Course syllabus

Course-PM

TRA265 TRA265 Emissions from transportation lp2 HT25 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of M2

Contact details

• examiner: Jonas Sjöblom (mail: jonas.sjoblom@chalmers.se )
  
• lecturers: guest lectures, see schedule
  

Course purpose

Emissions to the environment is a big problem for climate and human health. Future engineers need to understand both the basic knowledge about different emissions and the interplay with society at large. The transport system is a complex system which grows in complexity together with technology. In order to prepare for a sustainable future, and for decreased emissions from transportation, we have developed a TRACKS-course, given since 2021. The TRACKS concept enables interdisciplinary collaboration in a new way (both for students and teachers).

Schedule

The course is scheduled to block D (mainly tuesday morning and friday morning) , TimeEdit

A plan (as of nov11th): i given in the table below

week	time	sal?	module	Content	lecturer
lv1	Tue 4/11 8-10	SB3-LS53	L0	Welcome, intro & admin	Jonas Sjöblom
lv1	Tue 4/11 10-12	SB3-LS53	L1a	Motivation Global aspects of emissions, Introduction to Multi-criteria analysis	Magdalena Svanström
lv1
lv1	Fri 7/11 9-10	SB3-L111	L1b	Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and emissions	Anders Nordelöf
	fri 7/11 10-12	SB3-L111	L1c	fossil fuels & climate	Filip Jonsson
	tue 11/11 10-12	SB3-L111	Pa	Introduction to the project	Jonas Sjöblom
lv1	(no venue)		L1d	Policy Instruments	Pia Sundberg (Trafikanalys)
lv2	fri 14/11 kl 8-9	SB-M415	M1	dugga Module 1	Jonas Sjöblom
lv2	Thu 13/11 kl 10-12	SB-L308	L2c	Renewable fuels (Biofuels, land use)	Sebnem Yilmaz Balaman
lv2	fri 14/11 kl 9-10	SB-M415	L2b	Batteries, electricity	Anders Nordelöf
lv2	fri 14/11 kl 10-12	SB-M415	L2a	Energy system	Maria Grahn
	fri 21/11, kl 10-11	SB-M415	M2	dugga Module 2
lv3	Tue 18/11 8-10	TP-L24	L3a	Emissions from combustion (ICE)	Petter Dahlander
lv3	Tue 18/11 10-12	TP-L24	L3b	Emission reduction (catalysis, filters)	Jonas Sjöblom
lv3	wed 19/11 8-10	SB3-L112	L3c	Emissions from marine transport	Kent Salo
lv3	Fri 21/11 8-10	SB-M415	L3d	Emissions from aero (jet engines)	Tomas Grönstedt
	fri 28/11 8-10	SB-L300	L3e	wear PM ( brakes, tyres, road dust)	Sara Janhäll
lv4	Tue25/11 10-12	SB3-L112	L3f	Emissions from friction/wear	Ann-Margret Hvitt Strömvall
lv5	tue 2/12 kl 10-12	SB3-L112	M3	dugga Module 3
lv4	tue 25/11 8-10	SB3-L112	L4a	Measurement of emissions (+intro to the lab)	Johan Mellqvist
lv4	fre 28/11 kl 10-12	SB-L300	L4b	Emissions Monitoring in Gotgenburg	Erik Svensson
lv6	tis 9/12 kl 10-12	SB-L400	L4c	Emissions monitoring	Åsa Hallqvist
lv5	wed 10/12 or  12/12	tbd, Volvo..		lab?
lv6	tue 9/12 8-10	SB-L300	L5b	Social aspects of emissions from transportation	Frances Sprei
lv4	ons 26/11 kl 8-10	SB3-L112	L5a	Health effects from emissions	Leo Stockfelt, (AMM, GU)
lv4	tis 2/12 8-10	SB3-L112	L5c	PI for marine emissions	Erik Ytreberg??
lv7	tbd		L5d	Local, national and EU-policies for reduced environmental impact	tbd
lv7	fri 19/12 kl 8-12	SB-M022	M5	Project presentations	Jonas Sjöblom

Course literature

There is no course book, but reports, scientific journals will be used in the course and appointed at the different assignments.

Course design

The course is based on guest lectures and Q&A. Therefor, for presence is needed. You are expected to attend all lectures (at least 75%) but if you cannot attend, send me a mail and will will find a solution.

There will be one exercise connected to assignment 2 (LCA analysis) (date tbc).

There will also be one lab (in groups) scheduled during sw 4/5 (nov, tbd) approx 4 hours. Time slots will be posted on Canvas

There will be a project (in groups) on policy instruments, see more info on Canvas. The projects will be presented with Q&A and a report will be submitted. probably in January 2026

 

Changes made since the last occasion

Just like the emissions from transportation in society, the course is constantly evolving. Some changes since last year include:

• Formative assessment using more advanced quizzes as assignments
• continued development using flipped classroom

Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

Valid for all Tracks courses:

• critically and creatively identify and/or formulate advanced architectural or engineering problems
• master problems with open solutions spaces which includes to be able to handle uncertainties and limited information.
• lead and participate in the development of new products, processes and systems using a holistic approach by following a design process and/or a systematic development process.
• work in multidisciplinary teams and collaborate in teams with different compositions
• show insights about cultural differences and to be able to work sensitively with them.
• show insights about and deal with the impact of architecture and/or engineering solutions in a global, economic, environment and societal context.
• identify ethical aspects and discuss and judge their consequences in relation to the specific problem
• orally and in writing explain and discuss information, problems, methods, design/development processes and solutions
• fulfill project specific learning outcomes

 

Link to the syllabus on Studieportalen.

Study plan

Examination form

The assessment are the 3 larger quizzes ("dugga"), the lab  and the project.

The final grade will be a weighted average of the 3 quizzes (~40%), the lab report (~15%) and the project (~45%).

For the quizzes the sub-grade is: 40% correct for grade 3, 60% for grade 4 and 80% for grade 5.  (in case of "failed", quiz: oral examination or similar)