ika Academy

 

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.

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Kontakt

Timo Woopen M.Sc.
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+49 241 80-23549
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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

Further information

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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

Further information

We are also happy to prepare an individual training concept customised to your needs. Please contact us for this!

Address

Institute for Automotive Engineering
RWTH Aachen University
Steinbachstraße 7
52074 Aachen · Germany

office@ika.rwth-aachen.de
+49 241 80 25600

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