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Technische Universität Braunschweig<br />
Dr. Jörn Pachl is a full professor and head of the Institute of Railway Systems Engineering and Traffic Safety at the<br />
TU Braunschweig. Before joining the university, Dr. Pachl was an infrastructure manager in the Hamburg region of<br />
German Railways. While his areas of teaching cover railway infrastructure, railway operation, and railway signalling,<br />
research concentrates on the interface between operation and signaling. Dr. Pachl is author and co-author of several<br />
textbooks, which were published in Germany and in the USA and have become standard tutorials for academic<br />
railway programs at many universities worldwide.<br />
University of Newcastle upon Tyne<br />
Dr. Marin Marinov is a Research Associate within the Rail Freight and Logistics Group of NewRail. His Ph.D.<br />
research was on Analysis and Evaluation of Formation Yard Performances. He has worked as a teaching assistant<br />
and researcher in the Transportation Systems branch of the MIT/Portugal programme, where he lectured on Transportation<br />
Planning and Performance Assessment, Freight Transport and Logistics Processes as well as Railway<br />
Engineering. His interests involve: Rail Freight; Logistics; Rail Organization and Management; Rail Performances;<br />
Rail Yards and Terminals; Urban Freight; Safety and Security in Rail Systems; Rail Marketing; as well as Rail Education<br />
and Training.<br />
Thomas Zunder is the Rail Freight & Logistics Group Manager. He has over 22 years experience in supply chain<br />
management, primarily logistics, procurement and distribution combined with academic research in the field of<br />
freight logistics. Current Work: He is co-ordinator of the SPECTRUM project. Logistics benchmarking and standards;<br />
research into satellite navigation and vehicle wayfinding; ongoing research into urban freight and city logistics;<br />
research into the optimisation of intermodal freight using optimised systems; systems architectures and intermodal<br />
freight; eLogistics field research and gap analysis; rail freight logistics and operations on a continental cross<br />
border scale.<br />
Sapienza Università di Roma – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Edile e Ambientale (DICEA)<br />
Stefano Ricci, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Civil Engineer, Teaching Transportation Economy and Technics, Railway<br />
Transportation and Maritime Transportation. Active in European research for European Commission DG TREN,<br />
Research and <strong>IN</strong>FSO and in many transport sectors in Italy. Areas of specialization for both research and practical<br />
applications: transport planning, railway operation and safety, environmental assessment of transport systems,<br />
public transport operation, maritime transport. Recent EU projects: CLEANER-DRIVE, ECORailS, ELEDRIVE,<br />
EURNEX, HEROE, SELCAT, TILEMATT, UTOPIA.<br />
Universitatea Politehnica din Bucuresti - Facultatea Transporturi, Telecomenzi si Electronica in Transporturi<br />
Florin Nemtanu: He is PhD and senior lecturer at Transport Faculty, Telematics & Electronics for Transport and he<br />
is involved in ITS from more than 10 years. He is teaching Transport Systems, IT for transports, ITS Architecture<br />
and is involved in organization of ITS Master Programme. He is General Secretary of ITS Romania, Senior Member<br />
of IEEE (ITS and Vehicular technologies societies), Deputy chairman of European ICT Expert Group, Vice-president<br />
of PMI Romanian Chapter and member of faculty's consilium.<br />
Radu Timnea: He is PhD and senior lecturer at Transport Faculty, Telematics & Electronics for Transport and he is<br />
involved in ITS from more than 15 years. He is teaching ITS systems for Railway, Electronics and Electronic Devices.<br />
He is project manager for European and national educational and research projects.<br />
Universiteit Gent – Afdeling Mobiliteit en Ruimtelijke Planning (AMRP)<br />
Giuseppe Pace, MSc in Civil engineering. He is researcher at the Italian National Research Council since 1994,<br />
and visiting researcher at the AMRP since 2008. His main field of research are sustainable transport, regional and<br />
urban planning, and regional economy. Currently, he’s involved in a research on “Learning Ports for Developing<br />
Sustainable Cities”, and in other projects on sustainable mobility and applications of renewable energy in the transports.<br />
As National Seconded Expert, he was responsible at the European Commission for the evaluation and<br />
