Content Introduction ................................................................................................................ 2 Faculty of Vehicle Engineering ..................................................................................... 7 ZF Endowed Chair for Chassis Technology and Driving Dynamics........................9 AVL List Endowed Chair for Innovative Powertrains and Control Systems of Future Vehicles............................................................................................................. 12 Schaeffler Group Endowed Chair for Vehicle Technology ..................................... 17 Infineon Technlogies Endowed Chair for Microcontroller and Embedded Systems ......................................................................................................................... 21 Rheinmetall Automotive Endowed Chair for Automotive Engine Technology .... 27 Getrag Endowed Chair for Vehicle Transmission Technology .............................. 33 Mubea Endowed Chair for Material Systems for Vehicle Lightweight Construction ................................................................................................................. 35 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering ............................................................................ 39 Siemens Endowed Chair for Mechanical Engineering Informatics (SMI) ............. 41 Jungheinrich Endowed Chair for Technical Logistics ............................................ 46 Contact Software Endowed Chair for Development Methodology and Product Reliability....................................................................................................................... 51 Bosch Rexroth Endowed Chair for Automation & Electrification Solutions ........ 55 Faculty of Electrical Engineering ................................................................................ 61 TÜV SÜD Endowed Chair for Reliability and Safety of Technical Systems .......... 63 Stihl Endowed Chair for Electrical Engineering and Computer Science .............. 67 Chair for Communication Networks .......................................................................... 72 Faculty of Economics & Management ........................................................................ 76 Bosch Endowed Chair for Global Supply Chain Management ............................... 78 Goetzpartners Endowed Chair for Innovation und Entrepreneurship .................. 81 Bayer Endowed Chair for Intellectual Property Right ............................................. 84 EY Endowed Chair für Accounting, Controlling and Auditing ............................... 87 Chair for Business Informatics .................................................................................. 90 Chinese-German School for Postgraduate Studies After twenty-two years of successful (double) master’s training in engineering and economics with more than 2000 Chinese and German graduates, the Chinese German School for Postgraduate Studies (CDHK) was restructured from a training facility to a network platform in 2020. According to the principle of "small core, large range, high level", the bilateral cooperation between Tongji University and the German partner universities is systematically expanded and promoted by the CDHK within the framework of master’s training, doctoral studies and research. Within the four newly established Chinese-German centers in the fields of “Mechanical Engineering”, “Vehicle Technology”, “Economics and Management” and “Intelligent Systems”, special Germany classes were set up in which the Chinese students get to know the German language and partly taught by German visiting professors. For the German exchange and double master’s students, the CDHK coordinates the China competence training, organizes company visits, internships, excursions, intercultural projects and events. In addition, the CDHK conducts targeted marketing, acquires third-party funding, maintains the bilateral alumni network, participates in the Sino-German innovation dialogue and administers the endowed chairs of German companies. In the future the CDHK plans to establish more centers within Tongji University to include new subject areas such as environmental science and urban planning. 