Development of a course sequence in sensing and control for automotive systems

The paper reports on our NSF Combined Research Curriculum Development (CRCD) project to bring promising results of research conducted by the principal investigators, their industry partners, and other leading researchers from academia and industry into the design of novel sensing and control computing for automotive systems. A two-semester senior level course sequence is being developed and integrated into the electrical engineering and mechanical engineering curricula. One course is offered as a technical elective in the Fall semester, while the second course is offered in the Spring Semester as a capstone, project driven, design course, with industry sponsorship. The research to be transferred to the classroom addresses complete, project driven, course activities that span problem definition, modeling, simulation, and eventual real time interface and control implementation