ika Academy – Customised training courses for companies
Disruptive technologies in the automotive industry often require an extensive adaption of technical development processes and, as a result, the target-oriented training and further education of employees. As part of the ika Academy, the Institute for Automotive Engineering conducts specified training courses for companies to prepare them for the automotive future. We create customised training concepts that are tailored to your needs.
Kontakt
Timo Woopen M.Sc.Head of Vehicle Intelligence & Automated Driving
+49 241 80-23549
Topics
You will find selected examples of our continuing education programmes below.
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Academic Methods for Assessing User Needs
Course contents
- Understanding and capturing user needs
- Development of consistent study designs
- Data collection, analysis and interpretation
- Integration of user requirements into the development and evaluation of new products, services or HMIs
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Best Practice: Battery Electrified Vehicle
Course contents
- Electric & Electronics Fundamentals
- BEV Technology Fundamentals
- BEV Application & Benchmark
- BEV Component Technology
- Component Production
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Introduction to Aluminium in Automotive Applications
Course contents
- Role and chances for aluminium in automotive
- Aluminium materials in automotive
- Basic requirements
- Discussion of exemplary applications
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Introduction into Driver Assistance Systems and Automated Driving
Course contents
- Fundamentals of driver assistance systems
- Sensor technology and environment perception
- Control in longitudinal and lateral dynamics
- Human-Machine Interaction
- System architecture and overview
- Outlook on automated driving
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Life Cycle Assessment
Course contents
- Basics of Life Cycle Assessment
- Relevant norms and standards
- Application in the automotive sector
- Future developments
- Introduction and practical seminar on LCA software
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Masterclass HMI - Design and conception of automotive interactive interfaces
Course contents
- pportunities and challenges in HMI development
- Psycho- and pysiological basics of humans
- User requirements today and tomorrow
- Multimodal interaction
- Design guidelines and heuristics
- Design metrics - distraction and attention
- Development methods and processes
- Prototyping and Microstudies
- Outlook into the cockpit of tomorrow
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Vehicle Dynamics and Performance
Course contents
- Learn tire technology, vertical, longitudinal, and lateral dynamics
- Simulate vehicle behavior using industry-standard simulation tools
- Experience vehicle handling, safety, and performance on a test track
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NVH Testing
Course contents
- Learn different NVH testing methods and testing equipment
- Plan and conduct NVH testing on test rigs and on a proving ground
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Vehicle Acoustics
Course contents
- Learn principles of acoustic, vehicle acoustic and human perception
- Simulate vehicle acoustics using industry-standard simulation tools
- Plan and conduct a vehicle acoustic testing on test rigs or proving ground
- Design a vehicle acoustic clinic study
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Automotive Matlab/Simulink
Course contents
- Build vehicle dynamic models from one to several degrees of freedom (vertical, longitudinal, lateral, combinations)
- Simulate vehicle behavior and analyze model sensitivity
- Design state of the art vehicle state estimation and control systems
We are also happy to prepare an individual training concept customised to your needs. Please contact us for this!