Vermelding onderdeel organisatie 1 Delft University of Technology The Netherlands.

Vermelding onderdeel organisatie

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Delft University of Technology

The Netherlands


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Master and PhD programmes at TPM, Delft University of Technology

Martin de JongFaculty of Technology, Policy and Management

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Faculties

1. Aerospace Engineering2. Applied Sciences3. Architecture4. Civil Engineering and Geosciences 5. Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and

Computer Science6. Industrial Design Engineering7. Mechanical, Maritime and Materials

Engineering8. Technology, Policy and Management

Master of Science programmes•Aerospace Engineering •Applied Earth Sciences •Applied Mathematics •Applied Physics •Architecture, Urbanism and Building Sciences •Biochemical Engineering •BioMedical Engineering •Civil Engineering •Chemical Engineering •Industrial Ecology (track) •Computer Engineering •Computer Science •Design for Interaction•Electrical Engineering •Electrical Power Engineering (track) •Microelectronics (track) •Telecommunications (track) •Engineering & Policy Analysis

Geomatics Integrated Product Design Life Science & Technology Management of Technology Marine Technology Materials Science & Engineering Mechanical Engineering Media & Knowledge Engineering Bioinformatics (track) NanoScience Offshore Engineering Science Education & Communication Strategic Product Design Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis & Management Systems & Control Technische Universitaire LerarenopleidingTransport, Infrastructure & Logistics

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Faculty Technology, Policy and Management’s Mission

• The Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management intends through internationally oriented education and research to make a significant contribution to sustainable solutions to complex social problems

• TPM does this by analyzing the structure and operation of technical multi-actor systems and by developing intervention strategies, practices and instruments for designing and improving systems of this kind


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Typical TPM-problems (1)How can we prevent electricity liberalization from leading to widespread power failures?

Is there a relationship between the liberalization and power failures elsewhere in the world? What technological solutions and institutional arrangements are worth recommending?

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Typical TPM-problems (2)

How can organizations seize the strategic opportunities of ICT?

What are the consequences for organizations of offering electronic services? What technology is needed and what organizational adjustments have to be made? And how can business processes be improved by telematics?

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EducationPortfolio of TPM

• Bsc ‘Technische Bestuurskunde’• MSc Systems Engineering, Policy Analysis and

Management• MSc Management of Technology• MSc Engineering and Policy Analysis • MSc Transport, Infrastructure and Logistics

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MSc Management of Technologyprogramme manager: Roland Ortt

Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

Management of Technology field

Object Perspective Practice

•Technology as a corporate resource

•Interdisciplinary and integrating•Company•Strategic and operational

•Professional practice•Research•Education

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Management of Technology curriculumFirst year

1e semester 2e semesterFirst course period Second course period Third course period Fourth course period

MOT1420The Innovating Firmin a Societal Context

(6 ects)

MOT1511The Internal

Organization of the Firm(5 ects)

MoT1001Integration

Moment(4 ects)

MOT9501Advanced Project

Management(6 ects)

MOT2420Knowledge

Management and R&D Management

(6 ects)

MOT1002Integration

Moment(4 ects)

MOT1410The Production of New

Technology(6 ects)

MOT1521Leading the Corporation

(5 ects)

MOT1430Technology and

Strategy(5 ects)

MOT1450Decision Making

(6 ects)

MOT1600Design of

Technological Systems(4 ects)

MOT1440Philosophy of Science and Technology

(3 ects)

Managing Technology

The Corporation Design of Technological Systems

Integration Moment

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Management of Technology curriculum

Second year1st semester 2nd semester

First course period Second course period Third course period Fourth course period

MOT2310General Methods and

Techniques in Research(5 ECTS)

MOT2320Special Methods and

Techniques in Reseach(4 ECTS)

MoT2001Integratio

nMoment(4 ects)

MOT2910MSc Thesis Project

(30 ects)

MOT2410Ethical Aspects of

Technology and Business(3 ects)

Profile and color(14 ECTS)

Managing Technology

The Corporation DResearch Strategies Integration Moment

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MSc Engineering and Policy Analysis (EPA)

Programme manager Bert Enserink

• Analysis and modeling of problems in large scale complex systems (infrastructures and innovation clusters)

• Focus on policy analysis in public-private interface

• Multiple actors, multiple disciplines and intercultural communication skills

Target group: Bachelors of Science (academic and vocational level)

Target group: Bachelors of Science (academic and vocational level)

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EPA’s five themes

1. Policy Analysis2. Systems Analysis & Modelling3. Economics4. Management & Organisation5. Projects

Electives

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First year

first period second period third period Fourth period

epa1111 Policy analysis 5 ECTS

Electives 3 ECTS

Electives 3 ECTS

epa1121 Advanced policy analysis

4 ECTS epa1431 Cross-cultural

management 6 ECTS

epa1221 Market regulation

3 ECTS

epa1231 Economics of infrastructures 9 ECTS

epa1321 Continuous systems modeling 6 ECTS

epa1331 Discrete systems modeling 6 ECTS

epa1311 Data analysis 6 ECTS

epa1421 Inter-organizational decision making 9 ECTS

Engineering and Policy Analysis curriculumFirst year

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Second year (2006/2007)

first period second period third period Fourth period

epa2121 Politics of policy analysis 6 ECTS

epa1211 Technology and society

6 ECTS

epa1411 Project management

3 ECTS epa2211 Economics of

innovation 4 ECTS

epa2141 Policy and decision modeling

8 ECTS

Electives 3 ECTS

epa2931 Preparation

for the Master thesis 6 ECTS

epa2941 Master thesis 24 ECTS

Engineering and Policy Analysis curriculum

second year

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EPA’s International Collaboration

• EPA is one of the partners in EMIN, starting 2006-2007

• EPA has developed a double degree with Harbin Institute of Technology, starting 2007-2008

• Student exchanges with Carnegie Mellon, Georgia Tech and QUT in semester 3.