monitoring of the TEN-T programme and for questions of management of large infrastructure projects (2003-2007).<br />
Yıldız Technical University<br />
İsmail Şahin: Dr. Şahin received his undergraduate degree in civil engineering from Yıldız Technical University<br />
(YTU) in 1985. He started his academic carrier as a research assistant in the Transportation Division of the Department<br />
of Civil Engineering of YTU, where he received his master’s and Ph.D. degrees. Dr. Sahin currently is the<br />
head of Transportation Division and lectures various railway engineering courses particularly in planning, design<br />
and operations fields. His research interests fall into the subject matters in planning and operations of ground<br />
transportations systems.<br />
Gökçe Aydın: Mr. Aydın graduated from the Department of Environmental Engineering of Middle East Technical<br />
University in 2002. He completed his master’s degree in Transportation Programme at the Yıldız Technical University,<br />
where he is currently working as a research assistant. Mr. Aydın is presently enrolled in the Transportation<br />
doctoral degree programme at YTU, in which he will focus on train timetabling and re-scheduling problems.<br />
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E R A S M U S<br />
I N T E N S I V E<br />
R A I L W A Y<br />
P R O G R A M M E<br />
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N E W C A S T L E U P O N<br />
T Y N E<br />
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RAIL AND<br />
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<strong>RailNewcastle</strong> is an Erasmus Intensive Programme whose main objective is to improve the quality<br />
of railway and logistics higher education and increase the volume of the students and teaching staff<br />
mobility by bringing together Students and Professors from ten European Higher Education Institutions<br />
(HEIs) from nine different countries into one class room to discuss and produce a valuable<br />
outcome based on knowledge sharing, innovative thinking and creativity joined in a plausible way to<br />
stimulate a vital multilateral collaboration in the railway and logistics education and training.<br />
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Teaching Team<br />
Athens University of Economics and Business<br />
Professor Konstantinos G. Zografos is the Director of AUEB-RC/TRANSLOG Laboratory and an expert in the<br />
area of Application of Operations Research and Information Systems in Transportation Systems and Logistics<br />
Management. He has published more than 100 papers and has been involved as a Principal Investigator in more<br />
than 60 R&D projects funded by the European Commission and the Greek Government. Professor Zografos has<br />
been awarded the Edelman Laureate Honorary Medal of <strong>IN</strong>FORMS in 2008 for significant contributions to Operations<br />
Research and the 2005 President's Medal Award of the British Operational Research Society.<br />
Dr. Michael A. Madas is a Senior Researcher in AUEB-RC/TRANSLOG. He holds a B.S. in Operational Research,<br />
a M.Sc. in Decision Sciences, and a Ph.D. in Management of Air Transport Systems from AUEB. He has substantial<br />
expertise in transport modelling and performance assessment, air transport and airport operations, transport policy,<br />
as well as development and validation of Decision Support Systems. He has participated in a number of projects<br />
funded by the European Commission and the Greek Government.<br />
Higher School of Transport - Sofia<br />
Dr. Nikolay Georgiev is an Associate Professor at the Higher School of Transport - Sofia. His Ph.D. research was<br />
on Analysis and Evaluation of Railway Traffic Reliability and Safety. Before joining the university, Dr. Georgiev<br />
worked as traffic manager and dispatcher for the Bulgarian State Railways. His teaching and research interests<br />
involve: Railway Operational Reliability and Safety, Health and Safety, Accidents Modelling and Investigation,<br />
Reliability Engineering, Man-machine Systems Reliability. As author or co-author he has published more than 70<br />
scientific papers. Dr. Georgiev is an independent expert for the European Railway Agency.<br />
Dr. Anna Dzhaleva-Chonkova has a considerable experience in the field of history and current problems of railway<br />
research and staff training. She is Senior Lecture in Economic History and European Economic Integration and has<br />
over 30 papers on history of railways and international relations on railway connections in Europe. She has participated<br />
