Delft University of Technology

1. Delft University of Technology The Netherlands

2. Master and PhD programmes at TPM, Delft University of Technology Martin de Jong Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

3. Faculties • Aerospace Engineering • Applied Sciences • Architecture • Civil Engineering and Geosciences • Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science • Industrial Design Engineering • Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering • Technology, Policy and Management

4. Master of Science programmes 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 Lerarenopleiding Transport, Infrastructure & Logistics • 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

5. 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

6. 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?

7. 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?

8. 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

9. MSc Management of Technologyprogramme manager: Roland Ortt Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

10. Management of Technology curriculumFirst year

11. Management of Technology curriculumSecond year

12. 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)

13. EPA’s five themes • Policy Analysis • Systems Analysis & Modelling • Economics • Management & Organisation • Projects • Electives

14. Engineering and Policy Analysis curriculumFirst year

15. Engineering and Policy Analysis curriculumsecond year

16. 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.

17. 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 Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

18. 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 and Policy Analysts and Broad-scope engineers Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

19. 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 Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

20. MoT and EPA Philosophy of the Programme: • International setting • Work load 40h+ • Two year programme = two years • Go/ no-go study advise at end of first semester Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management

21. Dean Management Team Advisory committees TPM Organization Chart Dean’s Staff Directorate Development Directorate Research Directorate Education Dept. of Engineering and Reflection Dept. of Innovation Systems Institute of Technology & Communication Dept. of Multi Actor Systems Dept. of Infrastructure Systems and Services Sections Sections Sections Sections

22. 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

23. 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

24. 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

25. Proposition 1Your dissertation never satisfies all.

26. Proposition 2Independence has an equivocal effect on quality.

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

28. TBM Quarterly, 10-07-2007

29. Best Practices Cycle reformed Block 1: Research Methods Provide overview of research methods used in TPM and relate them to each other. Examination through writing paper 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.

30. 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

31. First offering:Methods and skills offered Methods Skills Antropological (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)

32. Schedule: Oud-Poelgeest, 15 Oct 07 MON TUE WED THU FRI QUALITATIVE Participatory Methods QUALITATIVE Case Studies QUANTITATIVE Modeling QUANTITATIVE Simulation BLOCK I Hall 1 Workshop Workshop Workshop Workshop Hall 2 RISK & SAFETY REFLECTION ON TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE REFLECTION ON TECHNOLOGY BLOCK II MULTI ACTOR SYSTEMS MULTI ACTOR SYSTEMS RISK & SAFETY Hall 3 INNOVATION INNOVATION

33. 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.

34. 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

35. 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

36. In conclusion • Issues for PhDs are very different in the Netherlands: • Challenge or joy to work independently and make more choices • Challenge or joy to have a book published and spent 4 years on that • Relationship with supervisor and time spent on supervision matters • Desire for some supporting courses, but no wish for compulsory courses and tests