msc transport infrastructure & logistics tu delft 2007-2008

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Hardcopy Study Guide

2007/2008

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TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE & LOGISTICS2

Disclaimer

Every effort has been made by the faculty in putting together this guide.

However, further details about a number of subjects will only be available after

the guide has been printed. For that reason, the information published by the

faculty in this handbook is subject to change. Amendments, further details, and

a more extensive description of the subjects can be found on Blackboard:

http://blackboard.tudelft.nl and in the digital study guide http://studyguide.tudelft.nl


STUDY GUIDE 2007/2008 3

Contents

2 > Disclaimer

5 > Personal Data

6 > Preface

7 > Year planner, education 2007/2008

9 > TU Delft University Facts and Mission

9 > International Ofce

10 > Service Desk

10 > Blackboard

10 > Schedules

11 > TU Delft Library

12 > Regulations

13 > European Student Union (AGEE)

13 > TU Delfts student Union (VSSD)

14 > Useful web addresses

15 > Addresses

18 > Master of Science in Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics

18 > Introduction

18 > Focus on the eld of Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics

and the study programme

19 > Mission of the programme

21 > General information

23 > MSc TIL contacts

24 > Coaching of (new) TIL students

24 > IWT

25 > Private study spaces

25 > The two-year MSc TIL curriculum and its components

26 > MSc TIL curriculum structure

27 > A: Policy & Planning of TIL systems

29 > B: Strategic Design of TIL systems

30 > C: Technical Design of TIL facilities

31 > D: Control of TIL systems

32 > E1-TIL Research

32 > Electives Courses



33 > A-List

33 > B-List

34 > C-List

35 > D-List

37 > Course and Examination Regulations 2007-2008

37 > Registering for exams

37 > Information about the computer facilities

38 > Academic counsellor appointments and open consultation

38 > Student health care

39 > Studying abroad

39 > External project (TIL4090)

39 > Emergencies

40 > Contact information

41 > Course Descriptions

166 > Map of TU Campus



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Preface

The aim of this manual is to inform students about the MSc TIL curriculum

at Delft University of Technology. The booklet provides the students with

information about the general set-up of the curriculum, with summaries of the

content of most of the courses, and contact information for the programme and

its courses. It concentrates on the academic content of the curriculum and links

it to the eld to which it is related.

The MSc TIL programme is based on expertise in the eld of Transport,

Infrastructure and Logistics within Delft University of Technology. The programme

is the only transport related programme that leads to a Masters degree in

this eld. Knowing that our programme is special, we are convinced that our

students are special. This year, a fourth group of students will start the MSc TIL

programme. We are still learning from our students experiences and want to be

able to respond to their personal and general comments and opinions. We will

carefully monitor their paths and results through close communication with them.

The curriculum is set up so that you will have an intensive study experience in which

you will have to collaborate with your fellow students on the programme, but which

will give you ample opportunity to develop your personal knowledge and skills.

This manual contains a summarised version of the course structure

and descriptions. Readers are asked to consult the MSc TIL website

(www.til.tudelft.nl) for detailed course descriptions (see also CourseBase), and

the Course and Examination Regulations (OER).

This manual was written in June 2007, prior to the start of the programme. This

means that some of the information may not be completely up-to-date. Please

consult the website and Blackboard regularly, as additional information and

possible changes will be announced via these media. If you think that you can

contribute to the improvement of this manual, please feel free to contact us.

We wish you luck and success during your MSc TIL study.

Programme Coordinator

Marcel Ludema



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TU Delft University Facts and Mission

Founded in 1862, Delft University of Technology is the oldest, largest, and most

comprehensive university of technology in the Netherlands. With over 13.000

students and 2100 scientists (including 200 professors), it is an establishment

of both national importance and signicant international standing. Renowned

for its high standard of education and research, the University collaborates

with other educational establishments and research institutes, both in the

Netherlands and overseas. It also enjoys partnerships with governments, branch

organisations, numerous consultancies, the industry, and companies from the

small and medium business sectors. Delft University of Technology has eight

faculties offering a host of engineering programmes, many of them unique in

the Netherlands.

Working together with other educational establishments, various research

institutes, international business partners and the industry, TU Delft aims to

provide students with all the necessary tools for a successful career: an excellent

education, relevant, practical experience, and the broadest possible knowledge

base. Detailed information can be obtained from the website www.tudelft.nl

INTERNATIONAL OFFICE

Going abroad to study is a big step. Living alone, away from your family, a

different country, with a different way of learning can be quite tough sometimes.

The International ofce will be your rst point of contact at the University.

The International Ofce staff handles the application procedure, nancial and

housing matters, and the distribution of student ID cards. The International

Ofce comprises the central TU Delft Student Registration Ofce, which registers

you as a student when you are admitted to TU Delft.

Should you have any problems or questions the International Ofce can provide

all the help you need. Several departments can advise you on a wide range of

issues such as accommodation, university enrollment, insurances, residence

permits and legal questions. If you have personal problems you can make

an appointment with one of the student psychologists. For students who are

disabled the International Ofce is the place to get in touch with a specialised

counsellor.



TU Delft International Ofce

PO Box 5

2600 AA Delft

The Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0) 15 278 8012

Fax: +31 (0) 15 278 56 90

E- mail: [email protected]

Website: www.studyat.tudelft.nl

Visiting address:

Jaffalaan 9a (Visitors entrance at the Mekelweg)

2628 BX Delft

The Netherlands

SERVICE DESK

The Service Desk provides you with your transcripts, timetables and exam

dates, and it posts the exam results. Here you submit forms, you inform them

of recently acquired marks, and a change of address. The Service Desk tracks

student progress, i.e. the number of credits and marks you obtain and any

group work done in a semester and/or academic year.

More information is available on servicepunt.tudelft.nl

The Service Desk is open Monday to Friday, from 8.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m.

BLACKBOARD

Blackboard provides you with the most recent information about your

courses. It is a commercial E-learning medium that serves as a virtual notice

board for announcements, timetables, presentation of programme materials,

practice materials, exercises and solutions as well as interesting links. You

can enter the system using the Preview button in the login screen, but to

access all information, you need a personal login ID.

Website: blackboard.tudelft.nl

Request assistance through [email protected]

SCHEDULES

For up-to-date schedules, go to blackboard.tudelft.nl or the campus website of

your faculty.



TU DELFT LIBRARY

Your digital window!

All the relevant science and technology information you need

The TU Delft Library is the largest science and technology library in the

Netherlands. The Library selects, manages, processes and provides relevant

information for your studies from in and outside the Netherlands. Much of the

information is digital.

Stop searching, start nding!

During your course, you will nd that the Virtual Knowledge Centre (VKC) of

your programme will come in very useful.

The VKC is the ideal place to start when looking for information in your eld, as

it provides virtually all knowledge in your eld. Learn about your VKC at http://

vkc.library.tudelft.nl .

The digital window

At www.library.tudelft.nl you will nd not just information on specic subjects,

but also practical information about the Library, the online catalogue, databases,

works of reference, internet sources, instructions and maps. There are also

articles, PhD theses, reports, graduation dissertations, lecture notes, patents

and other TU Delft publications at http://repository.tudelft.nl.

If you are looking for specic information, or if you have a question, request,

complaint or comment about the services provided by the Library, go to http://

AskYourLibrary.tudelft.nl, the digital window of the Library.