1 Introduction This research report systematizes the most important key figures and research results that were achieved in 2019/20 thanks to the commitment of the professors and their teams and thanks to the financial support of the CDHK sponsor companies. For example, 56 research projects with a total volume of over 187 million RMB were acquired at the 19 CDHK endowed chairs in the fields of vehicle technology, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and economics, including 32 public and state-funded projects and 24 industrial projects. In addition to the main research areas at the endowment chairs, the written master's and PhD theses, scientific publications and conferences as well as important partner institutions are presented in this report. The aim of the report is to document the cooperation between the Tongji colleges, the German universities and the CDHK sponsor companies which we hope to further expand in the future. We wish you an inspiring and informative read. Prof. Dr. WU Zhihong and Thomas Willems CDHK Vice Directors 2 Number of Research Projects 2019/2020 Total Number: 56 24 32 Public/Government funded Projects Industry Projects Volume of Research Projects 2019/2020 Total Volume in RMB: 187,225,370 ¥26,217,870 ¥161,007,500 Public/Government funded Projects Industry Projects 3 4 5 6 Faculty of Vehicle Engineering 7 Number of Research Projects 2019/2020 Faculty of Vehicle Engineering Total number: 31 15 16 Public/Government funded Projects Industry Projects Volume of Research Projects 2019/2020 Faculty of Vehicle Engineering Total volume in RMB: 130,047,870 ¥21,417,870 ¥108,630,000 Public/Government funded Projects Industry Projects 8 ZF Endowed Chair for Chassis Technology and Driving Dynamics Prof. Dr.-Ing. YU Zhuoping 9 The University Chair for Car Chassis Technology and Vehicle Dynamics understand their responsibility to contribute to research and teaching to support necessary development steps within the Chinese automotive industry. In the field of Vehicle Dynamics and Diagnosis, the Chair works on the following research focuses: • Perception, decision and control of an intelligent vehicle • Control of the chassis • Vehicle dynamics of electronic vehicles driven by wheel hub engines • Drive and steering of fuel cell vehicles • Core technology of the fuel cell vehicle The team consists of 2 professors (Prof. YU Zhuoping and Prof. XIONG Lu) and 21 PhD candicates. Courses: - Vehicle theory incl. vehicle dynamics - Vehicle theory incl. vehicle dynamics (block course) Research Projects (public/government founded) Ongoing projects: 1) Integration and use of the wheel hub motor driven chassis (05.2018-06.2021) Project partner: The National Key Technology R&D Program Project volume: 540,000 RMB Project description: The research of the decisive basic problems of the dynamics of smart electric cars: the shaping of the properties of complex coupling dynamics, the drive, braking and stability dynamics. Project goal/results: The complicated coupling dynamics model of smart electric cars; The identification method of the wheel-ground property parameters based on the wheel speed and driving torque; The control method of propulsion flutter avoidance under complicated working conditions. 2) The research on valuation of the intelligent vehicle (05.2018-12.2020) Project partner: The National Key Technology R&D Program Project volume: 5050,000 RMB Project description: The research of assessment measures for the environmental perception, decision, route planning, control system of the intelligent vehicle. Project goal/results: How can the intelligent vehicles be properly rated. 3) The position and pose calculation of the intelligent electric vehicle in the multi- rate property of the measurements and driving dynamics (01.2020-12.2022) Project volume: 600,000 RMB Project description: Design of the algorithm to estimate the vehicle pose, speed and position taking into account the signal delay and the multi-rate properties from the vehicle sensors. Project goal/results: Calculate the position and pose of the vehicle precisely. 10 Publications (1) Xiong, L., Xia, X., Lu, Y., Liu, W., & Yu, Z. (2019). Imu-based automated vehicle slip angle and attitude estimation aided by vehicle dynamics. Sensors, 19(8), 1930. (2) Gao, L., Xiong, L., Lin, X., Xia, X., Liu, W., & Lu, Y., et al. (2019). Multi-sensor fusion road friction coefficient estimation during steering with lyapunov method. Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 19(18). (3) Zeng, D., Yu, Z., Xiong, L., Zhao, J., & Zhou, Y. (2019). A Novel Robust Lane Change Trajectory Planning Method for Autonomous Vehicle. 2019 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV). IEEE. (4) Zeng, D., Yu, Z., Xiong, L., Zhao, J. et al., "A Steerable Curvature Approach for Efficient Executable Path Planning for on-Road Autonomous Vehicle," SAE Technical Paper 2019- 01-0675, 2019 (5) Han, W., Xiong, L., & Yu, Z. (2019). A novel pressure control strategy of an electro- hydraulic brake system via fusion of control signals. Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Part D Journal of Automobile Engineering. (6) Han, W., Xiong, L., & Yu, Z. (2019). Braking pressure control in electro-hydraulic brake system based on pressure estimation with nonlinearities and uncertainties. Mechanical Systems