Master Thesis “Characterizing features of Driving Dynamics on a Motorcycle Probe Vehicle”

Master Thesis “Characterizing features of Driving Dynamics on a Motorcycle Probe Vehicle”

CENTER FOR TRANSPORT TECHNOLOGIES

As Austria's largest research and technology organisation for applied research, AIT is dedicated to making substantial contributions to solving major challenges such as climate change and digitisation.

The Center for Transport Technologies located in Wien invites applications for a master's thesis. The center works on improved transport solutions, including battery technologies, lightweight vehicles and safe and resilient infrastructures.

For this master's thesis you will join the Competence Unit Transportation Infrastructure Technologies, which investigates and develops technologies, methods and models to improve infrastructure resilience, durability and safety. The thesis will be supervised by partners at the Institute for Analysis and Scientific Computing at TU Wien.

Your tasks

• You will investigate extensive time series of driving dynamics obtained from multiple motorcycle rides by multiple riders on given tracks.
• You will support the team in working out characteristic features in driving dynamics that differentiate different riders.
• You will investigate the possibility of using simulation software such as IPG Motorcycle maker to use the obtained data for setting up simulations of motorcycle movements.
• Under the guidance of researchers, you will implement model building approaches to extract characterizing features from motorcyclist data.
• You will investigate the feasibility of simulating driver movements based on the extracted characterizing features.
• You will explore different model-building approaches and criteria for selecting the most appropriate one.

Your qualifications

• Ongoing master's studies in the field of Technical Mathematics at TU Wien.
• Good knowledge in R, Python or MATLAB and willingness to adopt multiple of these languages as needed.
• Enjoyment of application-oriented questions of industry.
• High level of commitment and team spirit.
• Very good English or German skills, spoken and written. The thesis can be completed in either language.

What to expect

• Duration of the master's thesis project: 6 months.
• Start date: as soon as possible, with some flexibility depending on your availability.
• EUR 1273 gross per month for 20 hours per week based on the collective agreement.
• Dedicated guidance and supervision from experienced researchers.
• Benefits include a canteen and meal allowance, organic coffee, tea and fruit baskets, preventive healthcare benefits and company doctor, additional days off, leisure subsidies, voucher programme, sports, cultural and socialising events, as well as flexitime models including home office possibilities.

Please submit your complete application documents online, consisting of CV, cover letter, relevant certificates and proof of identity.

For further information please contact: Dr. Andreas Hula, andreas.hula@ait.ac.at.

Apply now!