Transport, Mobility and Cities

Vehicle

The successful design, manufacture and operation of ground vehicles requires a holistic human-centered engineering approach. Modern road vehicles typically contain several complex sub-systems that must combine to provide the end user with the desired overall performance, functionality, comfort and safety. The end product must comply with ever evolving CO2 targets, pollutant emissions legislation and evolving customer expectations.

The accelerated shift towards electrified propulsion brings unique opportunities to re-optimise vehicle packaging and performance but must be balanced against acceptable cost of ownership and limited charging infrastructure. Connected and autonomous vehicles will open up new modes of mobility and the potential for novel user experiences via the Human-Machine Interface, but create many challenges in the design and evaluation process. 

Theme Leads

Professor Gary Burnett

Professor Gary Burnett

Human Factors, Faculty of Engineering

 

 

Professor Alasdair Cairns

Professor Alasdair Cairns

Fluids and Thermal Engineering, Faculty of Engineering

 

 

 

 

Capabilities

  • Advanced propulsion systems; electrification and thermal management
  • Noise, vibration and harshness modelling
  • Lightweighting, materials, aerodynamics and drag reduction
  • Driver simulator studies and prototyping
  • Vehicle – human machine interfaces, navigation and natural language, distraction
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality technologies
  • Required navigation and performance safety

Read our TMC capability statement (PDF) to find out  

 

 

Collaborations

  • Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Human Computer Interaction)
  • Psychology (Neuropsychology, driver behavior/training)

Example Project: Human - Machine Interface (HMI)

Advanced integration and Cooling of high speed Electric Drives (AceDrive) aims to deliver the optimum electric drive for future hybrid and full electric passenger cars. The major programme, a cross faculty collaboration within the University and external partners, will take novel electronics cooling technology to production.

 

 

Transport, Mobility and Cities

Faculty of Engineering
The University of Nottingham
Jubilee Campus
Nottingham, NG7 2RD


email: tmc@nottingham.ac.uk