On March 7- 9, 2018, thirteen companies partook in a workshop of Work Package 8, focusing on the status of the three demonstrators and the next steps.
The TRACE project is soon entering the third and final year. Thus the demonstrators are not only focusing to show the benefits and challenges of using consumer electronics in automotive and automation, but also how the TRACE methodology enables the transition. An important outcome of the meeting was sharing of necessary mitigation strategies for increased reliability of systems using CE electronics. Improvements for specifications of how CE electronics is tested were also discussed.
The EUREKA CATRENE funding programme, managed by AENEAS, highlights the TRACE project in a press release. To find out more, please click here.
Research and Technology for automated and connected Driving
The German public authorities of BMWi ( Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy) and BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) were hosting the 2nd annual convention on automated and connected Driving in Berlin. The meeting took place at the Harnack-House of the Max Planck Society. TRACE was given the privilege to be part of the opening session of this two day event of exchange and networking. Although only ten R&D consortia leaders were invited by the authorities, more than 200 participants listened to the individual, very interesting, presentations.
On 19th October 2017 the TRACE Workshop on WP5 Economics took place at ams AG’s premises in Premstaetten, Austria. Partners from Austria, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands met to work jointly on the tasks assigned. Important topics on Cost Analysis and Modelling have been discussed. Special attention was paid to Environmental Impact together with the partners from SWEREA.
Since 2013, EuWoRel is the annual forum for addressing the concerns of reliability, robustness, and functional safety of new products and technologies in the field of electronics and smart systems. It makes further research requirements on reliability methodology clearly visible. In addition, EuWoRel is a great opportunity for showcasing recent results and for creating new project ideas for collaborative research.
On September 27 the TRACE assembly meeting at the Fraunhofer Forum located in the heart of Berlin started. The partners of TRACE have been discussing the progress and deciding on the next steps for WP2 “Target System Analysis – Evaluation of Delta-Requirements” and WP9 “TRACE Methodology”. This activity continued on Sept. 28th and significant progress could be achieved.
On 6th July 2017 the partners involved in TRACE WP5 Economics met in Germany at the University of Siegen to work jointly on Modelling and Industrial requirements. Partners from Germany, Austria, Sweden and The Netherlands worked on requirements definition, environmental and quality related issues. Progress updates have been done and the next steps were defined towards the upcoming workshop which will be held in Austria on 19th October 2017 at ams AG’s site in Premstaetten, Austria.
At the Nanoelectronics Applications, Design and Technology Conference (ADTC) and edaWorkshop 2017 (May 08-10) TRACE was present with a keynote and also contributed with several posters to the poster session.
The keynote titled: “Design & Verification of Technology Dependent Electronic Innovations” was held on Tuesday, May 09, by TRACE member Andreas Aal who leads the semiconductor strategy and reliability assurance activities within the electric-/electronic development department at Volkswagen.
On April 2 to 5, the EuroSimE 2017 took place in Dresden. This international conference brought together companies, research institutes and universities from the fields of thermal, mechanical and multi-physics simulation and experiments in microelectronics and microsystems.
TRACE partner Chemnitzer Werkstoffmechanik GmbH, FRT GmbH and the Fraunhofer ENAS Chemnitz presented their research results from TRACE during presentations and demonstrations on a joint booth of the industrial exhibition. Visitors from Europe, Asia and the USA were highly interested in the project innovations, and many new contacts could be established.
On March 28 and 29, the TRACE consortium met in Reutlingen at the BOSCH facilities for the first Catrene review (March 28) and the first review of the German consortium (March 29).
Accompanied by sunny weather, the TRACE consortium received excellent marks from both, the Catrene board and the German national authorities. Noting the strong and committed consortium and the large expertise it comprises, the reviewer especially emphasized the very good cooperation between industry, SMEs and academia as well as between the five different countries of the consortium – Austria, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden.