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MoT and EPA

Two-year MSc program

Started in the early 2000s:

• One class per year of 25-50 students

• Approx. 50-75% foreign students

• Bachelor degree in a mono-disciplinary technological field or natural sciences


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MoT and EPA

MoT graduates will work as:Managers of processes of technological innovation, Members of strategy teams, Consultants and Entrepreneurs

EPA graduates will work as:Managers of processes in decision-making on large complex technical projects, Consultants

andPolicy Analysts and Broad-scope engineers


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MoT and EPA

Distinctive features of the education programme:

• Simulation and Games• Individual and Group Projects• Lectures by Leading Practitioners in the Field• Excursions• Competences• Study Progress Monitoring


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Philosophy of the Programme:

• International setting

• Work load 40h+

• Two year programme = two years

• Go/ no-go study advise at end of first semester

MoT and EPA


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TPM Organization Chart

Dean

Management TeamAdvisory committees

Directorate Development

Directorate Education

Dept. of Infrastructure Systems and Services

Dept. of Multi Actor Systems

Dept. of Engineering and Reflection

Sections

Dean’s Staff

Directorate Research

Dept. of Innovation Systems

Institute of Technology & Communication

Sections Sections Sections

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Specific Context for PhD Students in the Netherlands

• Staff member for 4 years with regular salary• Under supervision of one or two promotors and

daily supervisor• Not following courses, but conducting independent

research and completing this with a book• Transition from German style master and

apprentice system to Anglo-Saxon course system• Desire for more guidance and structure, but low

acceptance of compulsory courses

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PhD Courses at TU-Delft

• Week of research and modeling methods in location away from the faculty building (previously Best Practices Cycle)

• Mini-defense each month lasting an hour, presentation and statements for discussion

• Demand-driven seminars, on SPSS and infrastructures

• ‘Speed-dating’ every 2 months. Students address questions to each other of whatever type they like

• Peer-groups of 4 students and 1 mentor, were they read all of each other’s work


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How to invest in the quality of TPM dissertations?

A good-bye message at the occasion of our parting dean Hugo Priemus

Bauke Steenhuisen, Mónica Altamirano, Michiel Houwing and Martijn Jonker

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Proposition 1Your dissertation never satisfies all.

Society

Science

PhDSupervisors

TPM

TU

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Proposition 2Independence has an equivocal effect on quality.

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Proposition 3Spending your time incredibly inefficient is a key driver for good dissertations.


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TBM Quarterly, 10-07-2007

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Best Practices Cycle reformed

Block 1: Research MethodsProvide overview of research methods used in TPM andrelate them to each other. Examination through writingpaper in which students motivate the application of methods to their own research (proposal)

Block 2: Application Focus Focus at level of research programs, body of knowledge.Examination left to supervisors.

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First Offering: Research Methods Course

• Last year, off-site Oud-Poelgeest• Well-received by Ph.D. students• Good selection of perspectives on research

methods• Design focus provided by Dan Frey, M.I.T.• Helped create a community of Ph.D. students

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First offering:Methods and skills offered

Methods SkillsAntropological (Enserink) Creativity (Appelman)Participatory (Mayer) Professionalism and ethics

(Walker)Simulation (Slinger) Communication (Chatterjee)Experimentation (Lukszo) Conceptualization (Thissen)Archival (van Eeten)Design (Dan Frey, MIT)Interviews (Costa)Modelling (Heijne)Reasoning (Franssen)

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Schedule: Oud-Poelgeest, 15 Oct 07

MULTIACTORSYSTEMS

INNOVATION

RISK& SAFETY

INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE

QUANTITATIVEModeling

QUANTITATIVESimulation

QUALITATIVEParticipatory

Methods

QUALITATIVECase Studies

Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop

MON TUE WED THU FRI

BLO

CK

IB

LOC

K II

Hal

l 1H

all 2

Hal

l 3RISK& SAFETYINNOVATION

MULTIACTORSYSTEMS

REFLECTIONON TECHNOLOGY

REFLECTIONON TECHNOLOGY

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In development for block 2

Block 2: in development

• A senior researcher produces a list of the seminal papers in the field

• Groups of students discuss the seminal papers in the research field under guidance of a senior researcher

• Each student should produce a relevant paper that applies the discussed material to its own research thesis.

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Other Educational Programs

• Research Schools (such as TRAIL and NIG) play a role in our PhD education program

• We want to work this in, and increase awareness of PhD for complementary educational programs

• On Demand Seminars are an opportunity for PhDs to “self organize” on topics of interest guided by internal or external lecturers

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Design-Relevant PhD’s

• Design is an emerging issue for our PhD education. • Last year Dan Frey (visiting, MIT) chaired the

session on methods • He served as a focal point for PhD’s to

• discuss the design relevance of their planned research

• better understand expectations for design-related PhD’s

• Incorporate similar content in 2008

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In conclusion

• Issues for PhDs are very different in the Netherlands:

1. Challenge or joy to work independently and make more choices

2. Challenge or joy to have a book published and spent 4 years on that

3. Relationship with supervisor and time spent on supervision matters

4. Desire for some supporting courses, but no wish for compulsory courses and tests

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