For maps, go to http://kaartenkamer.library.tudelft.nl .

A clear answer - straightaway

You can communicate with the Library Customer Services via Ask Your Library at

a time, place and manner of your own choosing. Many of your questions will be



answered immediately. During ofce hours you can chat to a Library employee,

who can also browse along with you. The employee is then able to help you

nd specic sources by pointing out information with the cursor. The answers to

some questions can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions, but you can

also telephone us (+31 (0)15 27 85678), mail us ([email protected]), or visit

one of our branches. Details of branches and opening times can be found at

http://www.library.tudelft.nl.

Easy

If you use a computer that is connected to the TU Delft campus network, you

can use, digitally, virtually every service provided by the Library. The Central

Branch on Prometheusplein 1, behind the Aula Congress Centre, is open during

the daytime, evening, and at weekends, for browsing through the books,

studying with or without a computer, meeting, and making copies. The opening

times of the Library are extended yet further during examination periods.

The Central Branch is also where you will nd the Trsor, the treasure

house with unique, fragile and valuable items. The Trsor can be visited by

appointment (http://tresor.library.tudelft.nl). The Map Room is housed in the

Architecture faculty library. Some faculties have their own library, but everyone

is welcome in the Central Branch!

REGULATIONS

There are a number of formal regulations for the faculty organization, the

programmes and their execution.

These are:

The Faculty Regulations

The Course and Examination Regulations (Onderwijs- en Examenreglement)

(Per programme) Execution Regulations of the Education and Examination

Regulations (Uitvoeringsregeling)

The Rules and Guidelines of the Board of Examiners (Regels en Richtlijnen

van de Examen Commissie)

The Student Statute (Studentenstatuut)

These regulations are published yearly on the web, see the Blackboard

community of the programme involved. In case of doubt, your Director of

Education or your academic counsellor will be glad to inform and advise you.



EUROPEAN STUDENT UNION (AEGEE)

AEGEE is the European students association, represented in 271 cities in 40

countries. Over 17,000 member students are actively involved in travelling,

participating in fun and pleasure events and conferences on topics that concern

you. There are a lot of possibilities to travel to other places in Europe, meet

new people and make friends everywhere! In every city there is an independent

local association such as AEGEE-Delft.

Check out our website: www.aegee-delft.nl

TU DELFTS STUDENT UNION (VSSD)

The purpose of the VSSD is to safeguard the interests of all students studying

at Delft University of Technology. The Union mainly focuses on areas such as

education, income, legal status and housing. The VSSD is a member of the

National Student Union (LSVB) and of the ISO (a national student body). As

well as representing the collective interest of students, the VSSD also provides

support and services to individual students by helping them with nancial,

housing, study and other problems, and through the publication and sale of

reasonably priced textbooks.

Ofce:

Leeghwaterstraat 42 (building 45 on map)

Tel.: +31 (0)15 27 82050

Fax: +31 (0)15 27 87585

Ofce e-mail: [email protected]

Website: www.vssd.nl

Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 08:30-17:00, Friday 08:30-13:00

Shop:

Leeghwaterstraat 42

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 84125

Fax: +31 (0)15 27 81421

E-mail: [email protected]

Opening hours: Monday to Friday 10:30-14:00 and 15:00-17:00



Useful web addresses

www.tudelft.nl (general Information about Delft University, history,

programmes, research, etc.)

www.studyat.tudelft.nl (information about all MSc and MSc programmes

offered by Delft University of Technology, information about the requirements,

how to apply, costs, funding, insurance, housing, medical and pastoral care,

facilities for special needs students etc.)

www.ideeenlijnOS.tudelft.nl (to improve the services of Education and

Student Affairs. If you have any complaints, please feel free to report them here)

www.snc.tudelft.nl (TU Delft Sports & Cultural Centre)

www.dsdelft.nl/centrum (information about Delft)

www.denhaag.org (for activities in the nearby city of Den Haag)

www.uitaandemaas.nl (activities in Rotterdam)

www.amsterdam.nl (activities, news, public transport in and around Amsterdam)



Addresses

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft)

Visiting address:

Stevinweg 1

2628 CN Delft

The Netherlands

Postal address:

PO Box 5

2600 AA Delft

The Netherlands

Tel: (switchboard) +31 (0)15 27 89111

Fax: +31 (0)15 27 86522

E-mail (for questions): [email protected]

(For information about the city of Delft please see www.delft.nl)

Education and Student Affairs

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 84670


Website: www.OS.tudelft.nl

Central Student Administration (CSA)

PO Box 5

2600 AA Delft

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 84249


Website: www.csa.tudelft.nl

Ofce hours: 8:30-17:00

International Ofce

Jaffalaan 9A

2628 BX Delft

Visitors entrance at the Mekelweg

Tel: +31(0)15 27 88012


Website: www.studyat.tudelft.nl



Student Facility Centre (SFC)

Student advisers:

Opening hours: Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00.

Student psychologists:

Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:30

Jaffalaan 9A

2628 BX Delft

Visitors entrance at the Mekelweg

Tel: +31(0)15 27 88012


Sports & Cultural Centre

Mekelweg 8-10

2628 CD Delft

Tel: +31(0)15 27 82443


Website: www.snc.tudelft.nl

Opening hours: Monday to Friday: 08:30-23:30; Saturday and Sunday: 08:30-19:00

Student Health Care: SGZ

Surinamestraat 4

2612 EA Delft

To make an appointment, call : +31(0)15 212 1507,

Monday to Friday 8:30-12:15

Stichting DUWO

(Delft Housing Agency)

Marlotlaan 5

2614 GV Delft

Tel: +31(0)15 219 2200


Website: www.duwo.nl

Ofce hours: Monday to Friday 08:30-17:00



Student Restaurants in Delft

- University main cafeteria, Aula, Mekelweg 5

- SnC Caf, Mekelweg 8

- Sint Jansbrug, Oude Delft 50-52

- Koornbeurs, Voldersgracht 1

- DSB, Oude Delft 123

- CSR, Oude Delft 9

- De Bolk, Buitenwatersloot 1-3

- Novum, Verwersdijk 102-104



Master of Science in Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics

INTRODUCTION

Delft University of Technology already offered students partial study paths in

the eld of Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics, as part of several Bachelor

of Science and Master of Science degree programmes. After exploring the

possibility of running a joint Master of Science degree, the Board of Delft

University of Technology created the opportunity for an interfaculty Masters

programme in the eld of Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics. In agreement

with the other Dutch Universities of Technology, it was also decided that this

would be the only Master of Science Degree programme in the combined area

of Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics to be run at these three universities.

The two-year MSc programme in Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics (MSc

TIL) at Delft University of Technology offers students the opportunity to gain

the degree of Master of Science in Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics. As

the eld of Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics is highly interdisciplinary, the

following three faculties of the Delft University of Technology jointly operate this

programme:

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG);

Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering (3mE);

Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM).

FOCUS ON THE FIELD OF TRANSPORT, INFRASTRUCTURE AND

LOGISTICS AND THE STUDY PROGRAMME

Well-functioning transport and logistics systems form the basis for economic

and social prosperity in societies, both in the present day and in the future.

Designing, constructing, implementing and sustaining such transport and

logistics systems are challenging tasks for policy makers, planners, engineers

and managers that work, or want to work, in this eld.

TIL engineers will be involved in the planning, analysis, control, research and

design of man-made transport and logistics systems in a societal context,

including (xed) facilities, vehicles, regulations and organisations in particular.

