Enna-Syracuse, Italy

Infrastructures for Urban Mobility

when 30 August 2015 - 4 September 2015
duration 1 week
fee EUR 450

Organised by University of Enna Kore, the 1st edition of IUM 2015 Summer School is designed to provide a clear introduction to concept of Urban mobility considering engineering and architecture point of view related to development of road geometry, road safety (especially for vulnerable users) ,road maintenance , environmental and economical aspect related to urban infrastructures

The purpose of the Summer School is to offer a unique course on Infrastructures for urban mobility combining theoretical lectures with practical application and networking opportunities.

The 1st edition of IUM Summer School will take place in Ortigia-Siracusa (Italy) from 30 August to 4 September 2015 and will be hosted by University of Enna Kore , in cooperation with:
◾Univerza v Mariboru- University of Maribor (Slovenia)
◾Sveučilište u Rijeci– University of Rijeka (Croatia)
◾UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya -BarcelonaTech (Spain)
◾University of Newcastle (United Kingdom)

Course aim

Topics

◾ Urban Road Safety
◾ Land use and transport interactions
◾ Public transport operations
◾ Traffic engineering and operations
◾ Intelligent transportation systems
◾ Transport demand and behaviour
◾ Traffic operations modelling
◾ Operations research and decision support systems
◾ Urban parking system
◾ Enviromental aspect of road network
◾ Energy in transport

Fee info

EUR 450: The summer school aims at young scientists with a background in infrastructure or civil engineering related to transport disciplines (mainly at PhD student level, but also advanced master students or young post-docs..) (There are only 22 places available on a first-come, first-served basis (with maximum 4 persons per university).