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Trends in Automotive Engineering
Trends und Entwicklungen in der Fahrzeugtechnik (Modul MW0800, Online & virtuelle Sprechstunde)

Course 0240722971 in WS 2020/1

General Data

Course Type lecture
Semester Weekly Hours 2 SWS
Organisational Unit Chair of Automotive Technology (Prof. Lienkamp)
Lecturers Peter Tropschuh
Dates Fri, 11:00–12:30, virtuell

Assignment to Modules

Further Information

Courses are together with exams the building blocks for modules. Please keep in mind that information on the contents, learning outcomes and, especially examination conditions are given on the module level only – see section "Assignment to Modules" above.

additional remarks The lecture intends to give a vision of the near and longterm future of selected automotive areas from the viewpoint of the automotive industry. Future scenarios will be derived based on technical background, actual facts and figures: - Global future car and traffic scenarios taking into account cultural, regional, social and demographic factors, - Development trends in car electronics, - Trends in design, body structure and moduls as well as the use of virtual methods in development and production, - Future developments in the area of power train and wheels - discussion about the CO2 challenge, - Improvement of driving safety through technologies such as Dynamic Drive, X-by-Wire, AFS etc, - Safety and accident prevention: driver assist and car-to-car communication, - Environmental effects of producing, using and recycling of cars, current improvements and future optimizations, - Current topic: an automotive topic from the current public discussion will be selected
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Equivalent Courses (e. g. in other semesters)

SemesterTitleLecturersDates
WS 2023/4 Trends in Automotive Engineering Tropschuh, P.
Responsible/Coordination: Diermeyer, F.
Fri, 11:00–12:30, MW 0350
WS 2022/3 Trends in Automotive Engineering Tropschuh, P.
Responsible/Coordination: Diermeyer, F.
Fri, 11:00–12:30, MW 0350
WS 2021/2 Trends in Automotive Engineering Tropschuh, P. Fri, 11:00–12:30, MW 0350
WS 2019/20 Trends in Automotive Engineering Tropschuh, P. Fri, 11:00–12:30, MW 0350
and singular or moved dates
WS 2018/9 Trends in Automotive Engineering Tropschuh, P. Fri, 11:00–12:30, MW 0350
WS 2017/8 Trends in Automotive Engineering Fri, 11:00–12:30, MW 0350
WS 2016/7 Trends in Automotive Engineering Fri, 11:00–12:30, MW 0350
Fri, 11:00–12:30, MW 0350
and singular or moved dates
WS 2015/6 Trends in Automotive Engineering
WS 2014/5 Trends in Automotive Engineering
WS 2013/4 Trends in Automotive Engineering
WS 2012/3 Trends in Automotive Engineering
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