This involves the systematic and responsible application of science and



organised knowledge from multiple disciplines for the practical analysis,

design, development and maintenance of transport and logistics systems and

their services to move people and goods for the purpose of maintaining and

increasing societys welfare.

The MSc TIL offers opportunities to acquire knowledge, insights, and skills in

the broad area of trafc (the movement of vehicles), transport (the movement

of passengers and freight), infrastructure (roads, railways and harbours) and

logistics (the organisation behind freight movements and transhipments).

Our two-year (120 ECTS) MSc TIL study programme offers:

The fundamentals and essentials of transport, infrastructure and logistics

Specialisations, so that you can choose your area of expertise

Electives, so that you have a broad understanding of related issues

Seminars that you can listen to and take part in

Interdisciplinary projects developed with other students

Thesis written at the end of your course

MISSION OF THE PROGRAMME

The two-year Master of Science Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics Programme

is an in-depth programme for students with a Bachelor of Science degree from

Delft University of Technology, from one of the other Dutch universities of

technology, from IDEA-League Universities, or students holding a Bachelor of

Science degree in comparable elds. Students should be motivated to broaden

their knowledge and skills in the eld covered by the MSc TIL programme.

The programme offers participants the opportunity to personalise the way

they full this programme by means of its broad set of elective proles (sets

of related courses) and (separate) elective courses. The MSc TIL degree

programme provides top-quality expertise and skills for a successful career in

research, technology and systems development, policy making, consultancy,

management and many other professions. Graduates with the MSc TIL diploma

are expected to nd their way as generalists or specialists in the private and

public sectors in one of the many professions in the TIL eld. After a few years

of work experience, these graduates should be able to expand their skills to

function at a managerial level.



The MSc TIL programme covers the main elements in the broad eld of

transport, infrastructure and logistics. An interdisciplinary systems approach is a

most important educational concept, where relevant elements and relationships

within several cross-sections of transport and logistic systems are important

fundamentals of the courses offered. Graduates of this programme will have

a comprehensive systems view of the eld of Transport, Infrastructure and

Logistics and will be able to apply their knowledge and skills to subjects such as:

Understanding transport & logistics systems and their principles

Designing new transportation services for people and/or freight

Applying trafc management principles to road, rail, air and water networks

The design and control of goods supply chains and freight trafc ows

Understanding the need for cross-functional and interdisciplinary cooperation

during planning, design and operational transport & logistics related

processes

Understanding and mastering complex decision-making processes during

infrastructure development and planning



General information

FACULTIES

The MSc degree programme Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics is a joint

initiative of the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, the Faculty of

Mechanical, Maritime & Materials Engineering and the Faculty of Technology,

Policy and Management.

The Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Civil Engineering is concerned with the development, design, production and

management of the physical infrastructures required to safeguard the safety,

health, business activity and sustainability of societies. These facilities are

built to provide services such as water management, soil management, urban

development, ood protection, drinking water production, waste treatment,

transport by water, rail and road, and to provide other functions for the public

(such as utilities and ofces). The Civil Engineering programme at TU Delft is

the oldest Civil Engineering programme in the Netherlands. The Civil Engineering

programme has traditionally emphasised the interaction between theory and

practice and between research and education. The Faculty also participates in

the interfaculty MSc programme Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics.

Address:

Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences

Stevinweg 1

2628 CN Delft

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 85440

Fax: +31 (0)15 27 87966

Website: www.citg.tudelft.nl

The Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering

The Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (or 3mE) offers

two BSc programmes: Mechanical Engineering (Wb) and Marine Technology

(MT), and six MSc programmes: Mechanical Engineering (ME), Marine

Technology (MT), Systems & Control (SC), Biomedical Engineering (BME),

Materials Science and Engineering (MSE), and Offshore Engineering (OE).



3mE also participates in the interfaculty MSc programme Transport,

Infrastructure & Logistics. 3mE engineers can be found all over the world in a

large variety of companies and functions. Their jobs are in nearly all branches

of industry: in management, design, research, development or technical

departments.

Address:

Faculty 3mE

Mekelweg 2

2628 CD Delft

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 86666

Fax: +31 (0)15 27 85602

Website: www.3mE.TUDelft.nl

The Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

The faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM) was established

in 1997 by a merger of two smaller faculties. TPM especially pays attention

to social, organisational and administrative aspects of complex technological

problems. TPM currently offers ve degree programmes: the BSc and the MSc

in Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and Management (SEPAM), the MSc in

Engineering and Policy Analysis (EPA), the MSc in Management of Technology

(MoT) and a part-time programme in Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis

and Management. TPM also participates in the interfaculty MSc programme

Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics.

Address:

Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

Jaffalaan 5

2628 BX Delft

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 87100

Fax: +31 (0)15 27 84811

Website: www.tbm.tudelft.nl



MSc TIL contacts:

Director of Studies

Dr V.A.W.J. Marchau

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 82144


Chairman of the Board of Examiners

Prof. G. Lodewijks

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 88793


Chairman of the Board of Studies

Prof. P.H.L. Bovy

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 84611


Programme Coordinator

M.W. Ludema

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 81885


Programme Advisors

Dr R. van Nes

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 84033


Dr J.A. Ottjes

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 84318


Academic Counsellors

P.A. de Smidt

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 81068




K. Karsen

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 83337


MSc TIL Student Administration

Ms M. Roodenburg (CEG)

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 81199


Quality System & Students

Coaching of (new) TIL students

For all new TIL students, and especially those who come from faculties

other than TIL, a mentor system will be organised. Experienced TIL students

will coach their mentor group regularly in the rst semester: exchanging

experiences, answering practical questions, passing on tips and tricks, and

pointing the way or referring new students on to other experts. Academic

Counsellors will be invited to attend a mentor meeting at least once. Foreign

students also follow a separate centrally organised meet-and-greet and mentor

system. In the rst couple of weeks, the Programme Coordinator invites all

new students to discuss their plans, preparations and choices. The Academic

Counsellors follow the progress of (new) students each quarter and invite

foreign students, HBO-students, and students whose results during the second

semester are unsatisfactory, to discuss their academic progress.

IWT

IWT is the collaboration of all the student associations involved in TIL and takes

care of the organisation of educational evaluation procedures. Chairman of the

IWT is Robert Zwamborn, 1st year TIL student. For any questions or remarks

regarding courses, please contact [email protected].



Private study spaces (Drebbelweg)

The large examination hall 2 on Drebbelweg is available to students for private

study outside examination periods. There are 200 study spaces which are

suitable for the use of laptop computers; no PCs are installed. The building is

open from 7.00 to 18.00 hours.

The large examination hall is building 35 on the map.

The two-year MSc TIL curriculum and its components

This chapter gives a detailed description of the MSc TIL curriculum and its

courses. The MSc TIL is a two-year programme that aims at educating MSc

students to contribute in a broad sense to all phases of the life cycle of transport

and logistic systems. The programme offers a comprehensive systems view on

the eld of Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics.

