Course syllabus for Micromobility for a sustainable future

Course syllabus adopted 2023-12-19 by Head of Programme (or corresponding).

Overview

  • Swedish nameMikromobilitet för en hållbar framtid
  • CodeTRA405
  • Credits7.5 Credits
  • OwnerTRACKS
  • Education cycleSecond-cycle
  • DepartmentTRACKS
  • GradingTH - Pass with distinction (5), Pass with credit (4), Pass (3), Fail

Course round 1

  • Teaching language English
  • Application code 97165
  • Minimum participants8
  • Open for exchange studentsYes

Credit distribution

0123 Project 7.5 c
Grading: TH		0 c0 c0 c7.5 c0 c0 c

In programmes

Examiner

Eligibility

General entry requirements for Master's level (second cycle)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Specific entry requirements

English 6 (or by other approved means with the equivalent proficiency level)
Applicants enrolled in a programme at Chalmers where the course is included in the study programme are exempted from fulfilling the requirements above.

Course specific prerequisites

In addition to the general requirements to study at the first-cycle level at Chalmers, necessary subject or project specific prerequisite competences (if any) must be fulfilled. Alternatively, the student must obtain the necessary competences during the course. The examiner will formulate and check these prerequisite competences. The student will only be admitted in agreement with the examiner.

The main pre-requisite for this course is a genuine interest in transportation and in solving problems that require a multi-disciplinary approach and need to accommodate for the interests of several stakeholders. A critical mind and a positive attitude towards human factors engineering is also needed. You must like solving software and hardware problems and developing prototypes. Programming skills are essential. Knowledge of 3D drawing, slicing, and printing will be advantageous, as well as processing of complex data (e.g., LiDAR clouds) and using single-board computers (e.g., Raspberry PI).

Aim

The course provides a platform to work and solve challenging cross-disciplinary authentic problems from different stakeholders in society such as the academy, industry or public institutions. Additionally, the aim is that students from different educational programs practice working efficiently in multidisciplinary development teams

Learning outcomes (after completion of the course the student should be able to)

General learning outcomes for Tracks courses:
  • be able to critically and creatively identify and/or formulate advanced architectural or engineering problems
  • be able to work in multidisciplinary teams and collaborate in teams with different compositions
  • show insights about and deal with the impact of architecture and/or engineering solutions in a global, economic, environment and societal context.
  • be able to orally and in writing explain and discuss information, problems, methods, design/development processes and solutions
Course specific learning outcomes:
  • Classify and compare micromobility vehicles including dynamics and control.
  • Explain the opportunities and threats that micromobility vehicles bring to the transport system.
  • Elucidate how intelligent communication technologies may support micromobility.
  • Apply intelligent communication technologies to facilitate the integration of micromobility solutions in the transport system.
  • Compare the interests and responsibilities of different micromobility stakeholders for a safe, efficient, and acceptable integration of micromobility in the transport system.

Content

This course will introduce micromobility solutions and highlight their peculiarities and potential contributions toward a more sustainable transport. The trade-offs among safety, efficiency, and acceptability will be the focus of the course and will offer the opportunity to understand the interplay among user behaviour, vehicle dynamics and control, environmental impact, and infrastructure design. The course will also address life cycle assessment and recycling to evaluate the potential benefits from micromobility to contribute to sustainable transport and livable cities. Visits at and lectures from several stakeholders will help students appreciate the complexity of the problem and the multidisciplinary approach required to solve it. The micromobility project within the course will be an occasion for the student to develop novel intelligent micromobility systems for a safe, efficient, and acceptably integration of micromobility in the transport system. Several activities will be organized to expose the students to different aspects of micromobility.

The main topics of this course are:
  1. Intelligent communication technologies for micromobility
  2. Dynamics and control of micromobility vehicles
  3. Micromobility safety
  4. Human factors in micromobility
  5. Environmental impact of micromobility solutions

Organisation

The course comprises of
  • Lectures from the teaching team
  • Guest lectures from micromobility stakeholders
  • Study visits and micromobility activities
  • Exercises
  • Micromobility project* (applied team project to be carried out in the Fuse learning environment)
*The aim of the project is to develop an application that uses intelligent communication technology to improve micromobility. You will choose a micromobility vehicle, come up with an application to implement in the vehicle, and make a prototype to demo.

Literature

With input from the teaching team, students will develop the ability to identify and acquire relevant literature throughout their projects. The teachers will provide most of the literature for the course in the form of slide presentations, scientific papers, standards, videos, and/or regulations.

Examination including compulsory elements

To pass the course, the student will need to 1) pass the quizzes/exercises (typically on CANVAS and related to individual lectures and visits/activities) and 2) pass the project. To pass the quiz quizzes/exercises, the students will need to correctly answer questions or execute simple tasks within a specific time frame. To pass the project, the students will be required to present their idea, compile a report, and demo the application they developed during the course at an open event at FUSE. The final grade will depend on the outcomes of the quizzes and the project.

Upon successful completion, the course awards 7.5 ECTS; 4 ECTS for the project and 3.5 ECTS for the quizzes.

The course examiner may assess individual students in other ways than what is stated above if there are special reasons for doing so, for example if a student has a decision from Chalmers on educational support due to disability.