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S6 project SPARC works towards a cleaner and brighter future

SPARC is a S6-group of in particular Automotive Engineering students, but also Mechabical Engineering, Industrial Design and Industrial Engineering and Management. They want to realise a new way of traveling on behalf of V-tron. If we use every vehicle what it is made for, we would not have traffic issues. If every seat was filled, we would have 75% less […]

Mick’s role in one of the student teams

Mick with cat
Hi everyone, after two months I am back with another blog post. In my last post I stated that I would be discussing the different teams, I will be glossing over the options but most importantly I am going to discuss what happened in the last few months regarding covid in the Netherlands. In the second year of the Automotive […]

Gravity Racer still out of the starting blocks: which vehicles participated?

The Gravity Racer, which was postponed due to corona measures, took place on Wednesday 26 January on the parking deck of Ruitenberglaan 29. Without a spectator, but that did not spoil the fun! Gravity Racer is a popular 2nd-year project at Automotive Engineering. Students design and build a vehicle that drives down a ramp to get as far as possible. […]

An internship at VDL Steelweld: inspiring Automotive Engineering experience!

picture of Melissa Timmers
Melissa Timmers is studying Automotive Engineering and recently did an internship at VDL Steelweld. A beautiful, multifaceted, internationally oriented company in the automotive industry; active in the field of production systems, special products, automated vehicles and parking systems. “I independently started looking for (automotive) companies where I could do my internship. Also because from school not many preferred companies in […]

Project MORE touches all main goals of Engineering and Automotive

Project group MORE with Rob Verhofstad
The MORE project is a connecting factor within the School of Engineering and Automotive in which education, research and the business community work together. In principle, all bachelor’s and master’s programmes work together in the MORE project. As a result, the students in this project are quite dependent on each other. Without front suspension, there is no four-wheel steerable vehicle. […]