Industrial Doctorate Centre: Transport and the Environment

拟议的工业博士中心将由EPSRC的预算拨款资助，以实现更好的开发，并将在运输和环境的战略关键领域提供先进的培训和研究。国际数据中心将建立在目前非常成功的南安普顿交通基础设施、知识和系统工程博士学位的基础上，但更加注重交通与环境之间的相互关系。这是为了满足英国工业和社会在国家和国际层面上迅速增长的重要性领域的新兴需求。Eddington和Stern最近的高级别报告都强调，需要重新关注交通运输部门的工程解决方案，以减少对环境的不利影响，提高能源和资源效率。IDC将满足行业的需求，学生的职业抱负，以及从长远来看，英国对该领域未来领导者的需求。南安普顿的工程在运输和环境方面的教育和研究方面享有国际声誉，并且与工业界合作研究的历史悠久。大约40%的研究收入来自工业，大学在最近的全国高等教育机构调查中与中小企业互动排名第一。该大学还以其环境科学研究的质量而闻名。它是南安普顿国家海洋学中心的所在地，在廷德尔气候变化中心发挥了重要作用，并为政府间气候变化专门委员会（气候专委会）作出了贡献，该委员会获得了2007年诺贝尔和平奖。因此，IDC将为全球重要的研究领域带来丰富的专业知识，以当前EngD获得的经验为基础，为与新的学术和行业合作伙伴的合作提供令人兴奋的机会。国际数据中心的重点是运输与环境之间的相互关系，这既反映了Stern、Eddington和气专委报告中确定的国家和国际优先事项，也反映了目前EngD赞助者的发展需要。它还为新的行业合作伙伴提供了参与的机会，并将促进利用南安普顿大学工程和科学学院的研究优势和专业知识。它符合EPSRC和大学的优先事项，以及用户社区的需求，如所附的支持信所证明的。IDC将保持强有力的跨学科方法来培训和研究，建立在技术和管理培训的创新组合的基础上，这是EngD学位的特点。学生将从IDC毕业，获得EngD学位，因为我们目前课程的学术和行业经验表明，这种平衡对于培养具有广泛视野和经验的个人至关重要，再加上对他们所选择的研究领域的深入了解，将使他们具备在迅速变化的全球社会中成为领导者所需的技能。IDC将通过南安普顿的发展提供附加值EngD作为一个博士加，并通过赞助行业和用户组织的密切参与。

The proposed Industrial Doctorate Centre would be funded from EPSRC's budget allocation for Towards Better Exploitation, and will provide advanced training and research in the strategically crucial area of Transport and the Environment. The IDC will build on the current, highly successful, Southampton Engineering Doctorate in Transportation Infrastructure, Knowledge and Systems Engineering, but with a sharper focus on the inter-relationships between transport and the environment. This is in response to the emerging needs of UK industry and society in an area of rapidly growing importance at both national and international level. Recent high-level reports by Eddington and Stern both highlighted the need for engineering solutions in the transport sector to be refocused to reduce adverse environmental impacts and improve energy and resource efficiency. The IDC will meet demand from industry, the career aspirations of students and, in the longer term, the UK's need for future leaders in this field. Engineering at Southampton has an established international reputation for education and research in transport and the environment, together with a long history of collaborative research with industry . About 40% of our research income is from industry, and the University was placed top in the recent National Survey of HEIs for interaction with SMEs. The University is also internationally known for the quality of its environmental science research. It hosts the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, plays a major part in the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change, and contributes to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 2007. The IDC will therefore bring a wealth of expertise to a globally significant area of research, building on experience gained with the current EngD to provide exciting opportunities for engagement with new academic and industry partners . The focus of the IDC on the inter-relationships between transport and the environment reflects both the national and international priorities identified in the Stern, Eddington and IPCC reports, and the developing needs of sponsors of the current EngD . It also provides opportunities for new industry partners to take part, and will facilitate the exploitation of the research strengths and expertise of the Engineering and Science Schools at the University of Southampton. It aligns with EPSRC and University priorities, and the needs of the user community as evidenced by the attached letters of support. The IDC will maintain the strong interdisciplinary approach to training and research, building on the innovative mix of technical and management training that characterises the EngD degree. Students will graduate from the IDC with an EngD degree, as academic and industry experience with our current programme has demonstrated that this balance is essential in developing individuals with the breadth of vision and experience that, coupled with an in-depth knowledge of their chosen field of research, will equip them with the skills needed to become leaders in a rapidly changing global society.The IDC will provide added value through the development of the Southampton EngD as a PhD plus , and through the close involvement of sponsoring industry and user organisations.