in a number of projects under FP6, FP7, Erasmus and other programmes. She is Institutional Erasmus Coordinator.<br />
Instituto Superior Técnico, Technical University of Lisbon<br />
Dr. Vasco Reis has a degree in Civil Engineering, 2001, Master in Road Infrastructure, 2005, and Ph.D. in Transportation,<br />
2010. He is a researcher at the Instituto Superior Técnico (IST), Technical University of Lisbon, since<br />
2010. He is member of the Freight and Logistics Committee of the Association for European Transport and AP045 -<br />
Intermodal Transfer Facilities Committee of the Transportation Research Board (TRB); and friend of the Intermodal<br />
Freight Committee of the TRB. He has considerable experience in participation and coordination of research and<br />
consultancy projects, including, funded by the European Commission: HERMES, STRAIGHTSOL, EURNEX,<br />
RAILENERGY, EDUCAIR, SKILLRAIL or TUNRAIL; funded by the PNSF: AIRDEV, LOGURB or AIRNETS, and<br />
funded by third parties: Bus Rapid Transit Centre of Excellence (funded by the Volvo Foundation) or Urban Transport<br />
Assessment in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan (funded by the Asian Development Bank). He is author of several<br />
papers in scientific journals and conferences. He is also an invited lecturer at the IST and the University Alas Peruanas<br />
(Peru). He has also supervised several master and doctoral thesis.<br />
Paulo F. Teixeira is Professor and Researcher in Railways at IST since 2005 and was until 2008 the Head of the<br />
Railway Division of the Center for Innovation in Transport (CENIT) of the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC).<br />
He is author of more than seventy papers in railway engineering and participated in numerous studies and research<br />
projects in the area of high-speed railway infrastructure design, life cycle cost modelling and infrastructure pricing,<br />
both for national entities (leader of several projects for the Portuguese and Spanish Railway Administration and for<br />
the Portuguese and Spanish Ministries of Science) for Railway International Organizations (leader of UIC studies on<br />
railway infrastructure pricing) and for the European Commission (leader of the RAILCALC project, responsible for<br />
<strong>IN</strong>NOTRACK WP6.2, member of EURNEX pole 8 “Infrastructure”). He is since 2011 Member of the Railway Expert<br />
Council named by the Spanish Ministry of Public Works (Railway Experts Council of the Spanish Railway Foundation).<br />
Technische Universität Dortmund<br />
Sascha Wohlgemuth is working at the Institute of Transport Logistics at the Technische Universität Dortmund<br />
since 2006 and is leading the research group logistics and operations research. He received a master degree in<br />
logistics from the Georgia Institute of Technology as well as a diploma degree in industrial engineering and a Ph.D.<br />
from the TU Dortmund. His teaching and research interests have a focus on logistic problems like optimizing transportation<br />
networks and hubs as well as vehicle routing, which are solved using either discrete and combinatorial<br />
optimization or efficient metaheuristics.<br />
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Ghent University offers high-quality, research-based education in a wide range of academic<br />
disciplines, spread over 11 faculties. It attracts 30,000 students, with a foreign<br />
student population of 1,100 EU citizens and some 1,000 students from non-EU countries.<br />
It appoints about 4900 scientific staff members. The university provides training opportunities<br />
to young researchers through its five Doctoral Schools and awards around 400 Ph.D.<br />
degrees per year, of which over 20% go to international young researchers. The Civil<br />
Engineering Department (EA15) consists out of 6 research units where one of them is the Research Unit Mobility<br />
and Spatial Planning (AMRP). Sustainable mobility is one the main fields of AMRP’s research activity. Publications<br />
in national and international scientific magazines, regular courses, Master thesis, PhDs,<br />
lectures, seminars, congresses have been dedicated to it. AMRP provides education on the<br />
master level focussing on: planning theory, regional design, mobility and spatial infrastructure<br />
design, spatial management and spatial governance.<br />
Universiteit Gent – Afdeling Mobiliteit en Ruimtelijke Planning (AMRP)<br />
University Principal Point of Contact:<br />
Vrijdagmarkt 10/301, B-9000 Gent<br />
Phone: (+32 9) 3313251 - 3313255<br />
Fax: (+32 9) 3313269<br />
Email: giuseppe.pace@ugent.be<br />
