Introductory description

There are 3 strands to future automotive mobility: Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), Electric Vehicles (EV's) and Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS). The combination of these three key technology-driven disruptive trends is introducing unpresented changes to the automotive sector. This module will provide the key knowledge and understanding to support automotive engineers in the future.

Module aims

Outline syllabus

This is an indicative module outline only to give an indication of the sort of topics that may be covered. Actual sessions held may differ.

Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs): perception sensors, sensor fusion, machine learning & probabilistic techniques for CAV, wired and wireless communications (e.g. 5G) for CAV, CAV security risks
Electric Vehicles (EV's):battery management, battery manufacture, battery recycling, battery materials mining, battery lifecycle.
Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) -MaaS schemes, vehicle management, public transport integration, MaaS regulations.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Critic the limits of the performance of different automotive perception sensors. (C1, M1)
• Understand the limits of machine learning and sensor fusion in the context of safe Automated Vehicles. (C1, M1, C2, M2, C4, M4, C9 M9)
• Understand the limits of wired and wireless communication technologies in the CAV context particularly security risks. (C1, M1, C10, M10)
• Critic mobility-as-a-service systems. (C4, M4, C7, M7(D))
• Analyse well-established battery technology, lifecycle and infrastructure implications of electric vehicle use. (M1, C1, C4, M4, C7, M7)

Indicative reading list

"Automated vehicles and MaaS : removing the barriers ", Williams Bob. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2021, 978-1119765349 (epub)
"Advanced Battery Materials", C. Sun. John Wiley & Sons, 2019. ISBN: 9781119407553
“Introduction to autonomous mobile robots”, Siegwart, Roland, Nourbakhsh, Illah R., (2nd Edition), 2011, 978-0262015356, TJ 211.S4
“Probabilistic Robotics”, Thrun, Sebastian, Burgard, Wolfram, Fox, Dieter, 2005, 978-0262201629, TJ 211.T575
"Infrastructure Wi-Fi for connected autonomous vehicle positioning : a review of the state-of-the-art", Adegoke, Elijah I., Zidane, Jasmine, Kampert, Erik, Ford, Col R., Birrell, Stewart A. and Higgins, Matthew D. (2019) Infrastructure Wi-Fi for connected autonomous vehicle positioning : a review of the state-of-the-art. Vehicular Communications, 20 . 100185. doi:10.1016/j.vehcom.2019.100185

Subject specific skills

Knowledge and understanding of the need for a high level of professional and ethical conduct in engineering and the use of technical literature, other information sources including appropriate codes of practice and industry standards.

Transferable skills

Be professional in their outlook, be effective communicators, and be able to exercise responsibility and sound management approaches.
Communicate (written and oral; to technical and non-technical audiences)
Exercise initiative and personal responsibility, including time management, which may be as a team member or leader