Events
CLEETS Spring School 2025
Wednesday, 9 April, 2025
Chicago, Tempe, Cardiff & Birmingham, or Online
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in UTC conference room, UIC, Chicago IL
10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Quade conference room, Newmark Civil Engineering Lab, UIUC, Champaign IL
8:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Arizona State University: WCPH 377, Tempe AZ
4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in University of Birmingham, Elm House – Room G08, UK
4:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Cardiff University, Abacws Building – Room 2.26, UK
Agenda overview:
- Greetings and introductions from CLEETS principal investigators, Drs. Ashish Sharma, Jonathan Radcliffe and Dimitris Potoglou
- Module 1: The Integration of Electricity and Transport Networks
- Module 2: Modeling of Enlightenment not Post Justification
- Practical Exercise Break and Discussion
- Arup and Arup University
- Career Paths with Arup and beyond – virtuous loop of knowledge
Benefits for students:
- Students appointed as CLEETS associates
- Invitation to CLEETS yearly workshop to network with international faculty and industry in the transportation, energy and weather sectors
- Opportunity to travel to UK and US to meet and engage with CLEETS partners
- Certificate on completion of Spring School
- Access to seminars and workshops year round
Students will learn how transport can be supported using different energy vectors.
This School will provide opportunities to engage in internships at Arup in these areas, and participate more actively in the CLEETS Global Center, by undertaking your undergraduate or graduate project with the CLEETS team
Students will be able to contribute to action-focused global dialogue in transport sector as part of this School
CLEETS SPRING SCHOOL 2025
The Nexus between Road Transport and Electricity Networks
As we prepare for the CLEETS Spring School on April 9, we kindly ask that you complete a short pre-participation survey. This survey will help us better understand your interests and expectations, allowing us to tailor the sessions to best support your experience.
Greetings and introductions: 10:30- 10:40 am US Central / 4:30- 4:40 pm UK
Ashish Sharma, University of Illinois System, USA
Johnathan Radcliffe, University of Birmingham, UK
Module 1: The Integration of Electricity and Transport Networks: 10:40- 11:10 am US Central / 4:40- 5:10 pm UK
Break: 11:10- 11:20 am US Central / 5:10- 5:20 pm UK
Module 2: Modeling of Enlightening not Post Justification: 11:40 am – 12:10 pm US Central / 5:40 – 6:10 pm UK
Practical Exercise Break and Discussion: 12:10- 12:30 pm US Central / 6:10- 6:30 pm UK
Arup and Arup University: 12.30 pm- 12.45 pm US Central / 6:30 – 6:45 pm UK
Career Paths with Arup and beyond – virtuous loop of knowledge: 12.45 pm- 1.00 pm US Central / 6:45 – 7:00 pm UK
Closing Remarks 1.00 pm- 1.05 pm US Central / 7:00 – 7.05 pm UK
Support Acknowledgement: Jagadeesh Yedetore, Rukmini Avadhanam
CLEETS Spring School Post-Survey
Thank you for participating in the CLEETS Spring School April 9. We kindly ask you to complete a short post-participation survey. This will help us understand your experiences, learnings, and takeaways from the workshop, and will allow us to refine the structure for the future workshops.