The 120 ECTS study programme is dened as follows:

Fundamentals: a compulsory course that will give the students a systematic

insight into the design and analysis of TIL facilities, TIL systems, TIL arenas

and their environment from a problem and design orientation;

Essentials: three compulsory courses that will give the students a broad

insight into the design and analysis of TIL faculties, TIL systems, TIL arenas

and their environment;

Seminars: a bi-weekly compulsory activity in which all TIL students participate

in discussions about a wide range of TIL related topics;

Specialisations: a selection of eleven different specialisations, each containing

two or more courses, from which the students have to choose at least three

specialisations according to their own interests;

Electives: four lists of courses students choose from to satisfy their specic

knowledge needs;

Interdisciplinary project: A nal test in collaboration between fellow students

to design and analyse parts of a complex TILrelated situation;

Masters thesis project: An individual research or design project at the end of

the study to see if the student masters the TIL eld.



MSC TIL CURRICULUM STRUCTURE

Each of the elements of the programme is briey outlined below. More detailed

descriptions of the MSc TIL courses can be found in the appendix, on the web

site www.til.tudelft.nl and on the websites of the faculties that offer electives.

MSC TIL CURRICULUM STRUCTURE

TIL4030 Interdisciplinary Fundamentals (6 ECTS)

TIL4030 TIL Interdisciplinary Fundamentals aims at understanding relationships

within the broad TIL eld from an interdisciplinary platform and at providing a

fundamental academic vocabulary relevant to the MSc TIL programme. It looks

at the TIL eld, its facilities, systems, arenas and environments from a problem-

solving perspective, as well as from a design perspective, in lectures and case-

studies.

Essentials (18 ECTS)

The essentials are three compulsory courses for all MSc TIL students. The

essential courses will give students a common platform and a broad insight into

the design and analysis of TIL arenas, TIL systems and TIL facilities in respect

of their environments. The three essential courses are:

Code Course Credits

CT4801 Transportation & Spatial Modelling 6 ECTS

WB3421-04 Automation and Control of Transport

and Production Systems 6 ECTS

SPM9434 Evaluating Transport Policy 6 ECTS

TIL4010 Seminars (6 ECTS)

The TIL seminars are a principal theme of the MSc TIL programme. Every other

week during the regular academic periods, there will be a variety of activities

including a broad range of topics to be discussed by invited speakers, project

discussions, project presentations, theme discussions, site and/or company

visits, and thesis presentations. MSc TIL students play an active part by

attending and organising seminars.



Elective specialisations (at least 34 ECTS)

The elective specialisations are a means for the student to specialise in and

focus on a specic eld. They provide great opportunities to personalise the MSc

TIL programme. Students have to choose three out of eleven specialisations

offered, with the exception of the combinations:

A2 + B2 + D2

A3 + B1 + B3

C1 + C2 + D1

The order of courses found below sets out the compulsory sequence within a

specialisation. This means that a student has to decide, when planning his or

her programme, during which year the courses have to be taken. Knowledge

gained during the fundamental and/or essential courses may also be a

prerequisite for some of the courses within specialisations. If a student wishes

to change the order of the courses offered within a specialisation, agreement

from the TIL programme coordinator or the academic counsellor is needed.

Depending on the individuals BSc background, some courses require set

electives as a prerequisite, and you are advised to take them in advance of

starting these courses. If knowledge has already been gained from following

an equivalent course on a BSc programme (this applies to all courses on the

MSc TIL programme) then the student is exempt from that course and will have

more freedom in choosing other elective courses.

A: POLICY & PLANNING OF TIL SYSTEMS

A1: Transport Policy (13 ECTS)

This TIL elective specialisation focuses on the political, societal, and

economically initiated demands and expectations that have to be translated

into possible transport policy plans and proposals for transport & logistics

projects. The right or wrong conditions for the feasibility of TIL projects are

set by: transport policy plans and procedures at local, regional, national and

European levels; the wide range of organisations and institutions involved; and

the decision environment. In respect of existing (Dutch) planning formats, and

organisations and institutions involved, students will become familiar with the

decision-making process and the supportive methods, models and tools used to

assess transport policy plans and transport and logistic projects.



Code Course Credits

SPM9401 Design and Control of Transport Systems 6 ECTS

SPM9402 Transport Policy: Special Topics 3 ECTS

CT5750 Planning: Policy, Methods and Institutions 4 ECTS

A2: Infrastructure Planning (12 ECTS)

Once the idea arises that new infrastructure might be developed, a process

starts in which the idea for the new infrastructure is worked out up to the

moment when the actual building work starts. This TIL elective specialisation

focuses on this planning process. It deals with the various stages in the planning

process, ranging from global analysis, structured design processes for scenarios

and alternatives, formal procedures, to assessment methods for establishing the

impact of the developed alternatives.

Code Course Credits

CT4701 Infrastructure Planning 4 ECTS

CT4740 Plan and Project Evaluation 4 ECTS

CT5720 Environmental Impact Assessment 4 ECTS

A3: Management of TIL Projects & Processes (16 ECTS)

This TIL elective specialisation focuses on the decision-making processes that

are part of the initiative, design, and development phases of large-scale TIL

systems. These decision-making processes are executed in multi-actor settings

where several organisations involved have to manoeuvre to protect their

interests. This emphasises the importance of recognising the complexity of the

decision-making environment in which these design and development processes

take place.

Code Course Credits

SPM9228* Capita Selecta Organisation and Management 3 ECTS

SPM5410 Strategic Management of Large Engineering Projects 7 ECTS

SPM9431 Public Private Partnership 6 ECTS

* not for BSc-SEPAM



B: STRATEGIC DESIGN OF TIL SYSTEMS

B1: Design of Business Logistics Systems (16 ECTS)

This TIL elective specialisation focuses on the design of logistics systems and

supply chains. Fullment of customer demand can only be met with the right

logistic systems. Setting the right requirements for the design of these logistic

systems is of vital importance. Logistics analysts need to understand and be

able to use methods to analyse the important functionalities of business systems

and how they align with other business systems in demand and supply chains.

Logistic designers need to be able to apply design methods to engineer the

physical network structures and the organisational structures to create and

sustain such supply chains.

Code Course Credits

SPM9422* Logistical Management; A business perspective 4 ECTS

SPM9400 Design and Management of Multi-Modal Logistic Chains 6 ECTS

SPM9423 Supply Chain Engineering & Management 6 ECTS

not for BSc-SEPAM (TIL domain)

B2: Design of Transport Systems (13 ECTS)

The key question answered in this TIL elective specialisation is what an efcient

transport system should look like. Topics that are dealt with are: what should

the transport service network look like in space and time (i.e. network and

schedule), how can modelling techniques be used for analysing multimodal

transport networks, what are the strengths and weaknesses of the transport

techniques, and how can an efcient operation be guaranteed? Furthermore,

special attention is given to safety issues in transport systems and to the

robustness of railway systems.

Code Course Credits

CT4811 Design and Control of Public Transport Systems 4 ECTS

CT5802 Advanced Transport Modelling and Network Design 3 ECTS

CT5803 Rail Trafc Management 3 ECTS

SPM9421 Risk Management 3 ECTS



B3: Design of TIL (Multi-Actor) Systems (12 ECTS)

This TIL elective specialisation focuses on the design approaches to create and

sustain TIL systems over their life cycle. These design approaches integrate

pure functional and engineering management approaches with the necessary

policy and organisational approaches during the important phases of design

and development. Students learn to understand and cope with the complexity

of interactions between specialists during the phases of design, development,

realisation, operation and maintenance of TIL systems as a whole and of their

components, and the interaction of these systems with organisations involved.

