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Thomas Böttcher M.Sc.
Manager Research Area
Vehicle Dynamics & Acoustics
+49 241 80 25689
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Dr.-Ing. Dinesh Thirunavukkarasu
Manager Research Area
Vehicle Concepts & HMI
+49 241 80 25699
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Timo Woopen M.Sc.
Manager Research Area
Vehicle Intelligence & Automated Driving
+49 241 80 23549
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UNICARagil
Disruptive Modular Architecture for Agile, Automated Vehicle Concepts
UNICARagil unites the competences of leading German universities in the field of automated driving and selected industrial partners, to rethink future mobility and vehicles with their development processes. …
6GEM
6G research hub for open, efficient and secure mobile communication systems
The 6GEM consortium, comprising of five universities and four research institutions and coordinated by RWTH Aachen University, researches future sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication networks. The …
HI-Drive
Addressing the challenges of introducing higher automation
The EU Hi-Drive project addresses problems that currently stand in the way of the introduction of highly automated driving. The overall goal is to improve automated driving. The project addresses systems …
V&V Methods
Verification and validation methods of automated vehicles Level 4 and 5
To introduce fully automated and autonomous driving, testing is an essential part. Funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, 23 well-known partners from industry and research develop methods …
Concept development of a steel battery housing
Development of a lightweight structural concept for a steel battery housing
The aim of the project is to design a steel battery housing with particular attention to joinability and corrosion protection. The increased use of steel poses far-reaching challenges in terms of design, …
Proactive SAFEty systems and tools for a constantly UPgrading road environment - SAFE-UP
The EU funded project “SAFE-UP” addresses the upcoming safety challenges related to Vulnerable Road Users (VRUs) and occupant protection systems in future road traffic and mobility scenarios
SAFE-UP combines the competences of 18 partners including leading universities and selected industrial partners to develop safety systems in future transport and mobility scenarios. The SAFE-UP consortium …
SET Level
Simulation based development and testing of automated driving
The project SET Level addresses the simulation-based development and testing of Level 4 and 5 vehicles for urban areas. Numerical simulation methods will be further developed and new mechanisms for model …
HEADSTART
Harmonized European Solutions for Testing Automated Road Transport
The HEADSTART project is a European project to develop and define a harmonized validation methodology for Connected and Automated Driving (CAD) functions. There are several countries all over Europe by …
OSCCAR
Developing new occupant protection principles for highly automated vehicles within EU funded project OSCCAR
The new EU Horizon 2020 research project “OSCCAR - Future Occupant Safety for Crashes in Cars” develops a novel approach to improve the safety for all occupants involved in future accidents with autonomous …
MeBeSafe
Measures for Behaving Safely in Traffic
MeBeSafe is a H2020 RIA project, granted by the European Commission and coordinated by the Institute for Automotive Engineering (ika). The consortium is comprised of 15 partners including automotive OEMs …
I2EASE
Intelligence for efficiently electrified and automated driving through sensor networking
Automated driving functions for highway and parking scenarios are already available in series production and have reached an advanced status in research for higher automation level. In these scenarios …
SafeEV
Safe Small Electric Vehicles through Advanced Simulation Methodologies
Urban traffic will significantly change. Due to a substantial increase of small electric vehicles, a change of the most relevant collision scenarios is expected. Thus new vehicles shall be designed considering …
DELIVER
Design of Electric Light Vans for Environment-impact Reduction
The DELIVER project serves the purpose of exploring and identifying conceptual design options for fully electric light commercial vehicles in urban areas. The project partners, which bundle different …
OSTLER
Optimised Storage Integration for the Electric Car
OSTLER is three and a half year project, funded under the funding line Smart Storage integration of the European Commission. The aim of the project is to develop a modular, electric main battery system, …
AsPeCSS
Assessment methodologies for forward looking integrated pedestrian and further extension to cyclist safety systems
In spite of continuously improved safety measures in cars, pedestrians and cyclists are still particularly at risk. In 2009, pedestrians have been accounting for more than 19 % of road fatalities in the …
interactIVe
Accident Avoidance by Active Intervention for Intelligent Vehicles
The objective of the European research project interactIVe (accident avoidance by active intervention for Intelligent Vehicles) is to get a step closer to the vision of an accident-free traffic by developing …
Hightech.NRW
Development of a CFRP engine hood
Within this project a CFRP engine hood in integral sandwich consruction based on the Ford Focus has been developed. Compared to the steel reference a weight reduction of 60 % has been realised with reasonable …
e performance
Holistic development approach of an electric vehicle
In October 2009 the research project „e performance“ started, that followed a holistic development approach towards electric mobility. The cooperating partners in the project were the Audi AG …
ActiveTest
Testing Methods for Active Safety Functions
The goal of the support action ActiveTest was to increase road safety by supporting the introduction of active safety functions, which allow mitigation or even avoidance of accidents. During the course …
Pedestrian Protection
Evalution of active deployable systems regarding passive safety
Safety in the framework of a test procedure for pedestrian protection (FE 82.350/2008) Since the introduction of the EU-directive 2003/102/EG and the following EU-regulation VO (EG) 78/2009, requirements …