Web page: www.planning.ugent.be<br />
Local programme coordinator:<br />
Georges Allaert,. Prof., AMRP Director, Universiteit Gent, Gent,<br />
Belgium<br />
Phone: (+32 9) 3313250-3313251<br />
Email: georges.allaert@ugent.be<br />
Yıldız Technical University (YTU), founded in 1911, is one of the leading higher state education<br />
institutions in Turkey with over 20.000 students enrolled in a vocational school, ten<br />
faculties, and two post graduate institutes situated in three campuses. Research and education<br />
in various disciplines of natural and social sciences, engineering, architecture and, art<br />
and design are conducted. Undergraduate educations are provided throughout the year in<br />
fall, spring and summer terms in daytime programmes, and evening programmes in some<br />
departments. With a bilateral agreement between YTU and any other foreign<br />
institute of higher education, student exchange for a maximum of two semesters is possible<br />
between these two institutions subject to the approval of authorized committees.<br />
University Principal Point of Contact:<br />
Yıldız Campus 34349 Beşiktaş / İstanbul,<br />
Turkey<br />
Phone: +90 (212) 383 32 08 (International<br />
Office)<br />
Fax: +90 (212) 227 69 90<br />
Web page: www.yildiz.edu.tr<br />
Email: intoffice@yildiz.edu.tr<br />
Yıldız Technical University<br />
Local programme coordinator:<br />
İsmail Şahin, Assoc. Prof., PhD: Yıldız Technical University,<br />
Davutpasa Campus, Department of Civil Engineering, Transportation<br />
Division, İstanbul, Turkey<br />
Phone: +90 (212) 383 51 80<br />
Personal URL: www.yildiz.edu.tr/~sahin/<br />
Email: sahin@yildiz.edu.tr<br />
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THE AIM OF THE <strong>PROGRAMME</strong><br />
The specific objectives of the three week intensive programme are:<br />
♦To encourage efficient and multinational teaching, training, learning and research<br />
exchange in the field of railway and logistics which will contribute to a more consistent<br />
education in European universities;<br />
♦To enable lecturers, students and researchers to work more closely on railway and<br />
logistics problems within multinational groups which will help to gain new perspectives on<br />
the topics discussed;<br />
♦To allow lecturers and trainees to exchange views on teaching, training and learning<br />
contents and to test teaching approaches in an international classroom environment;<br />
♦To foster the mobility of students, researchers, and faculty;<br />
♦To develop a variety of educational and research materials which could be used in<br />
the production of the programme and in future research in the area of railway and logistics;<br />
♦To collect teaching materials on various aspects of rail and logistics systems to be<br />
used not only for lecturing but also to further knowledge and experience sharing with external<br />
institutions wishing to collaborate with the programme’s teaching staff;<br />
♦To encourage a multi-disciplinary understanding of a complex system involving engineering,<br />
managerial, economic issues, etc;<br />
♦To collect a set of articles to promote the intensive programme and similar activities;<br />
♦To examine future possibilities for multinational master’s and PhD study and research<br />
programmes.<br />
<strong>PROGRAMME</strong> STRUCTURE<br />
The intensive programme <strong>RailNewcastle</strong> will use an innovative multidisciplinary blended<br />
learning approach that combines a number of learning and training methods, such as:<br />
lectures, project-based learning, web conferences, thematic seminars and technical visits.<br />
The methodological approach employed by <strong>RailNewcastle</strong> will be a combination of dynamic<br />
teaching schemes by lectures and a strict fixed schedule of activities for students<br />
and teaching team.<br />
During the first week within each thematic day five lectures on specific topics will be<br />
delivered by lecturers from the participating universities. Each lecture will last for 45 minutes<br />
plus 15 minutes for questions. Each thematic day terminates with a 30 minute discussion<br />
on the main topics lectured on during the day followed by time for mentoring. Facilitators<br />
are allocated to each discussion. At the end of each discussion short summary reports<br />
will be produced to record the obtained results and progress achieved.<br />
During the second week Professors and Students will work in groups on research projects<br />
on specific topics.<br />
At the end of the intensive programme each group (formed within the second week) will<br />
