The course Automotive Human Factors addresses the relation between a car or truck, its human driver, and the dynamic environment . It is concerned with the goals of productivity (getting from A to B in a reasonable time), safety and accident prevention, and driver comfort and experience. The ‘Perception-Cognition-Action’ cycle is taken as a point of departure, treating basic sensory processes (vision, hearing, touch), cognitive processes (mechanisms of attention, stress and workload) and human factors (displays & controls, automation, safety).
Five ECTS corresponds to 140 hrs or roughly 14 hrs/week. This is subdivided in:
At the end of the course there will be a written exam. The average grade for the assignments and the grade for the exam both count for 50% of the final grade. To pass the course the average grade must be 5,5 or higher AND the grade for the written exam must be 5,0 or higher to pass! In case a student fails he or she can do a retake of the written exam and keep the average grade for the assignments in the same year. In case a student wants to retake the assignments he or she should contact the lecturers in order to find an appropriate solution. This option is only available if you passed the written exam, but failed the course.
The assignments are carried out in groups of 4-6 students. The theme will be How can we make use of the interior of the automated car. You will work on this theme over the course of 8 weeks making use of the material from the lectures. A detailed roadmap and list of deliverables will be provided during the course. A rough indication of the topics is shown below: