The UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies seeks to recruit a pool of qualified lecturers to teach graduate-level courses through its Transportation Technology & Policy (TTP) graduate group during 2021-2022.
Transportation Technology and Policy (TTP) is an interdisciplinary Graduate Group administered through the Institute of Transportation Studies (ITS). It offers three degrees: MS Plan I, MS Plan II, and Ph.D. The TTP program provides an opportunity to do interdisciplinary research to address pressing transportation, environmental, economic, policy and social challenges facing California, the United States, and the world with students coming from a variety of disciplines to pursue either a technology or policy track.
Candidates must have an appropriate professional degree, e.g. doctorate degree; demonstrated teaching ability; a record of scholarly achievement in an area of expertise related to the subject area of transportation research and instruction.
Transportation Technology & Policy (TTP) is an Interdisciplinary Graduate Group program offering Master’s and Ph.D. degrees. The TTP graduate curriculum draws on a multitude of academic disciplines and the group utilizes participating faculty and temporary faculty to staff courses to maintain a top-quality academic program.
Criteria for appointment and reappointment will be evidence of teaching excellence (or, for first-time, relatively inexperienced candidates, the potential for excellence) in terms of the ability to present course material effectively, e.g., stimulating interest in and critical thought regarding the subject matter. Expertise in the subject matter will be evaluated based on the candidates’ letter of interest, current curriculum vitae, professional experience, teaching evaluations, training, and other evidence of professional attainment.
Course Description: This course will cover the fundamentals of transportation technology: How the technology works and how we evaluate this technology. Topics include Engines and Drive Trains across different transportation modes and segments, Fuels and Fuel Pathways, Emissions and After-treatment technologies, Efficiency and the fundamental forces (f=ma, friction, drag, basic thermodynamics) that affect it, Electricity (AC/DC, sources of generation, charging, how the grid operates), Batteries and other forms of energy storage, Recycling and Waste Management. We will learn methods to evaluate technology, such as well-to-wheels Life Cycle Analysis, Total Cost of Ownership models, Fleet Turnover Models, Cost/benefit Analysis.This is not an engineering course. It presents a perspective on technology that is useful for understanding and addressing problems, without the hard math. We aim to understand how the technology works in different contexts and how it affects emissions, what are the strengths, the limitations, and the challenges of these technologies. What the tradeoffs are. This course will prepare the student for a research and/or decision making career in industry, academia, non-profit, or government. This is emphasized through case studies of the interface between policy and science and homework questions and class examples specifically geared toward the understanding of technical vs. political difficulties and the interface between them.
The concepts in the class include the exploration of data, gathering and cleaning of data. The course delves into basic data analysis operations, including basics of examining and inspecting data (identifying data types, dealing with missing data and outliers, maintaining data integrity). We will cover a range of regression analysis including parametric (OLS), semi-parametric (logistic), and non-parametric (GLM, kernel regressions) regressions. Lastly, the students will apply the learned techniques to real data. The class will cover a variety of datasets as examples to demonstrate how to use the software tools.
See http://catalog.ucdavis.edu/programs/TTP/TTPcourses.html for course descriptions.
The UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies seeks to recruit a pool of qualified lecturers to teach a graduate-level courses through its Transportation Technology & Policy (TTP) graduate group during Academic Years 2019-20. These positions are dependent upon instructional needs. Salary and appointment level are commensurate with experience. Actual salary is based on percentage of appointment: One four-unit course = 33% appointment. These positions are covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
Candidates must have an appropriate professional degree, e.g. doctorate degree; demonstrated teaching ability; a record of scholarly achievement in an area of expertise related to the subject area of transportation research and instruction. Transportation Technology & Policy (TTP) is an Interdisciplinary Graduate Group program offering Master’s and Ph.D. degrees. The TTP graduate curriculum draws on a multitude of academic disciplines and the group utilizes participating faculty and temporary faculty to staff courses to maintain a top-quality academic program.
Criteria for appointment and reappointment will be evidence of teaching excellence (or, for first time, relatively inexperienced candidates, the potential for excellence) in terms of the ability to present course material effectively, e.g., stimulating interest in and critical thought regarding the subject matter. Expertise in the subject matter will be evaluated based on the candidates’ letter of interest, current curriculum vitae, professional experience, teaching evaluations, training, and other evidence of professional attainment.
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