produce a short research report and prepare a PowerPoint presentation. The PowerPoint<br />
presentation will be delivered during a thematic seminar in the 3rd week of the programme<br />
in front of the Programme Progress Committee (PPC).<br />
Two workshops will be organized to provide an overview and discuss historical facts<br />
to help explain the milestones in evolution of railway freight and passenger systems in<br />
Europe and other continents.<br />
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Period Topic of the lecture Lecturer<br />
9:00 - 9:15 Introduction of Participants<br />
9:15-10:00 Introduction to Logistics T. Zunder - NewRail, Newcastle University<br />
10:15-11:00 Supply Chain Management<br />
K. Zografos - Athens University of<br />
Economics and Business<br />
11:15-12:00 Logistics and Transport<br />
S. Wohlgemuth - Technical University of<br />
Dortmund<br />
14:00-14:45 Logistics Action Plan & Green Corridors T. Zunder - NewRail, Newcastle University<br />
15:00-15:45<br />
Principles for Sustainable Development<br />
of Transport Systems<br />
G. Pace - Universiteit Gent<br />
16:00-17:00 Discussion and Mentoring<br />
T. Zunder - NewRail, Newcastle University<br />
(facilitator)<br />
Day 2: Rail and Multi Modal Transport<br />
9:00 - 9:15 Introduction of Participants<br />
9:15-10:00 Multi Modal Transport V. Reis - Instituto Superior Tecnico<br />
10:15-11:00 Rail – Road<br />
S. Wohlgemuth - Technical University of<br />
Dortmund<br />
11:15-12:00 Rail – Air<br />
K. Zografos - Athens University of<br />
Economics and Business<br />
14:00-14:45 Rail - Sea G. Pace - Universiteit Gent<br />
15:00-15:45 Energy Use for Sustainable Rail<br />
Roberto Palacin - NewRail, Newcastle<br />
University<br />
16:00-17:00 Discussion and Mentoring<br />
V. Reis - Instituto Superior Tecnico<br />
(facilitator)<br />
Day 3: Rail Infrastructure and ITS<br />
9:00 - 9:15 Introduction of Participants<br />
9:15-10:00 Rail-Wheel Contact<br />
F. Franklin - NewRail, Newcastle<br />
University<br />
10:15-11:00 Accident Investigation and Analysis N. Georgiev - Higher School of Transport<br />
11:15-12:00 Access Charging P.Teixeira - Instituto Superior Tecnico<br />
14:00-14:45 Inspection and Maintenance of Rail<br />
15:00-15:45 ITS for Rail<br />
16:00-17:00 Discussion and Mentoring<br />
WORK <strong>PROGRAMME</strong><br />
Week 1: Lectures and Discussions<br />
Day 1: Logistics and Supply Chain Management<br />
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F. Franklin - NewRail, Newcastle<br />
University<br />
F.Nemtanu - Universitatea Politehnica din<br />
Bucuresti<br />
P. Teixeira - Instituto Superior Tecnico<br />
(facilitator)<br />
The University of Newcastle upon Tyne is a member of the elite Russell<br />
Group, an association of the top 20 leading research-intensive UK universities<br />
and has one of the largest EU research portfolios in the UK. NewRail is a<br />
railway research centre based in the School of Mechanical and Systems Engineering at Newcastle University.<br />
NewRail delivers quality rail research and has developed wide experience in the coordination and participation of<br />
collaborative research within a number of EU funded projects under FP4, FP5, FP6 and FP7 including Erasmus<br />
curriculum development projects and transatlantic co-operations. NewRail acts as an interface between rail industry<br />
and academia, provides a focus for railway research activities across Europe, and undertakes<br />
university research that is of relevance to the rail industry. Core competencies include; the design,<br />
development, analysis and testing of novel materials, processes and structures for transport<br />
applications.<br />
University address:<br />
Newcastle University, Newcastle upon<br />
Tyne, United Kingdom, Tyne and Wear<br />
NE1 7RU<br />
Phone: +44(0) 191 222 6000<br />
Web page: www.ncl.ac.uk<br />
“Sapienza” Università di Roma - Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile, Edile e<br />
Ambientale DICEA is the Department of Civil, Construction and Environmental<br />
Engineer of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Rome “Sapienza”.<br />
The Transport Area of DICEA is one of the largest of the Department’s eleven<br />
areas. Its teaching and research are mainly in the field of planning and management<br />
of passenger and freight transport systems. In addition to teaching, the Department’s<br />
laboratories and personnel are also engaged in numerous experiments, research projects, and<br />
consultancies in Italy, Europe, and elsewhere. Important research themes are railway and road<br />
