Master’s Degree Program in Automobile Engineering (AE)

In order to achieve an environmentally friendly transportation of the next generation, a sophisticated automobile has to be developed and widely used throughout the entire world. All automotive industries require trained engineers who have global perspective, international exposure and knowledge of diverse topics. Taking the requirements of automotive industries in mind and considering the expansion that is taking place, the Master of Engineering Program in Automotive Engineering has been developed to create industry-ready engineers who have essential required qualities and more advanced concepts. In the first year, Automotive Engineering courses which are lectured mostly by academic staffs from Tokyo Tech, consist of wide ranging engineering aspects from fundamentals of automotive engineering, such as electric controls, aerodynamics, combustion and production, to practice of automotive design. In the second year, students commence their research projects which are supervised by NSTDA researchers and academic staffs from Thai host university (KMITL or KMUTT) and Tokyo Tech. It is a unique opportunity for Thai students (and students from abroad) to establish an international career and profit from the outsourcing wave that is benefiting all sectors of the economy.

Required Courses
Fundamentals of Automotive Engineering
Introduction to automotive engineering systems and ground vehicle design:

• Components:
  Engine, Power train, Body and Chassis, Automotive electrical system, Transmission systems, Suspension systems, Steering systems, Tire and wheel and Alternative fuel engine.
• Vehicle design on vehicle characteristics and qualities:
  The latest standard software to examine the various design parameters influencing vehicle performance such as Dynamics, Comfort, Ride and Handling..

Basics of Automotive Design

• Basics of CAD: Overview of CAD, Theory of curved lines and curved surfaces, Theory of mesh generation, Theory of reverse engineering.
• Basic of CAE: Overview of CAE, Technology for analysis (Finite Element Method, Boundary Element Method, Optimization Analysis, Control Engineering)
• Application examples:
  CAE model:
  - Generating CAE model from CAD,
  - Generating CAE Model from measured data,
  - Generating CAE Model from Experiments,
  - Identification of CAE Model

Practice of Automotive Design

• Practice of Design (1) / Design of SAE-Formula Car
  Planning of vehicle,
  Harmonization of Performance and Components,
  Concept of Frame Structures,
  Analysis of strength and stiffness with CAD/CAE.
• Practice of Design (2) / Analysis of SAE-Formula Car
  Tuning of engine performance and gear ratio,
  Braking effort and brake-lock,
  performance of cornering Maneuverability.
• Assembly and disassembly of engine and beam Model
  Disassembly of engine and measurement of components,
  Assembly of engine,
  Assembly of miniature beam model for frame structure
  Measurement of beam model

AE Elective Courses
Automotive Structural System Engineering

• Overview on vehicle research and development
  Vehicle planning and design:
  - From advanced research to marketing,
  - The past and the future prospect.
  Vehicle components:
  - Propulsion, Engine,
  - Body and suspension.
  Vehicle characteristics:
  - Performance of man-machine-environment system,
  - Active safety and passive safety.
• Suspension and drive-train systems
  Suspension system, Steering system ,
  Tire and its interaction with road surface,
  Braking system,
  Friction and tribology,
  Drive-train,
  Stability and maneuverability analysis
  Advanced Control system.
• Mechanics of thin-walled Structures for automobile
  Concept of stiffness and strength for automotive structures,
  Fundamentals of solid mechanics deformations of tension,
  compression and torsion, Measurement of structural deformation,
  Theory of thin plates,
  Theory of monocoque structures,
  Theory of structural collision
  concept of impact energy absorption

Automotive Comfort Mechanics Engineering

• Electronics and control engineering
  Introduction of electronics and control in automobiles,
  Electric control of engines and transmission,
  Electronics in operation monitoring,
  Control in braking systems
  Control systems for automotive mobility and safety.
• Aerodynamics and air conditioning
  Fundamentals of fluid-dynamics,
  Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD),
  Aerodynamics in vehicles,
  Thermodynamics in air-conditioners
  Air-conditioning systems in vehicles.
• Vibration and noise engineering
  Introduction of automotive vibration and noise problems
  Measurement and data processing for vibration and noise,
  Modeling for vibration and noise analysis, comfort,
  Numerical simulation of vibration & noise
  Structural design and technology for vibration & noise reduction

Combustion Engineering

• Fundamentals of combustion

Reactive gas dynamics (laminar and turbulent flames),
Ignition and extinction
Reaction kinetics and simulation.

