Evaluation of a Rail-Orientated Researcher Links Workshop

Abstract

This paper presents the results from a rail-orientated researcher links workshop, which was organised in Joinville, Brazil. The aim of the workshop was to discuss congestion in Brazil. Thirty-four participants from the UK and Brazil attended the workshop. Feedback forms have been distributed. The information collected has been analysed statistically. The results from the statistical analysis show very positive views of the workshop.

Publication DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-78544-8_16
Divisions: College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > School of Infrastructure and Sustainable Engineering > Engineering Systems and Supply Chain Management
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences > Aston Institute of Urban Technology and the Environment (ASTUTE)
College of Engineering & Physical Sciences
Funding Information: Motivated by this situation a rail-orientated workshop, funded by Newton Fund, has been jointly organised by NewRail, Newcastle University, UK, and UFSC Joinville, Brazil, to discuss strategies and possibilities for setting up more rail services. The purp
Additional Information: Funding Information: Motivated by this situation a rail-orientated workshop, funded by Newton Fund, has been jointly organised by NewRail, Newcastle University, UK, and UFSC Joinville, Brazil, to discuss strategies and possibilities for setting up more rail services. The purpose of this paper is to analyse and present the participants’ views of the workshop and reveal any lessens learnt. Funding Information: Other events and initiatives offering similar discussions include Tunrail project funded by ATLANTIS, RailNewcastle Intensive programmes, talks and conferences, the UIC project on railway talents, the RailExchange project sponsored by Newton Fund and the NSAR training partnerships. These events and initiatives will not be discussed further in this paper, instead the interested reader is referred to: Marinov et al (2011a, b), Lautala et al (2011), Marinov and Ricci (2012), Marinov (2013), Marinov and Fraszczyk (2014), Fraszczyk et al. (2015a, b, 2016, 2017), NSAR (2016). Publisher Copyright: © 2019, Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature.
Event Title: RailExchange 2017
Event Type: Other
Event Dates: 2017-10-04 - 2017-10-06
Uncontrolled Keywords: Collaboration,Discussions,Evaluation,Innovation,Networking,Rail skills,Rail workshop,Statistical analysis,Talks,Energy (miscellaneous),Automotive Engineering,Control and Systems Engineering,Transportation
ISBN: 978-3-319-78543-1, 978-3-319-78544-8
Last Modified: 09 Dec 2024 09:22
Date Deposited: 11 Mar 2019 11:47
Full Text Link: https://eprint. ... x?pub_id=240703
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PURE Output Type: Chapter
Published Date: 2019
Published Online Date: 2018-06-20
Accepted Date: 2017-10-01
Authors: Dawson, Andrew
Braz, Laura Dacoreggio Volpato
Blauensteiner, Birgit
Isler, Cassiano Augusto
Dias, Acires
Asaff, Yesid
Marinov, Marin (ORCID Profile 0000-0003-1449-7436)

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