safety, freight transport, and public transport systems.<br />
Sapienza Università di Roma – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Civile Edile e<br />
Ambientale (DICEA)<br />
University Principal Point of Contact:<br />
Italy, Rome - Via Eudossiana, 18 – 00184<br />
Phone: (+39 06) 44585-144<br />
Fax: (+39 06) 44585-144<br />
Email: stefano.ricci@uniroma1.it<br />
Local programme coordinator:<br />
Stefano Ricci, Assoc. Prof., PhD: Sapienza Università di Roma,<br />
Italy<br />
Phone: (+39 06) 44585-144<br />
Email: stefano.ricci@uniroma1.it<br />
Politehnica University of Bucharest is the greatest technical university in Romania, it has 10<br />
faculties which are organized in departments. One of the most important faculty is Faculty of<br />
Transports (an unique faculty with this specialization in Romania) and it is organized in 4<br />
Departments: Telematics & Electronics for Transport, Traffic&Logistics, Automotive<br />
and Railway Vehicles. Department of Telematics & Electronics for<br />
Transport was established in 1970 and is covering all transport modes (the<br />
main areas of studies are focused on rail and road transport).<br />
Universitatea Politehnica din Bucuresti - Facultatea Transporturi,<br />
Telecomenzi si Electronica in Transporturi, Romania<br />
University Principal Point of Contact:<br />
Splaiul Independentei nr. 313, sector 6,<br />
Bucuresti, Cod Postal: 060042<br />
Phone: + 4 021-402 91 00<br />
Fax: + 4021-318 10 01<br />
Web page: www.upb.ro<br />
University of Newcastle upon Tyne<br />
Local programme coordinator:<br />
Dr Marin Marinov (Dr. in Transportation, Eng., International Economist),<br />
NewRail - Newcastle Centre for Railway Research Rail<br />
Freight and Logistics Group<br />
Phone: +44 (0) 191 222 3976,<br />
Fax Number: +44 (0) 191 222 5821<br />
Email: marin.marinov@ncl.ac.uk<br />
Local programme coordinator:<br />
Florin Codrut Nemtanu, Senior lecturer, PhD: “Politehnica” University<br />
of Bucharest<br />
Phone: 004-021-4029653<br />
Fax: 004-021-3169600<br />
Email: fnemtanu@yahoo.com<br />
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Instituto Superior Técnico (IST) is the largest school of engineering in Portugal. Today IST has about<br />
8500 undergraduate students and over 1500 graduate students in different areas of studies. The<br />
faculty of IST includes over 700 Professors with Ph.D. in different areas of specialization. In 1975 the<br />
Centre of Urban and Regional Systems (CESUR) was founded, which is a group of teachers from<br />
scientific areas of Operational Research and Urban and Regional Planning, from various schools of<br />
the Technical University of Lisbon. Included in CESUR is the Transport Infrastructure, Systems and<br />
Policy Group (TISP). TISP has competences on multiple domains of transport research, spanning all<br />
the modes of transport, with particular emphasis in the domains of policy decision making, modeling<br />
and optimization. In the domain of freight and urban logistics, TISP is also involved in several national and European<br />
projects. TISP has experienced a strong development in the last decade, more than doubling its membership,<br />
having currently 10 permanent members covering research and teaching, plus 15 students,<br />
covering 6 nationalities (Portugal, Brazil, Bulgaria, China, India and Pakistan) who receive scholarships<br />
to continue their Master and PhD thesis in transport at IST. Several of the PhD researches<br />
are in the domain of freight and urban logistics.<br />
University Principal Point of Contact:<br />
DECivil – Instituto Superior Técnico<br />
Avenida Rovisco Pais, 1049-001 Lisbon,<br />
Portugal, Phone: (+351) 218 417 000<br />
Fax: (+351) 218 499 242<br />
Email: nmci@ist.utl.pt<br />
Embedded in the Faculty Mechanical Engineering about 30 scientists<br />
research, work and teach at the Institute of Transport Logistics<br />
of TU Dortmund, in the fields of traffic and transportation<br />
logistics, distribution logistics and logistics management. The institute is dealing with a broad range of issues of<br />
traffic logistics with different characteristics. Here the logistic system (e.g. intermodal transport-terminal, distribution<br />
center or forwarding system) with its strategic, tactic and operative issues often is in the<br />
center of our interdisciplinary research activities. This variety of strategic and operative issues is<br />
reflected in the three fields of work: 1) planning, process design and simulation; 2) mathematic<br />
optimization; 3) strategies, concepts and studies.<br />
