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- FMP - Freight and Maritime Program
- ICMP - Infrastructure Condition Monitoring Program
- IMG - Information Management Group
- LPS - Laboratory for Port Security
- LTBP - Long-Term Bridge Performance Program
- NJ LTAP - NJ Local Technical Assistance Program
- PRP - Pavement Resource Program
- PSSP - Pipeline Safety and Security Program
- SAM - Structures and Advanced Materials
- SSML - Soil and Sediment Management Laboratory
- TSRC - Transportation Safety Resource Center
- TTG - Technology Transfer Group
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Freight & Maritime Education
Rutgers offers graduate-level, industry-related courses on freight and maritime transportation; port planning, management, and operations; transportation systems analysis; environmental management of maritime infrastructure; security and safety in maritime transportation and port operations; and freight terminals and distribution facilities.
These courses serve as the core of a freight and maritime transportation certificate program. Future plans are for a cooperative graduate degree with partners in Europe, the Middle East, and the Far East.
Graduate Courses
16:180:529. Security and Safety in Maritime Transportation and Port Operations
Topics covered include: Overview of the principles of vulnerability assessment of critical transportation infrastructure. Overview of international maritime transportation and port security and safety codes. Federal and industry maritime transportation, port and container security initiatives. Overview of principles of onboard vessel and marine terminal operations relating to safety and security. Technologies to assist maritime and port security and potential for implementation. Modeling and simulation techniques to assist maritime and port security planning. Port facility security plans and marine terminal operations safety. Coordination of authorities involved in port security.
16:180:530. Maritime Transportation
Topics covered include: Supply-demand; liner shipping industry; management and operation of the port sector; environmental aspects including dredged material management and ship-generated marine pollution; security problems and initiatives in maritime transportation.
16:180:536. Transportation Systems Analysis
Topics covered include: Systems analysis and decision making using concepts from economics, engineering, public policy analysis, operations research, and management science; application to transportation systems; and use of computer applications and case studies.
16:180:538. Freight Transportation Systems
Topics covered include: Freight transportation demand and supply models, freight network modeling, freight flow forecasting, operating, service, and cost characteristics. Case studies in the analysis and design of freight transportation systems.
16:180:540. Port Planning, Management, and Operations
Topics covered include: Overview of port planning, management, and operations with strong reference to terminal processes and engineering aspects of port development, port functions, and management models; port pricing and financing; port security and safety; environmental management and human resources management in ports.
16:180:579. Environmental Management of Maritime Infrastructure
Topic covered include: Navigational engineering, maritime construction, and port development. Emphasis on dredged material management and regulation, fate and transport of sediment and contaminants in relation to dredging and dredged material management, and use of dredged materials in remedial design. Aspects of sediment characterization, estuarine dynamics, and environmental modeling.
16:180:694. Freight Terminals and Distribution Facilities
Topics covered include: Overview of the advances in freight terminal and distribution facilities modeling, design, and operation. Special reference to network modeling of facility location, allocation, and routing. Planning, design, and operations of rail/road intermodal terminals, trans-modal facilities, marine container terminals, intermodal logistics centers, and warehouses.