Code Course Credits

SPM4361 TIL Systems Engineering 9 ECTS

SPM9424 Through-Life Engineering & Management

of TIL Systems 3 ECTS

C: TECHNICAL DESIGN OF TIL FACILITIES

C1: Engineering of Transport Facilities (14 ECTS)

This TIL elective specialisation relates to the analysis, functional design and

control of transport facilities. The eld of interest includes all modalities,

and concerns networks, terminals and equipment. The emphasis lies on the

structural design of freight transport facilities as part of overall TIL systems.

Code Course Credits

wb3410-03 Large Scale Transport Systems 3 ECTS

wb3417-04 Discrete Systems: modelling, prototyping,

simulation & control 5 ECTS

wb3419-03 Characterization & Handling Bulk Solid Materials 6 ECTS

C2: Design of Transport Nodes & Equipment (14 ECTS)

This TIL specialisation prole relates to the technical design of (systems of) TIL

equipment. The emphasis is on the system dynamics and the interaction of TIL

equipment and material to be transported.



Code Course Credits

wb3419-03 Characterization & Handling of Bulk Solid Materials 6 ECTS

wb1310 Multibody Dynamics A 3 ECTS

wb3422-03 Design of Transport Equipment 5 ECTS

D: CONTROL OF TIL SYSTEMS

D1: Control of Transport Systems (13 ECTS)

The control of (systems of) equipment for continuous transport is largely based

on the physical transport phenomena themselves as well as on the logistic

control of discrete transport & logistics systems with the support of simulation.

To understand and improve these systems, one needs to know about distributed

control, reuse of control software and real-time applications being applicable in

the control of transport and logistics systems.

Code Course Credits

wb3420-03 Introduction Transport Engineering and Logistics 5 ECTS

wb3417-04 Discrete Systems: modelling, prototyping,

simulation & control 5 ECTS

WB2207 Systems and Control Engineering 2 (in Dutch/individually) 3 ECTS

D2: Intelligent Trafc Services (14 ECTS)

This TIL elective specialisation is related to the control of (systems of)

equipment for continuous transport based on physical transport phenomena as

well as logistic control of discrete transport systems using simulation.

Emphasis lies on distributed control, reuse of control software and real-time

applications.

Code Course Credits

CT4821 Trafc Flow Theory and Simulation 4 ECTS

CT4822 Dynamic Trafc Management I; Trafc Control 4 ECTS

CT5804 Dynamic Trafc Management II:

Intelligent Transport Services 3 ECTS

SPM9425 Intelligent Transport Systems 3 ECTS



E1: TIL RESEARCH (12 ECTS)

Research methods applicable in the eld of Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics

are a specic set of general scientic and research approaches. Students will

learn about this specic set of methods by participating in an actual research

project and by following one of the courses that are offered.within this

specialisation.

Code Course Credits

Compulsory Course

TIL4020 Participating in a PhD or TU Delft research project 6 ECTS

Other courses to choose from as part of this specialisation:

CT4831 Data collection and analysis 4 ECTS

CT4030 Methodology for scientic Research 3 ECTS

MOT1440 Philosophy of Science and Technology 3 ECTS

WM0391 Arguing about factual and normative statements 4 ECTS

Elective Courses

Elective courses (approximately 12 ECTS: the sum of the MSc TIL elective and

specialisation elective courses must be larger than or equal to 51 ECTS).

The electives are courses the student selects from one of the non-chosen

elective specialisations, or from the four MSc TIL electives lists, and other

courses from these lists. The choices open to the student are bound by some

rules to ensure the interdisciplinary nature of the MSc TIL programme. This

means that the student has to choose 12 ECTS from each list: A, B and C.

Students are allowed to follow more than the minimum required courses.

Possible changes in the list content will be posted in a erratum that can be

found on-line, Further information regarding the MSc TIL electives can be found

via the website: www.til.tudelft.nl.



