Courses
- Engineering Economics For Mechanical Engineering (30134) תקציר הקורס:
- Advanced Topics In Economics (62004) תקציר הקורס:
- Decision Making And Risk Assessment (64016) תקציר הקורס:
- Seminar In Infrastructure Engineering And Manageme (64017) תקציר הקורס:
- Seminar In Intelligent Systems Intelligent Transpo (65120) תקציר הקורס:
- Seminar In Energy Systems And Electrical Power (67207) תקציר הקורס:
Abstract:
In the course students will be exposed to the language of engineering economics and will learn concepts such as interest, inflation, the consumer price index, and more.
After that, the students will learn metrics for evaluating the viability of projects such as net present value, internal rate of return, investment payback period and more, while focusing on the context of the engineer's environment.
Finally, the students will learn the use of alternative analyzes and feasibility studies in areas such as equipment procurement transactions.Abstract:
The course provides students with an understanding of key topics in energy economics, both from an empirical and theoretical perspective, as well as skills in utilizing tools and quantitative models for analyzing energy resource management problems. The course subjects include: the relationship between energy and the economy; the determinants of energy supply and demand; the link between energy consumption, economic development and the environment; renewable and non-renewable energy sources;
managing non-renewable natural resources; global energy markets; energy policy in Israel and other countries.Abstract:
In the environment of infrastructure systems, there are several types of common risks that are encountered at all stages of the process that begins with identifying the needs, and ends with the implementation of the engineering solution in practice. A central part of the planning and design processes, setting up and operating the systems is risk management: knowing how to identify the existing risks, minimize the chance that they will occur, and take the most measures to mitigate and manage these risks, including market risks, financial risks, operational risks and environmental risks. The course will present insights derived from normative decision-making models, developed in the fields of economics and operational research, but also based on insights about cognitive biases and the logical fallacies of decision makers and how to deal with them. The course combines theoretical and applied aspects from a variety of fields: Statistics, operational research, cognitive psychology and behavioral economics.Abstract:
The course brings the experience of leading professionals in their field and reviews, while presenting and analyzing case studies, the planning, construction and operation processes of complex infrastructure projects in Israel and around the world.
The events presented in the course deal with a range of areas (among them urban spatial planning, transportation systems, energy systems, water and sewage systems) and place emphasis on a systemic-integrative view both in aspects of government policy, both in the aspects of conflict resolution between infrastructure systems and subsystems in the planning and engineering stages, and in terms of The integration of operational, economic, environmental and social aspects in the planning and construction of infrastructure systems.
Following the presentation of ta case study, a discussion will be held in which the case study will be analyzed using engineering and management tools that the students are familiar with from other courses in the program. At the end of the course, the students will submit seminar papers providing an in-depth analysis of one or more of the case studies covered in the course, using a range of analysis and design tools.Abstract:
The world is on the verge of a revolution in the field of transportation, the fruit of consumer and technological maturation. in the field of road transport there are recent developments in monitoring, processing and presenting transportation information, Also there are developments in vehicle connectivity, automatic and autonomous driving technologies and diverse modes of mobility (including shared mobility).
Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) are integrated systems of communication, control, computer and information technologies installed in the vehicle or in the road infrastructure in order to improve the overall performance of the transportation system and the level of road safety.
The purpose of the course is to present to the students the main components of intelligent transportation systems, with emphasis on technological aspects. The topics include, among others: Advanced Traveler Information Systems (ATIS); transportation network operations; commercial vehicle operations and intermodal freight; public transportation applications; ITS and regional strategic
transportation planning, ITS and safety, ITS and security, ITS and sustainable mobility, travel demand management (TDM), electronic toll collection (ETC), and ITS and road-pricing
During the course, examples from research projects that use theoretical and technological principles of ITS will be integrated, and there will be demonstrations of software and hardware.
The students will submit and present projects on research and practical aspects of ITS - using academic information references and independent learning, in a seminar format.