University Principal Point of Contact:<br />
Institute of Transport Logistics, Leonhard-<br />
Euler-Straße 2, 44227 Dortmund,<br />
Germany, Phone: +49 231 755-7335,<br />
Fax: +49 231 755-6338<br />
Web page: www.itl.tu-dortmund.de<br />
Email: wohlgemuth@itl.tu-dortmund.de<br />
Instituto Superior Técnico,<br />
Local programme coordinator:<br />
Vasco Reis, Researcher, PhD: Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon,<br />
Portugal<br />
Phone: (+351) 218 418 424<br />
Email: vreis@civil.ist.utl.pt<br />
Technische Universität Dortmund<br />
Local programme coordinator:<br />
Sascha Wohlgemuth, Dr.-Ing., Group leader Mathematical Optimization,<br />
Institute of Transport Logistics, Dortmund, Germany<br />
Phone: +49 231 755-7335<br />
Fax: +49 231 755-6338<br />
Email: wohlgemuth@itl.tu-dortmund.de<br />
Web page: www.itl.tu-dortmund.de<br />
Founded in 1745, TU Braunschweig is the oldest institute of technology in Germany.<br />
The university is a precursor in the field of interdisciplinary courses of study<br />
that combine different fields of technology. The first course of this kind was established<br />
in 1980. In 2006, following this tradition, a full study program of “Mobility and<br />
Transportation” with bachelor’s and master’s degree was started. TU Braunschweig is now one of the leading<br />
academic institutions in the field of transportation engineering. There are two full professor positions<br />
with associated teaching and research groups exclusively working in railway science. These<br />
groups offer a very comprehensive course program covering many aspects of the railway system.<br />
University Principal Point of Contact:<br />
Pockelsstrasse 3, 38106 Braunschweig,<br />
Germany, Phone: +49 531 391 3381,<br />
Fax: +49 531 391 5595<br />
Email: j.pachl@tu-bs.de<br />
Technische Universität Braunschweig<br />
Local programme coordinator:<br />
Jörn Pachl, Prof. Dr.-Ing.: TU Braunschweig, Institute of Railway<br />
Systems Engineering and Traffic Safety<br />
Phone: +49 531 391 3381<br />
Email: j.pachl@tu-bs.de<br />
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9:00 - 9:15 Introduction of Participants<br />
9:15-10:15 Typical Rail Vehicles<br />
R. Davidson - NewRail, Newcastle<br />
University<br />
10:30-11:30 Rail and the Environment S. Ricci - University of Rome “Sapienza”<br />
11:45-12:45 Truck-Trains<br />
P. Mortimer - NewRail, Newcastle<br />
University<br />
14:00-15:00 High Speed Rail P. Teixeira - Instituto Superior Tecnico<br />
15:15-16:15 Safety and Security of Rail Vehicles C. O’Neill - NewRail, Newcastle University<br />
16:30-17:30 Discussion and Mentoring<br />
N. Georgiev - Higher School of Transport<br />
(facilitator)<br />
Day 5: Rail Operations, Time-tabling and Control<br />
9:00 - 9:15 Introduction of Participants<br />
9:15-10:15 Railway Operations and Technologies<br />
J. Pachl - Technische Universität<br />
Braunschweig<br />
10:30-11:30 DSS for Railway Traffic Control I. Sahin - Yildiz Technical University<br />
11:45-12:45 Rail Terminals S. Ricci - University of Rome “Sapienza”<br />
14:00-15:00 Time-tabling<br />
J. Pachl - Technische Universität<br />
Braunschweig<br />
15:15-16:15 Rail Network Policy<br />
M. Mairnov - NewRail, Newcastle<br />
University<br />
16:30-17:30 Discussion and Mentoring<br />
S. Ricci - University of Rome “Sapienza”<br />
(facilitator)<br />
Weekend 2: Cultural Activities for Saturday and Free Time on Sunday<br />
Week 2: Project/Research Learning<br />
During the second week Professors and students work in groups on research projects.<br />
Seven groups will be identified and each of them works on a specific topic. Topics for<br />
projects are as follows:<br />
� Comparative Assessment (among different countries) of the Impacts of Rail Deregulation<br />
on Rail Transport Performance<br />
�Barriers for Intermodal transport system development<br />
� An efficient city logistics system development<br />
�Rail Vehicle Design<br />
Week 1<br />
Day 4: Vehicles, Environments and High Speed Rail<br />
�Urban Freight Movement by Rail<br />
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�Analysis of Life Cycle Costs in Rail Infrastructure Development<br />
�Analysis of Access Charging in Europe<br />
�Analysis of Rail Yard and Terminal Performances<br />
�Analysis of the Causes for Rail Cracks and Fatigue<br />
�Evaluation of Rail System Capacity<br />
�Analysis of the Obstacles to cross-border rail freight in the European Union<br />
�Efficient energy use for sustainable rail transport<br />
�Logistics Principles for Efficient Rail Systems<br />
