New masters courses in Electric Railway Engineering

Author

Hill, R. John

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Bath Univ., UK

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

112

Lastpage

121

Abstract

A new Masters level course in Electric Railway Engineering with the first intake of students specialising in Railway Control Engineering has been established with the goal of satisfying the ongoing need for skilled technological staff in railroad and rail transit operations and manufacturing. The course is modular in nature and is delivered by distance learning, which allows employers to retain productive staff in employment whilst their skills are being upgraded. This paper describes the rationale, delivery methodology, course design process and technical content of the course

Keywords

distance learning; educational courses; electrical engineering education; railways; Electric Railway Engineering; Railway Control Engineering; course design process; distance learning; manufacturing; masters courses; modular course; rail transit operations; railroad operations; skilled technological staff; skills upgrading; technical content; Communication system control; Computer aided instruction; Control engineering; Costs; Europe; Industrial training; Knowledge engineering; Power engineering and energy; Rail transportation; Railway engineering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Railroad Conference, 1999. Proceedings of the 1999 ASME/IEEE Joint

Conference_Location

Dallas, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5533-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RRCON.1999.762410

Filename

762410