(I) A-LIST

CODE COURSE CREDITS

AE4-760 Aircraft Structural Integrity and Maintenance 3

MT313 Shipping Management 3

MT724 Shipping Finance 3

MT725 Inland Shipping 2

MT726 Project Management 4

MT727 Shipyard Process Simulation and Strategy 4

SC4020 Control Theory 6

SC4060 Model Predictive Control 4

SC4080 Knowledge-based Control Systems 3

SC4090 Optimisation in Systems and Control 3

SC4150 Fuzzy logic and engineering Applications 3

TIL4020 Participating in a PhD or TU Delft Research Project 6

WB1216 Dynamics 2 (in Dutch) 3

WB1310 Multibody Dynamics A 3

WB2207 Systems and Control Engineering 2 (in Dutch) 3

WB2306 The Human Controller 3

WB2404 Man-machine Systems 4

WB3410-03 Large-scale Transport Systems 3

WB3417-04 Discrete Systems: Modelling, Prototyping, 5

Simulation & Control

WB3419-03 Characterisation & Handling of bulk solid Materials 6

WB3420-03 Introduction Transport Engineering and Logistics 5

WB3422-03 Design of Transport Equipment 5

WI4052 Risk Analysis 6

(II) B-LIST

CODE COURSE CREDITS

AE3-295 I Air Transportation and Systems I 3

AE3-295 II Air Transportation and Systems II 4

AE3-296TU Strategic Planning for Airport Systems Practical 3

EPA1121 Advanced Policy Analysis 4

EPA1131 Policy Models 3



EPA1321 Continuous Systems Modelling 6

EPA1331 Discrete Systems Modelling 6

EPA1431 Cross-cultural Management 6

EPA2121 Politics of Policy Analysis 6

EPA2142 Policy and Decision Models 5

SPM2330 Research Methods and Dataprocessing 2 (in Dutch) 6

SPM4120 Decision Modelling 5

SPM4361 TIL Systems Engineering 9

SPM5410 Strategic Management of Large Engineering Projects 7

SPM9154 Advanced System Dynamics 5

SPM9155 TPM Research Methods and Techniques 4

SPM9228 Capita Selecta Organisation and Management 3

SPM9310 E-business 6

SPM9400 Design and Control of Multi-Modal Logistic Chains 6

SPM9401 Design and Control of Transport Systems 6

SPM9402 Transport Policy: special Topics 3

SPM9421 Risk Management 3

SPM9422 Logistical Management: a Business Perspective 4

SPM9423 Supply Chain Engineering, Analysis & Management 6

SPM9424 Through-life Engineering & Management of TIL systems 3

SPM9425 Intelligent Transport Systems 3

SPM9427 Simulation of logistical Systems 6

SPM9431 Public private Partnership 6

SPM9432 Business Logistics Gaming 3

SPM9436 Supply Chain Analysis and Engineering 3

SPM9438 Operational Management 4

SPM9537 Integrated Plant Management 5


WM0621TU Innovation Management 3

(III) C-LIST

CODE COURSE CREDITS

CT3041 Geometrical and structural Design of Roads and Railways (in Dutch) 5

CT3721 Design Local Infrastructure 5

CT3751 Urban Development, Transport Systems and Networks (in Dutch) 3



CT4330 Ports and Waterways I 4

CT4701 Infrastructure Planning 4

CT4740 Plan and Project Evaluation 4

CT4811 Design and Control of public Transport Systems 4

CT4821 Trafc Flow Theory and Simulation 4

CT4822 Dynamic Trafc Management I: Trafc Control 4

CT5306 Ports and Waterways II 4

CT5720 Environmental Impact Assessment 4

CT5730 Spatial and Transport Economics 4

CT5750 Planning: Policy, Methods and Institutions 4

CT5802 Advanced Transport Modelling and Network Design 3

CT5803 Rail Trafc Management 3

CT5804 Dynamic Trafc Management II: intelligent Transport Services 3

CT5810 Trafc Safety 3

CT5820 Sociology and Psychology in Transport 3

CT5910 Functional Design in Civil Engineering 4

CT5981 Forms of Collaboration in Civil Engineering 4

ET4024 Trafc Guidance Systems 4


(IV) D-LIST

CODE COURSE CREDITS

CT4010 Economics 4

CT4030 Methodology for Scientic Research 3

CT4831 Data Collection and Analysis 4

EPA1411 Project Management 3

IN4050TU Java and Object-Oriented Design 6

MOT1440 Philosophy of Science and Technology 3

TIL4090 External Project 11

WI4057 Stochastic Operations Research 6

WI4062TU Transport, Routing and Scheduling 3

WI4131 Discrete and continuous Optimisation 6

WM0391TU Philosophy of Science for Research Track 3

WM0909TU Technology Assessment: Technology, Society, Sustainability 3



TIL5050 Interdisciplinary project (10 ECTS)

During the interdisciplinary project, students of different backgrounds and

different study paths collaborate in a complex interdisciplinary design/research

project. They will draw up a research/design plan and execute this plan under

the guidance of staff members. The results will be presented and defended

before a committee. A more detailed description of the project can be found in

the course descriptions in this manual and on the website.

TIL5060 MSc thesis (30 ECTS)

The Masters thesis project can be done either inside or outside the university.

The thesis project relates or combines at least two elds typically from faculties

participating in the MSc TIL programme. The MSc-thesis project may also be

pursued outside the university in conjunction with industry or other institutions

in the Netherlands or abroad. It will result in a thesis report or a design the

student has to defend before a thesis examination committee. Based on

the work, the students are encouraged to write a draft paper for a scientic

publication. The MSc TIL thesis project is supervised by at least two supervisors

not belonging to the same faculty. A more detailed description of the MSc thesis

can be found in the course descriptions in this manual and on the website.

Planning and organising MSc TIL programme

Following the MSc TIL programme requires careful planning. Almost all

combinations of electives are possible, though you will have to plan your

curriculum in advance to make sure you do not experience any delay. On our

website, www.til.tudelft.nl, you can nd what is known as the ECTS counter

which can guide you through the number of courses you plan for each quarter.

To advise and guide you through the programme, our programme coordinator

and/or academic counsellors will invite you twice a year (September &

January) to draw up an individual study plan showing the compulsory courses,

specialisation courses and electives you would like to take, and when the time

arrives will ask if you have already chosen your thesis subject. If you have any

questions regarding the MSc TIL programme do not hesitate to contact the

programme coordinator, ir M.W. Ludema, [email protected].



Course and Examination Regulations 2007-2008

The Course and Examination Regulations 2007-2008 for the Master of Science

degree programme in Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics can be found on

www.til.tudelft.nl

REGISTERING FOR EXAMS

Anyone wishing to register for written exams published in the examination

timetable, has to register in advance, no later than two weeks before the exam

takes place, via the Examination Registration System (TAS) on www.tas.tudelft.nl.

The examination timetable is published on the website (www.tas.tudelft.nl).

Note that courses offered by other faculties (not TIL codes) can only be found

on their own websites. The faculty is indicated by the course code, i.e.:

- CT Civil Engineering and Geosciences (CEG)

- WM, SPM, MOT, EPA Technology, Policy & Management (TPM)

- WB, MT, SC Design, Engineering & Production

- AE Aerospace Engineering (AE)

- WI, ET, IN Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer

Science (EEMCS)

INFORMATION ABOUT THE COMPUTER FACILITIES

In order to get access to the computers and the network in the three faculty

buildings, you have to have one or more login names and passwords. For all

new students there is a letter containing this information and giving more details

about working with computers.

In this document you will nd:

username

password

coz-code

e-mail addresses

web home page

ftp

mail: via Webmail, via IMAP, via POP3

Blackboard login procedure

helpdesk (rst oor, opposite the coffee corner, computer room 1.33)



Please note! You will need to bring proof of identity.

Where can I obtain this letter?

Place: Faculty CEG, Stevinweg 1, helpdesk

ACADEMIC COUNSELLOR APPOINTMENTS AND OPEN CONSULTATION

For general information, advice or assistance, you may make an appointment

with one of the academic counsellors, Karel Karsen or Pascal de Smidt.To

make the appointment, please contact their secretariat: Room 2.81, tel. +31

(0)15 27 85742. In urgent cases, they will be able to refer you to the academic

counsellors immediately.

For brief information-related questions, you may also attend one of the open

consultation hours.

Time: Monday to Friday from 12.45 - 13.30

Place: rooms 2.77.1 and 2.79.

The counsellors may also be reached by e-mail: [email protected] or

[email protected].

STUDENT HEALTH CARE

The university-contracted physicians are part of the Student Health Care

organisation (in Dutch the SGZ). The SGZ is an independent organisation, which

also offers preventive medical care for students. The university physicians also serve

as ordinary general practitioners. The SGZ is located in the SGZ healthcare centre.

Address:

Surinamestraat 4

2612 EA Delft

To make an appointment, call +31 (0)15 212 1507. The healthcare centre also

has a physiotherapist and an ordinary physicians practice.

Opening times: 8:30 to 12:15

You may report to the university physicians for vaccinations, medical check-ups

and medical declarations. University physicians also help and advise students who

have physical or psychological problems that could be detrimental to their studies.



STUDYING ABROAD

Within the Civil Engineering department it is quite easy to arrange to complete a part

of your studies abroad. Various cooperative arrangements already exist with different

other European universities, all of which make international exchange simpler.

(Unfortunately this is not open for foreign MSc students because of visa problems.)

For addresses in the various countries go to the www.tudelft.nl/buitenland

site. For further information and the manual Studeren in het buitenland

Civiele Techniek please contact the International Ofce at the Faculty of Civil

Engineering and Geosciences, room 2.73, tel. +31 (0)15 27 81174/84800.

EXTERNAL PROJECT (TIL4090)

A TIL external project in a TIL environment/industry may be part of the TIL

Masters. It is considered an elective of 11 ECTS. The aim is to become familiar

with TIL practice. The internship may only start if 45 ECTS worth of courses

have been completed. It is to be fullled within a TIL related environment

outside the university. The work may be done part-time and should result in a

report that will be assessed. The report should contain two parts:

1. A description of the working environment (company, authority).

2. A description of the actual work undertaken.

The number of trainee posts is limited and varies over time, consequently the availability

cannot be guaranteed. The TIL external project will be supervised by a TIL lecturer. For

more information, see the course descriptions in this manual or CourseBase.

EMERGENCIES

When you are on the way to your examination there can be circumstances

entirely beyond your control which cause you to be late or to have to miss the

exam altogether. In such cases it is always wise to, if possible, directly contact

one of the academic counsellors, Karel Karsen (tel. +31 (0)15 27 83337) or

Pascal de Smidt (tel. +31 (0)15 27 81068).

They will then immediately contact the individuals responsible for the

examination and every endeavour will be made to nd a suitable solution. Bear

in mind that such steps can only be taken in the event of real emergencies and

that the perfect solution cannot always be found.