�An economic feasibility study for an urban light rail line: a comparative cost-benefit<br />
analysis with a bus transit service<br />
Seven of mentioned above topics will be selected by students for their research projects.<br />
Research project work is from 9:00 - 12:00 and 13:00 - 17:00 each day of the second<br />
week.<br />
Week 3: Technical Visits, Workshops and Seminars<br />
Period Activity<br />
Day 1: Rail Transit Systems<br />
Lecturer<br />
9:00–13:00<br />
Technical Visit : Visiting Tyne and Wear<br />
Metro Depot<br />
14:00–17:00 Workshop : Rail in Urban Areas G. Aydin -Yildiz Technical University<br />
9:00–13:00<br />
14:00–17:00<br />
Day 2: Railway History<br />
Technical Visit : Visiting Stephenson<br />
Railway Museum in North Shields<br />
Workshop : History of Railway Transport<br />
by Continents and Regions<br />
9:00–13:00 Thematic Seminars Set 1 and Set 2<br />
14:00–17:00 Thematic Seminars Set 3 and Set 4<br />
9:00–13:00 Thematic Seminars Set 5 and Set 6<br />
14:00–17:00<br />
10:00-13:00<br />
Thematic Seminars Set 7 followed by<br />
Executive Summary<br />
Day 5: Closing Ceremony<br />
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A.Dzhaleva - Higher School of Transport<br />
Day 4: Thematic Seminars and Executive summary<br />
Certificate, Next Steps, Wrap-up<br />
Day 3: Thematic Seminars<br />
The TRANsportation Systems and LOGistics Laboratory (TRANSLOG) is a Research Laboratory<br />
that belongs to the Department of Management Science and Technology of the Athens<br />
University of Economics and Business (AUEB). Its main research interests are focused on<br />
logistics and transport modelling and simulation, performance evaluation and benchmarking,<br />
transport intermodality and co-modality, as well as transport policy and pricing. AUEB-RC/<br />
TRANSLOG has developed substantial expertise in logistics and transport related research<br />
through its participation in more than 50 R&D projects funded by the European Commission<br />
as well as public and private bodies. Besides its research activities, the laboratory is involved in the educational<br />
activities of the Department of Management Science and Technology and the Graduate Programs: 1) MBA-<br />
International (specialisation Logistics and Transport) and 2) Executive MBA, supporting a series of courses related<br />
to Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Management of Transportation and Distribution<br />
Systems, as well as Project and Programme Management. In addition, the laboratory supports<br />
postgraduate and doctoral students in research topics covering Transportation Systems,<br />
Logistics and Supply Chain Management.<br />
Athens University of Economics and Business / Transportation Systems<br />
and Logistics Laboratory (AUEB-RC/TRANSLOG)<br />
University Principal Point of Contact<br />
76, Patission Str., 10434, Athens, Greece<br />
Phone: +30 210 8203673-5<br />
Fax: +30 210 8203684<br />
Email: kostas.zografos@aueb.gr<br />
Local programme coordinator:<br />
Professor Konstantinos G. Zografos, Director of AUEB-RC/<br />
TRANSLOG, Department of Management Science and Technology,<br />
AUEB, Phone: +30 210 8203673-5, Fax: +30 210 8203684<br />
Email: kostas.zografos@aueb.gr<br />
The Todor Kableshkov Higher School of Transport (VTU) is a public university of<br />
applied sciences with state accreditation, ISO 9001-2008 certificate, extended Erasmus<br />
Charter, a system for е-learning and ECDL certificates. It was established in<br />
1922 and throughout the years has proved to be an important national training and<br />
research centre in the field of surface transport. The VTU is a unique institution of this<br />
type in the Balkans that educates students for the university degrees of BSc, MSc and PhD in<br />
engineering and economics specified in the field of land transport. It also performs a wide-scale<br />
research in the field of transport and is involved in important national and international projects.<br />
University Principal Point of Contact:<br />
Bulgaria, Sofia 1754, 158 Geo Milev Str.<br />
Phone: (+359 2) 9709-211, Fax: (+359 2)<br />
9709-242; (+359 2) 9709-407<br />
Web page: www.vtu.bg<br />
PARTNER ORGANISATIONS <strong>IN</strong>VOLVED <strong>IN</strong><br />
RAILNEWCASTLE <strong><strong>IN</strong>TENSIVE</strong> <strong>PROGRAMME</strong><br />
Higher School of Transport - Sofia<br />
Local programme coordinator:<br />
Nikolay Georgiev, Assoc. Prof., PhD: Higher School of Transport,<br />
Sofia, Bulgaria<br />
Phone: (+359 2) 9709-355<br />
Email: safetyniky@mail.com<br />
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Local programme coordinators