The Training for teaching staff was hosted by the University of Maribor, Faculty of Civil, Transportation Engineering and Architecture, in Maribor, Slovenia on 27-29 May 2025. The training was chaired by Prof. Dr. Drago Sever.
The main topics of the training were as follows:
– Sustainable urban mobility planning: A framework overview in the EU and Slovenia;
– Sustainable mobility as an important part of city development policy;
– Draft Handbook for ST training;
– Cycling as a part of sustainable mobility increases human health;
– Public transport in Slovenia – Accessibility and affordability issues;
– Experience in electrification of public passenger transport;
– SUMPs: Examples on local level.
During the training the Inter-Project Coaching (IPC) meeting, the 3rd Steering Committee (SC) meeting, the 3rd Project Management Committee (PMC) meeting and the 3rd Quality Assurance Committee (QAC) meeting were held.
The next SPHERE meeting will be held at University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia on 27-29 May 2025. During the meeting will be held:
– 4th Training for teaching staff;
– Inter-project coaching meeting;
– 3rd Steering Committee (SC) meeting;
– 3rd Project Management Committee (PMC) meeting;
– 3rd Quality Assurance Committee (QAC) meeting.
The Training for teaching staff was hosted by the Politecnico di Torino (PTT) in Turin, Italy on 3-7 February 2025. The training was chaired by Prof. Dr. Andrea Tonoli. The main topics of the training were as follows: – Industry-University cooperation through Center for Automotive Research and Sustainable mobility;
– MUVIQ – Politecnico Cooperation for Development of HEV/EV concepts ; – Enhancing engineering potential of Marelli Suspenison Systems: Training program and its content creation; – MOST (Centro Nazionale per la Mobilità Sostenibile); – Laboratory visits to CARS Laboratory (Dynamometric test bench functionalities, EV tests on the dynamometric testbench, Remote testing capabilities);
– Hardware in the loop simulation; – Driving simulator – Connected and autonomous vehicle;
– Visit to Mareli – Suspension systems for future mobility; – Establishment of ST laboratories – information/presentation of the state of play of the procedure for each PC HEI; – Presentation of the Catalogue of courses by PC HEIs; – Preparation handbooks and training materials for ST professionals – discussion with all partners.
During the training, the 2nd Quality Assurance Committee (QAC) meeting was held.
The next SPHERE meeting will be held at Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy on 3-7 February 2025. During the meeting will be held: – 3rd Training for teaching staff; – 2nd Quality Assurance Committee (QAC) meeting.
The Training for teaching staff was hosted by the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid at ETSIT – School of Telecommunication and INSIA – University Institute for Automobile Research in Madrid on 19-21 November 2024. The training was chaired by Prof. Dr. Slobodan Bojanic. The main topics of the training were as follows: – Teaching vehicles and transport at UPM; – Information technologies in transport; – Transport teaching at other UPM engineering schools; – INSIA – University Institute for Automobile Research; – Results on survey for ST stakeholders in Uzbekistan and Kosovo*; – Catalogue of competencies of PC HEIs; – Establishment of ST laboratories; – Preparation catalogue of competences and catalogue of courses; – Preparation training materials for the ST professionals.
During the training, the 2nd Steering Committee (SC) and the2nd Project Management Committee (PMC) meetings were held.
The Training for teaching staff was hosted by the Technical University of Crete (Greece) at School of Production Engineering and Management in Chania on 9-13 September 2024. The training was chaired by Prof. Dr. Stavroulakis Georgios. The main topics of the training were as follows: – Trainings for professionals in the field of transportation; – Firefighting equipment from MOBIAK; – Creating a corporate culture of innovation or skills required in digital era; – Presentation materials for trainings professionals in the field of transportation at TUC; – Establishment of ST laboratories; – TUC laboratory visit; – Survey for transportation stakeholders in PC; – Climate security assessment of countries; – Crash analysis, computational mechanics and safety; – Preparation catalogue of competences and catalogue of courses; – Training, inspection and technical issues of electrical vehicles; – Preparation training materials for the ST professionals.
During the training, the 1st Quality Assurance Committee (QAC) meeting was held.
The Workshop was hosted by the University of Maribor (Slovenia) at Faculty of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering and Architecture on 9-11 of July 2024. The meeting was organized and realized by the UM team: Assoc. Prof. dr. Drago Sever, Assoc. Prof. dr. Marjan Lep. The main goals of the meeting were – according to WP2 and WP1:
• Sustainable mobility as important part of city development policy;
• Cycling as a part of sustainable mobility increase human health Analysis of Key Issues for ST in EU;
• Analysis of Key Issues for ST in PC;
• Analysis of Existing Curricula Related to ST in EU & PC HEIs;
• Identification of Needed Resources for ST Laboratories;
• Introduction with TDG established practices and innovations in PC;