6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4016190FNR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een gespecialiseerd master niveau.

Semester
1e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Niet mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Faculteit
Faculteit Sociale Wetensch & SolvayBusinessSchool
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Business Technology and Operations
Onderwijsteam
Cathy Macharis (titularis)
Philippe Lebeau
Juliana Betancur Arenas
Onderdelen en contacturen
20 contacturen Hoorcollege
20 contacturen Werkcolleges, practica en oefeningen
84 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen
Inhoud

Logistics and mobility are essential aspects of the economy. At the same time, they also induce a lot of external effects such as emissions, climate change, noise nuisance and congestion. This course focuses on how logistics and mobility can be organized in a more sustainable way. Following the framework of the 8A of sustainable mobility and logistics, the course presents the most recent research results and trends in the transport sector. The lectures contain the recent advancements in terms of awareness,  avoidance, act and shift, anticipation of new technologies, acceleration, actor involvement, adaptation and all in love. Next to the lecture, the WPO’s have the ambition to co-create innovative solutions together with the students to make mobility and logistics more sustainable by means of a hackathon. 

Studiemateriaal
Cursustekst (Vereist) : Sustainable Mobility and Logistics, Handboek Edition 2017, Macharis, C. and J. Van Mierlo, VUB, 2220170004648, 2017
Digitaal cursusmateriaal (Vereist) : Slides, scientific papers, notes
Bijkomende info

Teaching Methods

  • Lecture: collective contact-dependent moments during which the lecturer engages with learning materials
  • Seminar, Exercises or Practicals (Practical): collective or individual contact-dependent moments during which the students are guided to actively engage with learning materials
  • Independent or External Form of Study (Self): independent study

This description of the teaching methods is indicative, in order to assess the expected study load.

  • Lecture: 20 hours (includes 10 lectures of 2 hours dedicated to go across the framework of the 8A of sustainable mobility and logistics)
  • Practical: 20 hours
    • A hackathon organized to create and pitch a solution for a more sustainable mobility and logistics system
    • Attendance is compulsory during the different sessions, amounting to 7 sessions of 2 hours. The sessions gives support to the students to develop their solution through workshops on ideation or business modelling for example
    • Defense of the teamwork in front of a jury (students attend each other's defenses): 6 hours
  • Self: 84 hours
    • Keeping up with the course material during the semester and run through background info, amounting to 3 hour per lecture: 30 hours (10 x 3 hours)
    • Keeping up with the hackathon, amounting to 2 hour per lecture: 14 hours (7 x 2 hours)
    • Preparation exam: 40 hours (5 days of 8 hours)
Leerresultaten

General Competencies

GENERAL COMPETENCIES

The students should be able to understand and use the basic principles of Mobility and Logistics. The objectives are that the students gain insight in and knowledge in the sustainability aspects of this domain.

The class aims also at training softer skills. The student should be able after the class to show a creative, problem-solving, result-driven and evidence-based attitude, aiming at innovation and applicability in industry and society. They should also show a critical attitude towards one’s own results and those of others. Finally, they will be able to be more conscious of the ethical, social, environmental and economic context of his/her work and strives for sustainable solutions.

TEAMWORK

In the Hackathon, groups of 4 students will develop a business solution to improve the sustainability of mobility and logistics. By doing so, they will learn to cooperate to achieve a common goal.

PRESENATION SKILLS

The result of the hackathon will be presented in a written and oral form. The written and oral form should be concise and convincing. The oral presentation in particular will be done through a pitch and a Q&A session in front of a jury. 

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 60% van het eindcijfer

Examen Praktijk bepaalt 40% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Examen Schriftelijk met een wegingsfactor 60 en aldus 60% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie Examen Praktijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Opdracht met een wegingsfactor 40 en aldus 40% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

The written exam (60% of the final result) consists of a number of open questions.

The assignment (40% of the final result) is obligatory as it is an essential part of the learning objectives of this course. It takes the form of a seminar of 7 work sessions and involves teamwork. Students need therefore to attend all the sessions in order to fulfill the assignment. Everyone should have done the assignment during the first semester. In case of second session, the grade of the assignment of the first session will be kept.

The partial result of the hackathon, with a result of at least 10/20, will be carried over to the next academic year. Students who still wish to retake the hackathon send an e-mail to the instructor no later than September 30 of the new academic year.

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master handelsingenieur: Standaard traject
Master in de toegepaste economische wetenschappen: Standaard traject
Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen: toegepaste computerwetenschappen: Standaard traject
Master in de geografie: Standaard traject
Master of Applied Sciences and Engineering: Applied Computer Science: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Geography: Standard track (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Urban Studies: Standard track (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master in de stedenbouw en de ruimtelijke planning: Traject 1 (Bachelor via SCH of VRB)
Master in de stedenbouw en de ruimtelijke planning: Traject 2 (Master op dossier)
Master in de stedenbouw en de ruimtelijke planning: Traject 3 (Bachelor of Master rechtstr)
Master in de industriële wetenschappen: elektromechanica: elektromechanica met profiel duurzame energie
Master of Business Engineering: Business and Technology: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)
Master of Sustainable Land Management: Urban Land Engineering (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)