Students who arrive late for the examination because of travel delays are

obliged to report immediately to the invigilator. He or she will then decide on the

best plan of campaign.

The ruling outlined above only of course applies to students who have

registered in time for examinations through the usual channels and according to

the usual procedures.

Contact information

More detailed information regarding this MSc programme is available on

www.til.tudelft.nl, or available from:

K. Karsen (Academic Counsellor)

TU Delft

PO Box 5048

2600 GA Delft

The Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 83337


P. de Smidt (Academic Counsellor)

TU Delft

PO Box 5048

2600 GA Delft

The Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 81068


M.W. Ludema (Programme Coordinator)

TU Delft

PO Box 5015

2600 GA Delft

The Netherlands

Tel: +31 (0)15 27 81885




Course Descriptions

AE3-295I Air Transportation and Systems I ECTS: 3

Responsible Instructor Dr.ir. H.G. Visser ([email protected])

Instructor Dr.ir. M. Mulder ([email protected])

Contact Hours / Week x/x/x/x

0/4/0/0

Education Period 2

Exam Period 2, 4

Course Language English

Parts Lecture and study material 1. Introduction 2. Aerospace programs in the Netherlands 3. International airlaw 4. Airlines: logistics and operations 5. Airlines: engineering and maintenance 6. Airlines: economics and eetplanning 7. Air trafc service providers: strategic ATM issues in Europe 8. Airports: functions and development 9. Aviation authorities: air transport safety

Course Contents The course offers an introduction to the various aspects of air transportation, including airlaw, airline economics, air transport markets, and air trafc management.

Study Goals To gain insight in the working principles of the air transportation system, its organizational structure, its goals and the means to establish these goals in a safe and efcient fashion.

Education Method Lectures, Self-Study

Literature and Study Materials

R. Doganis, Flying off course, the economics of international airlines, London, Routledge, 2002 3rd. Ed Blackboard postings of presentations

Assessment written

AE3-295II Air Transportation and Systems II ECTS: 1

Responsible Instructor Dr.ir. M. Mulder ([email protected])

Instructor Dr.ir. H.G. Visser ([email protected])


0/4/0/0



Education Period 2

Exam Period 2, 4


Parts Lecture and study material 10. Aircraft avionics systems 11. Flight management system 12. Navigation and landing guidance systems 13. Air trafc services, communication and surveillance systems 14. Air trafc management

Course Contents The course offers an introduction to the various aspects of safety, avionics systems, operational aspects and air trafc management.

Study Goals To gain insight in the working principles of the air transportation system, its organizational structure, its goals and the means to establish these goals in a safe and efcient fashion.

Education Method Lectures


Blackboard postings of presentations

Assessment written

CT3751Urban Development, Transport Systems and Networks

ECTS: 4

Responsible Instructor Ir. P.B.L. Wiggenraad ([email protected])

Instructor Dr.ir. R. van Nes ([email protected])

Ir. P.M. Schrijnen ([email protected])

Education Period 4

Exam Period 4, 5




Course Contents City as system Relations between urban functions as residential, employment and recreational, changes over time. Transport systems Relations between transport demand, transport services and trafc systems. Relations between area characteristics and transport and trafc (production/attraction, distribution, modal split, route choice). Characteristics of transport and trafc networks. Historical development of city and urban transport network, development in frameworks for design. Relation between urban development and infrastructure. Garden cities, CIAM, etc. Infrastructure as steering and following element. Inertion of infrastructure. Transport and trafc networks Network elements. Evaluation framework. Hierarchy and levels of scale. Network design per transport subsystem Objectives, design variables, design strategy. Combination/integration of transport systems Multimodal transport/cohesion of transport systems. Combination of transport systems in the urban infrastructure. Relation between transport systems and urban functions Urban functions as basis for hierarchy of transport systems. Operationalising of plans Management, plan types, nancing, public private partnership. Case studies Concentrated on subjects like transport nodes, urban development, design. Examples: railway stations Rotterdam CS, Kop van Zuid (Rotterdam), VINEX-areas Vathorst or Leidsche Rijn, Houten, restructuring Bijlmer, IJburg Amsterdam, inner city of Delft.



Study Goals Having knowledge of the composition of urban areas, of the structure and development of cities and networks, of the volume and distribution of some of the urban activities and processes: social, demographical, economical, cultural. Having knowledge of the relation between activities, communication and transport, of the relation between spatial distribution of activities and availability and use of networks and transport, having knowledge of the historical development of transport systems and network patterns. Having the skill to translate the trafc and urban processes into a project program. Having the skill to design an urban quarter, its trafc system and its lay out.

Education Method Lectures, assignments, excursions


Information in the lectures.

Assessment Written examination, assignments

CT4010 Economics ECTS: 4

Responsible Instructor Dr.ir. R.J. Verhaeghe ([email protected])

Instructor Prof.dr. A.H. Kleinknecht ([email protected])


6/0/0/0

Education Period 1

Exam Period 1, 2




Course Contents General: introduction to the different disciplines in economics. Emphasis on illustration of concepts and application to civil engineering objects/projects. Macro-economics: national income: economic circle, role of technology in growth; international economics: productivity, balance of payments, theory of money, role of banks; Dutch economy: national budget, corporatism, price control; role of sunk costs in economic evaluation Micro-economics: consumer - and producer behavior, markets, demand projection for civil engineering projects, types of costs, efciency criteria, production function, applications Commercial economics (management accounting): accounting for a rm (balance- and result account), types of costs, gains and losses, solvability, occupation rate, current ratio Feasibility analysis: nancial and economic analysis, set up of cost/benet pattern, investment criteria, applications Introduction/illustration of specic subjects: environmental economics, innovation economics, nancing of infrastructure, transport economics, economic models, natural resource management

Study Goals Provide insight into the economic background of engineering projects with the objective to contribute to a complete and efcient decision making in planning and design

Education Method Lectures


Textbook: available at bookshop and VSSD Lecture notes, available online

Assessment Written exam (multiple choice)

CT4330 Ports and Waterways 1 ECTS: 4

Responsible Instructor Prof.ir. H. Ligteringen ([email protected])

Instructor Ir. H.J. Verheij ([email protected])

Ir. R. Groenveld ([email protected])

T. Vellinga ([email protected])

Education Period 2, 3

Exam Period 2, 2




Required for CT 5306

Course Contents Ports and Waterways: Maritime transport Specic data of merchant ships, commodity and vessel types, tramp and liner trade Port functions and organisation Functions, transport chain, organisation of seaports Port planning methodology Types of planning, planning process, planning tasks, general observations Planning and design of the water areas Ship manoeuvring and hydrodynamic behaviour, approach channels, manoeuvring areas within the port, port basins and berth areas, morphological aspects Planning and design of port terminals Services provided, terminal components, types of terminals, terminal capacity (maximum or optimum) and terminal dimensions Container terminals Container transport, terminal operations and lay-out development Queueing theory for ports and inland waterways: Port studies Aspects in port design Organisation, ship handling, cargo handling and inland transport Methods for solving capacity problems in ports empirical rules of thumb, queueing theory and simulation techniques Queueing theory Arrival process, service process, queue discipline Queueing systems M/M/1 -system, M/M/n-system, M/G/1 M/D/1 and N/Ek/1 systems, M/D/n and D/M/n systems Queueing systems with more general distributions of arrival and service time Approach to an Ek/Em/1 queue system and approach to an Ek/Em/n queue system Some applications



