in future mobility and the challenges thy have going forward, asking the students to discuss the challenges and opportunities and coming up with visions of how future transport can tackle their challenges.
3. Through visits to stakeholders and facilitated, challenge based workshops, create and environment where the students can discuss and debate the challenges and come up with innovative solutions, backed up by evidence and references.
4. Understand how the above processes and experience enable them to transition into transport, mobility and logistics professionals.
5. Utilize the experience of engaging with leading edge companies and stakeholders in future mobility will enrich their understanding of what is and where future transport and future mobility is evolving.
The module will be challenge led, through a series of visits and workshops co-created with stakeholders who can elaborate on the challenges they have.
Note that the module includes contributions from external speakers from industry, therefore the precise structure and format of lectures may vary from year-to-year, based on speaker availability.
Outline Of Syllabus
workshops and seminars on key challenges in different sectors of transport and mobility, which will include:
• Electromobility and the wider decarbonization of transport;
• Future Freight and Logistics;
• Smart Port Operations;
• Automation of road transport; and
• Smart Cities
The module will be delivered as a series of introductory lectures to set the scene and then will be delivered through FOUR challenge led workshops hosted by key stakeholders at their premises
These case studies will be electromobility (hosted by Faraday NE); Future Logistics (hosted by VANTEC – logistics supplier to Nissan); Smart and net zero ports (hosted by the Port of Tyne); smart cities; 5G vision and automated public transport (hosted by the Sunderland City Council’s smart cities team)
Teaching Methods
Teaching Activities
| Category | Activity | Number | Length | Student Hours | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 14:00 | 14:00 | Group Coursework on a topic related to either workshop 1, workshop 2 or workshop 3 (50%) |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Lecture | 2 | 1:00 | 2:00 | Module introduction and recap. Familiarisation with topics/reading list. |
| Guided Independent Study | Assessment preparation and completion | 1 | 15:00 | 15:00 | Individual Essay based on topic discussed and debated in workshop 4 (50%) |
| Structured Guided Learning | Lecture materials | 3 | 1:00 | 3:00 | Future Mobility UK Foresight Programme; |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Small group teaching | 1 | 4:00 | 4:00 | Students attend the whole of the group presentation, however each group will only be presenting for 20 minutes. |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 1 | 1:00 | 1:00 | Final discussion and debate on the future of transport, based on the outcomes of the module. |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Workshops | 1 | 4:00 | 4:00 | Electromobility and Decarbonization with the Faraday Battery Centre |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Fieldwork | 1 | 8:00 | 8:00 | Smart Cities, 5G and Automation (day visit and workshop hosted by Sunderland City Council’s Smart Cities team) |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Fieldwork | 1 | 8:00 | 8:00 | Smart Ports of the future (day visit and workshop hosted by Port of Tyne) |
| Scheduled Learning And Teaching Activities | Fieldwork | 1 | 8:00 | 8:00 | Future Logistics and Freight (day visit and workshop hosted by Vantec Logistics @ Nissan) |
| Guided Independent Study | Independent study | 1 | 33:00 | 33:00 | n/a |
| Total | 100:00 |
Teaching Rationale And Relationship
This is the last module for the masters students. Want them to bring together much of what they have learnt so have organized the modules around technical visits to key stakeholder organizations and through workshops where the stakeholders business operations and challenges are discussed and debated the students can develop practical ideas of how Future Mobility solutions can solve these problems. Helps develop their wider context of thinking (critical for masters students) and their professional skills of interacting with ‘real’ stakeholders.
Assessment Methods
The format of resits will be determined by the Board of Examiners
Other Assessment
| Description | Semester | When Set | Percentage | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | 2 | M | 100 | Individual Report |
Formative Assessments
Formative Assessment is an assessment which develops your skills in being assessed, allows for you to receive feedback, and prepares you for being assessed. However, it does not count to your final mark.
| Description | Semester | When Set | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prof skill assessmnt | 2 | M | group work and group presentations will form part of the workshops that are held on the day-visits to the different stakeholders |
Assessment Rationale And Relationship
The written report will test students understanding of the concepts of automated driving, the use of simulation in studying new technologies and their ability to apply data processing and statistical techniques to that data – skills that are required by industry.
The formative assessments based on workshops all students to further develop their wider context of thinking (critical for masters students) and their professional skills of interacting with ‘real’ stakeholders.
Reading Lists
Timetable
- Timetable Website: www.ncl.ac.uk/timetable/
- CEG8431's Timetable