The Mechanical Battery competition!

1st-year Mechanical Engineering students are doing a study project on different forms of mechanical storage in their semester 2. There is also a competition element to this: the Mechanical Battery. Think of a flywheel, magnet, tension spring, torsion spring and so on. You do not design such a mechanical battery in the 1st year for serial production or an external […]

Student wins F1 trip to a Grand Prix!

On Tuesday 4 July, the ACE Student Award 2023 took place. From HAN Automotive, 2 students were nominated, from Fontys 3 students. And the honour went to Fontys this year! The HAN Automotive nominees (including graduation company and graduation research title): Rens Heinemans (NPS Driven): The application of NPS Driven electric powertrain components on a mobile crane Brian Neulen (Nijwa): […]

Tarleton State University mechanical engineering students visit HAN

On Tuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 May, a delegation of Mechanical and Construction Engineering students from Tarleton State University from Texas visited the HAN School of Engineering and Automotive. They feasted their eyes! The students got to see what our engineering and automotive labs have to offer. The visit was part of a ten-day tour of the Netherlands. On Tuesday, […]

Team HAN Solarboat achieves silver spot at Energy Boat Challenge in Monaco

The HAN Solarboat team achieved a remarkable performance during the Energy Boat Challenge in Monaco. With their innovative solar boat, they managed to win 2nd place in both the Endurance, Slalom and Championship race. This also earned them 2nd and silver place (value of €2,000) in the overall standings during the 10th edition of this prestigious solar boat race. Awesome! […]

Designing a Proof of Concept for development of an Adaptive Cruise Control system

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During this semester of his master’s course Engineering Systems, track Automotive Systems at HAN University of Applied Science, Shubham Singh undertook a challenging project focused on designing a Proof of Concept for the development of an Adaptive Cruise Control system. This involved the application of sensor fusion techniques and the implementation of a well-functioning controller specifically tailored for HAN’s MORE […]