Since 2010 there has been a lively student exchange program between the FZD and the School of Automotive Studies at Tongji University Shanghai.

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.

In the period from 26.05. to 28.07.2020 the tutorial Automotive Engineering takes place again.

Topic: “Functional Decomposition Approach – Reducing the Safety Validation Effort for Highly Automated Driving”

On 26.02.2020 the oral doctoral examination of Mr. Christian Amersbach took place.

Topic: “Analysis of Heat Crack Formation in Brake Discs for Heavy-Duty Vehicles”

On 14.01.2020 the oral doctoral examination of Mr. Sami Bilgic took place.

Topic: “Multi-Frequency GNSS Sensor Fusion With Quality Assessment for Automotive Applications”

On 19.12.2019 the oral doctoral examination of Mr. Björn Reuper took place.

Topic: “ Microscopic and Macroscopic Risk Metrics for the Safety Validation of Automated Driving “

On 06.11.2019 the oral doctoral examination of Mr. Philipp Junietz took place.

Topic “Redundant Steering System for Highly Automated Driving of Trucks”

On 06.11.19 the oral doctoral examination of Mr. Maximilian Herold took place.