Courses

Minor Intelligent Vehicles

HAN Automotive Institute is offering the exchange course (minor) Intelligent Vehicles to all students who have a strong passion for automotive engineering and have successfully reached the level three qualifications of a Bachelors degree course in Mechanical, Automotive, Electrical (incl. Embedded) Engineering or Industrial Product Design. Apart from undergraduate students, the course is also open to employees in the automotive industry. The course is offered in English.

Duration:   6 months

Cost:   € 3,950

In the coming years, modern vehicles will change rapidly. Not only in driveline and powertrain by using alternative fuels and innovative concepts like hybrid propulsion, but also because smart and intelligent systems in the vehicle will take further control of the behaviour and performance of driver and vehicle.

Future systems

We will see the introduction of ADAS systems like Active Cruise Control, Lane Keeping Assist, Collision Avoidance System, etc. All of the future systems will have a strong impact on driver and vehicle behaviour in relation to traffic circumstances. ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) will dominate the regulation of traffic flows in urban areas and on our motorways. Intelligent vehicle systems as Steer by Wire, Brake by Wire and Drive by Wire will assist drivers to achieve a more controlled and safer vehicle performance.

The Intelligent Vehicles exchange course aims  to educate undergraduate engineering students on the application of mechatronic components in vehicle design.

For the automotive industry, such an application has the aim of improving vehicle performance with respect to handling and stability, safety and environmental impact and of reducing the time to market and development costs of new vehicle concepts and designs.  

Course programme

Students will be guided through the full process of designing vehicle mechatronic components, with emphasis on the following two functionalities:

  • improvement of vehicle forward and lateral behaviour using brake and slip control measures (ABS, ESP, Brake by Wire)

  •   improvement of vehicle-driver steering performance properties using power steering techniques (EPS, Steer by Wire)

Students will carry out applied research and design activities as part of a multidisciplinary design team, with understanding of the necessary steps from functional level to technical design, including the use of design tools.

This team will perform a number of tasks:

  • A literature survey on the system involved

  • Familiarisation and identification of a test vehicle system and its performance, including a detailed analysis of all components

  • Application and improvement of an existing simulation environment (virtual prototyping)

  • Selection of first version control objectives, and first design of controller, based on a simulation environment

  • Functional and technical design for adjustment of existing vehicle platform

Students will follow lectures and complete practical assignments on topics as vehicle dynamics and control, system control engineering (incl. exercises in Matlab-Simulink) and vehicle electronics.

The following topics will also be covered: alternative power trains, intelligent vehicle and highway systems and automotive management.

On completion of this exchange course (minor), students will gain 30 ECTS credit points and a HAN certificate.