• Thermodynamics in internal combustion engines
  First and second laws of thermodynamics in internal combustion engines,
  Gas cycles of internal combustion engines
  Thermodynamic analysis of heat release rate in internal combustion engines.
• Combustion technologies in internal combustion engines
  Combustion technologies in spark ignition engine,
  Combustion technologies in compression ignition engine
  Combustion technologies for high efficiency & clean exhaust gas

Advanced Internal Combustion Engine Engineering and Future Power Train

• Flow and combustion diagnostics in IC engines
  Flow diagnostics in IC engines
  Combustion diagnostics in IC engines.
• Zero emission technology
  Production and control of NOx,
  Production and control of particulate matters
  Advanced zero emission technologies.
• Future power train for sustainable community
  Energy consumption and environmental protection (Present status in South-East Asia and World),
  Future energy systems for sustainability
  Present status and future prospect of sustainable mobility,
  Battery electrical vehicle, hybrid vehicle and fuel cell vehicle.

Advanced Material Science and Engineering

• Thermodynamics and Kinetics in Material Science

Irreversible Thermodynamics

Diffusional Transport : Fick's First Law; Fick's Second Law

Phase Transformation : Nucleation; Growth; Solidification; Diffusionless Phenomena

• Micro Structure of Engineering Materials

Potential energy and bonding of atoms
Crystal structure and crystal defects
Dislocation and plastic deformation
Strengthening mechanisms
X-ray diffraction
Analytical technique (SEM, TEM, EPMA, Ellipsometry, FT-IR, etc.)

• Fracture Mechanics and Material Analysis

Testing of strength and deformation behaviour

Testing of toughness behaviour

Material testing of sheet metals

FEM in material analysis

Mechatronic Systems in Automotive
Mechatronics is an artificially built synonym for the combination of the three disciplines mechanics, electronics and computer science. A typical mechatronic system differs to classical built up systems by a higher number of elements (complexity) which are realized by the teamwork of different engineering disciplines (heterogeneous). Inside modern vehicles there are a lot of new systems appearing up to now. Such systems like ABS, Airbag and the other mechatronic devices are more powerful than ordinary systems.
The main chapters:
Introduction in the new area of mechatronic systems
The peculiarity of its design process,
Basics of system and controls,
Capturing and processing of signals, sensors and actuators, principle
Use in vehicle engineering,
Simulation and modeling,
Mechatronic systems on rail and road.

Current Topics in Automotive Engineering
Topics of current interest for the field of automotive engineering which changes rapidly.
Advanced Topics in Automotive Engineering
Advanced topics which may be continuation to topic offered in other lower-level courses.
Selected Topics in Automotive Engineering
Topic selected by the instructor to prepare students to continue their research.
Seminar in Automotive Engineering
A seminar in which the students must study some specific topics, make a presentation and discussion.
Thesis

This course provides an opportunity for a student to do research under the supervision of his/her advisor. Research topics must relevant to the field of automotive engineering. The student should complete his or her thesis within one year.

The number of enrolled students
30 students (15 students for KMITL and 15 students for KMUTT)

How to Apply
The applicant can download an application form from this website. The application form can be submitted electronically to the Program Director

1. Please note that we will not accept any documents after the deadlines, and that incomplete applications will not be accepted.
2. Original documents written in another language than English must be accompanied by English or Thai translations certified by the public institution or the university issuing the original documents.
3. The submitted documents will not be returned under any conditions.

Scholarships
Those admitted to the AE Program will receive scholarship for tuitions and fees from NSTDA and participating universities. The second year tuition and fee and possibly allowance are expected to be paid by research projects of the supervisors.

Further information
For more detailed information, please contact

• TAIST Tokyo Tech Office
  National Science and Technology Development Agency
  111 Thailand Science Park, Pahonyothin Road, Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120
  Coordinator: Ms. Chayanan Lurdjarupong
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  Phone: 02-5647000 x 1257 FAX: 02-564-8019

• Tokyo Tech Office (Thailand)
  http://www.ttot.ipo.titech.ac.jp/index.html
  P-205 Thailand Science Park, 111 Paholyothin Rd., Klong 1, Klong Luang, Pathumthani 12120, Thailand
  Tel: 66-2-564-8016-18 FAX: 66-2-564-8019
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The websites of the Thai Universities for AE Program are as follows

• KMITL: King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang
  http://www.kmitl.ac.th/
• KMUTT: King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi
  http://www.me.eng.kmutt.ac.th

AE Program Director:
Dr. Preechar Karin
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