On 19.10.2022, the results of the fifth project of the interdisciplinary research cooperation PRORETA were presented at the August-Euler Airfield in Griesheim.

Clemens Linnhoff, Philipp Rosenberger, Kai Storms and Cheng Wang presented their research at the VVM Mid-Term Event.

Christoph Popp, Björn Klamann, Moritz Lippert and Felix Glatzki presented their research at the Uni-DAS Workshop Fahrerassistenz und automatisiertes Fahren.

On May, 3rd 2022 our new head of FZD, Professor Dr.-Ing. Steven Peters, presented his inaugural lecture at Campus Lichtwiese to a broad audience of more than 100 colleagues, partners and friends of FZD who joined in person or via livestream.

Steven Peters is our new Professor in Automotive Engineering at the Department of Mechanical Engineering since April 1st.

On February 1, 2022, the project “TarA” (short for Test Effort Reduction AEB) started at FZD in the context of a cooperation with a tier one supplier.

FZD published OpenSimulationInterface (OSI) compatible radar and lidar system models.

Topic: “Experimentelle Einflussgrößenanalyse der Partikelemission von Pkw-Scheibenbremsen”

On 06.07.21 the oral doctoral examination of Mr. Hartmut Niemann took place.

FZD has recently launched a platform for open source projects developed at the institute.

Topic: “Entwicklung eines Verfahrens zur integrierten Bremsmomentmessung für Simplex-Trommelbremsen”

On 14.04.21 the oral doctoral examination of Mr. Christian Vey took place.

The registration for the automotive engineering tutorial is now open.

Topic: Synthetic Generation of Radar Sensor Data for Virtual Validation of Autonomous Driving

On 20.01.2021 the oral doctoral examination of Mr. Martin Holder took place.

Topic: “Identifikation des Fahrfertigkeitsniveaus von Motorradfahrern in Kurvenfahrten im Realverkehr”

On 01.07.2020 the oral doctoral examination of Mr. Nils Magiera took place.

Changes due to SARS-CoV-2

The registration for the automotive engineering tutorial is now open.

Update regarding SARS-CoV-2

Due to the current pandemic spread of SARS-CoV-2 the Tutorial Automotive Engineering will not take place at the scheduled time slot as it was announced before, because the risk of infection for the students is too high during the driving experiments with up to 4 students driving in one vehicle.