Industrial Automation I Control Engineering

By the end of this content area, students will be able to have: 1. coherent knowledge of their branch of engineering including some at the forefront of the branch in vehicle automation applications; 2. the ability to apply their knowledge and understanding of automation applications to identify, formulate and solve engineering problems using established methods in vehicle automation; 3. the ability to apply their knowledge and understanding to develop and realise designs of automation applications to meet defined and specified requirements (localization, control and communications); 4. workshop and instrumentation skills. 5. an understanding of applicable techniques and methods in automation applications, and of their limitations; 6. demonstrate awareness of the health, safety and legal issues and responsibilities of engineering practice, the impact of engineering solutions in a societal and environmental context, and commit to professional ethics, responsibilities and norms of engineering practice;

1- Introduction. 2- Automotive embedded systems. 2.1 - Safety features in cars 2.2 - Advanced driver assistance systems 2.3 - Intelligent vehicles 3- Rail embedded systems. 3.1 - Railway installations 3.2 - Rail signalling system 3.3 - Maintenance 4- Aircraft embedded systems. 4.1 - Flight control systems 4.2 - Air navigation 4.3 - Unmanned Air systems 5- Traffic Control Systems. 5.1- Road, Railroad and Aerial Safety 5.2 - Environmental impact

- Skillful classes, classes of resolution of doubts in reduced groups, individual presentations of the students, individual tutorials and personal work of the student; oriented to the theoretical knowledge acquisition (3 credits ECTS). - Practices of laboratory and individual classes of problems in reduced groups, individual tutorials and personal work of the student; oriented to the acquisition of practical abilities related to the program of the subject (3 credits ECTS).