Course Contents Inland waterways: Shipping on inland waterways Signicance of inland navigation, classication of ships and waterways, ship characteristics, ship types Interaction between ship and waterway Primary water movement, secondary water movement, remaining hydraulic phenomena Navigation speed Ships resistance, installed engine power, example speed-engine power Navigation Encounters, overtaking manoeuvres, navigation in bends, cross sections, stopping distance Design of inland waterway proles Design vessels, trafc intensity, cross-section and design parameters and cross-sections in bends Natural waterways Navigation on rivers, improvements, classication of rivers, ship dimensions, river ports and mooring places. Integration of environmental issues in port planning and design Environmental aspects which affect port-layout Land use planning, visual amenity, dangerous goods, dredging and disposal of dredged material, prevention nuisance, contamination of soil and groundwater, reception of ballast water and waste and wetlands and nature areas Relevant aspects for environmental impact assessment Environmental impact assessment, pollution control, ecology and nature habitats, use of recourses, social and gender aspects and quality of life



Study Goals The student has understanding of his own capacity and afnity in the eld of ports and waterways. The student has a broad overview of the eld ports and waterways and recognises the interest of related sciences. The student understands the functions of ports and waterways in the total transport chain with different transport modalities. The student has knowledge of vessel types and demands with respect to port infrastructure. The student has knowledge of relevant hydraulic aspects for the design of the wet infrastructures. The student is capable to develop a design of the lay-out of a port and a container terminal. The student is capable to apply the queueing theory in order to determine capacities of service systems in ports and waterways. The student has knowledge of hydraulic phenomena in the interaction between ship and inland waterway. The student is capable to estimate the required dimensions of an inland waterway. The student understands the relevance of environmental issues in port planning and design.

Education Method Lectures and exercise


Readers: Ports and terminals Service systems in ports and inland waterways Capacities of inland waterways Integration of environmental issues in port planning and design Available online.

Assessment Written exam

Permitted Materials during Tests

One A4 with notes

CT4740 Plan and Project Evaluation ECTS: 4

Responsible Instructor Dr.ir. R.J. Verhaeghe ([email protected])


0/0/6/0

Education Period 3

Exam Period 3, 5




Course Contents Evaluation fundamentals and application to various types of plans and projects for civil engineering systems. Overview of evaluation methods: Cost-effectiveness, Benet/Cost, multi-criteria. Schematisation of evaluation problems: benet and cost pattern, discounting. Valuation of effects. Indirect effects. External effects. Indirect valuation. Valuation environmental components. Financial, economical, and social evaluation. Cost recovery. Optimisation of the composition of projects and plans. Applications: analysis of different themes in evaluation based on recent studies. a) Fundamentals for evaluation - basic methodology overview of development in evaluation methods signicance/necessity for evaluation of plans and projects: examples cost-effectiveness multi-criteria methods benet/cost analysis: schematization of benets and costs, time valuation, discounting, shadow price, criteria, repayment period, cost recovery b) Impact assessment potential problems with estimation of effects and prices valuation of effects: direct and indirect effects, external effects indirect economic valuation valuation environmental impacts allocation of benets and costs nancial-, economic-, and social evaluation uncertainty in evaluation c) Optimisation of plans/projects - prioritisation optimal allocation/use of inputs scale effects; cost types relation between investment and maintenance costs prioritisation within a set of projects (plan) with a budget limitation incremental analysis



Course Contents d) Applications: analysis of different themes in evaluation using recent studies evaluation of a ooding/drainage problem (quantication of uncertainty; damage function; application of standards) regional water supply (multi-sectoral strategy development; capacity planning) evaluation of High Speed Rail Transport options in the USA (consumer surplus; environmental impact; possibilities for public/private partnerships) evaluation of the High Speed Rail connection in the Netherlands (accessibility) overview of the evaluation of the Betuwe freight line (long term strategy; international competition) environment and economics in the transport sector (internalising external effects)

Study Goals The main goal of the course is to provide the student with the concepts and tools for an optimal design/composition of plans and projects, incorporating aspects from a technical-, nancial-, economical-, and social viewpoint. Evaluation, including systems analysis, impact assessment and application of efciency criteria and prioritization techniques, is essential in such optimization. The basic concepts are presented and illustrated/applied in the lectures and presentations. The concepts and techniques are universal; the examples in the course are primarily derived from the transport- and water sectors. After passing the course the participant will be able to set up his/her own evaluation or make a critical review of existing ones. Based on the many worked examples the course will further provide the participant with a sense (combination of technical/nancial/economical insight) for optimization of projects/plans.

Education Method Lectures; presentations by practicioners in the eld


Course Notes, available online

Assessment Closed book written examination; about 2/3 of the questions concern practical problem formulations for which an evaluation has to be composed; 1/3 of the questions test the understanding of concepts in evaluation based on the material from the lectures

CT4801 Transportation and Spatial ModellingECTS:

6

Responsible Instructor Dr. M.C.J. Bliemer ([email protected])

Instructor Prof.dr.ir. P.H.L. Bovy ([email protected])


8/0/0/0



Education Period 1

Exam Period 1, 2


Course Contents Objectives of modelling in transport and spatial planning. Model types. Theory of travel and locational behaviour. System description of planning area. Theory of choice models. Aggregate and disaggregate models. Mode choice, route choice and assignment modelling. Locational choice modelling. Parameter estimation and model calibration. Cases and exercises in model application. Role of models in transportation and spatial systems analysis; model types; designing system description of study area (zonal segmentation, network selection); role of shortest path trees Utility theory for travel and location choice; trip generation models, trip distribution models; applications Theory of spatial interaction model; role of side constraints; distribution functions and their estimations; constructing base matrices and estimating OD-tables Theory of individual choice models Disaggregated choice models of the logit and probit type for time choice, mode choice, route choice and location choice Integrated models (sequential and simultaneous) for constructing OD-tables Equilibrium theory in networks and spatial systems Route choice and assignment; derivation of different model types (all-or-nothing model, multiple route model, (stochastic) equilibrium model); assignment in public transportation networks; analyses of effects Calibration of parameters and model validation; observation, estimation, validation; estimation methods Individual exercise computing travel demand in networks; getting familiar with software; computing all transportation modelling steps; analyse own planning scenarios; writing a report



Study Goals Insight in the function of mathematical models in transportation and spatial planning Knowledge of theoretical backgrounds of models Knowledge of application areas of models Ability to develop ones own plan of analysis for model computations Ability to apply models on planning problems Ability to present outcomes of model computations

Education Method Lectures, exercise, practical


Lecture notes Transportation and Lecture notes Spatial Modeling Manual of exercises in Omnitrans Obligatory other materials: Transparancies and other material on Blackboard

Assessment Written exam (open questions, closed book) Practice(s) with a reporting and oral defence

Remarks The individual exercise must be completed and the deadline for handing in the report is week 7. The exercise grade will remain for a maximum of 13 months. NB: In case the exercises are not completed in time, one will not be allowed to make the nal written exam.

CT4811 Design and Control of Public Transport Systems ECTS: 4

Responsible Instructor Ir. P.B.L. Wiggenraad ([email protected])

Instructor Dr.ir. R. van Nes ([email protected])

Drs. R.M.P. Goverde ([email protected])

Prof.dr.ing. I.A. Hansen ([email protected])


0/4/0/0

Education Period 2

Exam Period 2, 4




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