2 PhD students: Human Factors of Automated Driving

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label Burse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:01 history_edu Silviu Marinescu
The 3mE Faculty trains committed engineering students, PhD candidates and post-doctoral researchers in groundbreaking scientific research in the fields of mechanical, maritime and materials engineering. 3mE is the epitome of a dynamic, innovative faculty, with a European scope that contributes demonstrable economic and social benefits.

Biomechanical Engineering is a research department at Delft University of Technology, located in the Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering (3ME). The Department of Biomechanical Engineering coordinates education and research activities in the field of mechanical engineering techniques, like modelling and design, to analyse the interaction between biological and technical systems.

The Automotive group in the Department of Biomechanical Engineering has the mission of enhancing road safety, road capacity, driving pleasure and comfort. The group's research topics include automated driving, driver support, driver modelling, driver training and driver assessment.

Job description
The project "Human Factors of Automated Driving" (HFAuto) will investigate driver behaviour and develop human-machine interfaces (HMIs) for highly automated driving. TU Delft is coordinating the project, and partners are Technische Universitt Mnchen, University of Southampton, Chalmers University of Technology, University of Twente, IFSTTAR (France), VTI (Sweden), Volvo Car, Volvo Truck, BMW, Jaguar, Toyota, Continental, TNO, and SWOV.