{"id":1502,"date":"2024-06-06T08:50:30","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T08:50:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/icpostgrad\/?p=1502"},"modified":"2024-06-10T09:41:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T09:41:45","slug":"an-afternoon-at-the-transport-museum-connecting-minds-in-transport-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.imperial.ac.uk\/icpostgrad\/2024\/06\/06\/an-afternoon-at-the-transport-museum-connecting-minds-in-transport-research\/","title":{"rendered":"An Afternoon at the Transport Museum: Connecting Minds in Transport Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Leah Camarcat and Surabhi Ojha, Research Postgraduates in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>To foster collaboration and networking within the PhD cohort in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College, we recently organized an event at the Transport Museum for PhD students. 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