ENTR610-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020

Special Topic

This occurrence is not offered in 2020

15 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 13 July 2020
End Date: Sunday, 8 November 2020
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Friday, 24 July 2020
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Friday, 25 September 2020

Description

Used for additional one-off courses or individualised study for a student. Refer to Director of Transportation Engineering regarding availability.

This course presents definitions, technologies and attributes of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and their related user services, and then expands to the realm of connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV). The first half of the course focuses on ITS which are a suite of mature technologies for data collection, transmission, management and dissemination applied to transportation; they range from traveler information and traffic management, to systems for special events, emergency response and freight transport. The second part of the course is much more fluid due to the rapidly evolving field of automations which ranges from simple vehicle guidance systems to integrated platforms that include both full autonomy and communications to other vehicles and infrastructure.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, students should:

 Have an understanding of ITS, CAV and Active Traffic Management concepts, sample applications and regional priorities (ITS America, Ertico, ITS Japan, New Zealand initiatives.)
 Have an understanding of ITS technologies, sensors, management tools and management tools.
 Have an understanding of the evolving field of CAV, the related potential and uncertainties and specific scenarios of CAV deployment, including V2C, V2I and V2X concepts.
 Demonstrate their research and presentation skills through ITS and CAV projects.

Prerequisites

Subject to approval of the Programme Director.

Timetable Note

The course is delivered over two blocks; the first block is three days long and the second block is two days long. Both blocks contain two days of teaching from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm with breaks for lunch and tea. The first block also contains one day of research, development and student presentations, and the second block also contains one half day of presentations.

The teaching block would be held at the University of Canterbury. Students would need to make their own travel/accommodation arrangements.

Block 1: 27-29 of July, 2020
Block 2: 13-14 of August, 2020

Lecturer

Profesor Prevedouros (University of Hawaii, Manoa)

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
final exam 40%
presentations (x3) 30%
Research paper 30%


Indicative Course Assessment

• Research Paper (due three weeks after completion of block 2) 30%
• Three presentations 30%
• Final Exam 40%

Students will choose a research topic on ITS or CAV to investigate in consultation with the course coordinator. Students have to conduct literature review on their subject and make a class presentation for about 15 minutes on this topic during the teaching block and submit a research report. The research paper will be in the form of conference or journal paper format.

The final exam will be an open-book exam designed to test students’ understanding and application of the material covered in the course notes and teaching block.

While a minimum 50% overall grade of the total course mark is the usual benchmark for passing, to guarantee a pass in the course you must also achieve at least 40% in both coursework and examination total marks.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $1,102.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see Civil and Natural Resources Engineering .

All ENTR610 Occurrences

  • ENTR610-20S1 (C) Semester One 2020
  • ENTR610-20S2 (C) Semester Two 2020 - Not Offered
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