Topics should be relevant to inter-modal transportation.
The nature of a research paper is to prove or disprove a thesis or hypothesis, not simply produce a report
or provide information on topic. For example; a topic may be the impact of security on inter-modal
transportation. The associated thesis could be; actions taken to improve the security at ports has
negatively impacted throughput, increasing costs and reducing the quality of operations. The research and
body of the paper argues to prove the thesis statement.