Nieuwsbrief HAN Lean QRM Centrum - september 2022
In september 2017 startten de lectoraten LEAN-World Class Performance en Automotive Research van de HAN University of Applied Sciences met het onderzoek ‘Werkplaats op Weg’ (cofinanciering door SIA middels het RAAK-MKB subsidieprogramma). Hierin werd de vraag beantwoord: “Wat betekenen alle technologische ontwikkelingen voor de gewenste inrichting van onze onderhoudsprocessen? Wat betekent dit voor acties die we nu en in de nabije toekomst moeten nemen?” De autowerkplaats van de toekomst zal - door innovaties in autotechnologieën, toenemende zorgen over het milieu en klimaat, en een veranderende toekomstvisie op mobiliteit - verschillen van huidige werkplaatsen. Deze ontwikkelingen leidden tot grote onzekerheid bij MKB-ondernemers, met name over de mogelijke effecten op de onderhoudsvraag van voertuigen. Werkplaats op Weg heeft het kennishiaat hieromtrent opgepakt. Op basis van specifieke casussen, interviews en praktijkonderzoeken zijn zes potentiële bedrijfstypes voor het MKB gedefinieerd. Deze zijn gelinkt aan de eerder beschreven technologische en maatschappelijke ontwikkelingen. De relevantste technologische ontwikkelingen die hierin centraal stonden zijn Connected, Autonomous, Shared en Electric Vehicles (CASE; zie figuur 1). De analyse heeft geleid tot concrete en toegankelijke aanbevelingen en online tools. Hiermee kunnen bedrijven binnen de sector hun eigen strategische keuzes maken met betrekking tot het uitvoeren en organiseren van werkzaamheden in hun werkplaats. Tevens is vastgesteld welke consequenties er zijn voor automotive opleidingen. Resultaten van het onderzoek zijn verzameld op de website: www.werkplaatsopweg.nl Figuur 1: Resultaten Werkplaats op Weg Met behulp van de Top-Up willen we onderzoeken hoe ondernemers, onderwijzers en onderzoekers om kunnen gaan met onverwachte, disruptieve veranderingen zoals de Coronacrisis, als aanvulling op de eerdere bevindingen die vooral gericht waren op het omgaan met verwachte technologische innovaties. Gezien de enorme en radicale impact van de huidige coronacrisis, is dit het perfecte moment om de sector extra aandacht en ondersteuning hiertoe aan te bieden.
Receiving the first “Rijbewijs” is always an exciting moment for any teenager, but, this also comes with considerable risks. In the Netherlands, the fatality rate of young novice drivers is five times higher than that of drivers between the ages of 30 and 59 years. These risks are mainly because of age-related factors and lack of experience which manifests in inadequate higher-order skills required for hazard perception and successful interventions to react to risks on the road. Although risk assessment and driving attitude is included in the drivers’ training and examination process, the accident statistics show that it only has limited influence on the development factors such as attitudes, motivations, lifestyles, self-assessment and risk acceptance that play a significant role in post-licensing driving. This negatively impacts traffic safety. “How could novice drivers receive critical feedback on their driving behaviour and traffic safety? ” is, therefore, an important question. Due to major advancements in domains such as ICT, sensors, big data, and Artificial Intelligence (AI), in-vehicle data is being extensively used for monitoring driver behaviour, driving style identification and driver modelling. However, use of such techniques in pre-license driver training and assessment has not been extensively explored. EIDETIC aims at developing a novel approach by fusing multiple data sources such as in-vehicle sensors/data (to trace the vehicle trajectory), eye-tracking glasses (to monitor viewing behaviour) and cameras (to monitor the surroundings) for providing quantifiable and understandable feedback to novice drivers. Furthermore, this new knowledge could also support driving instructors and examiners in ensuring safe drivers. This project will also generate necessary knowledge that would serve as a foundation for facilitating the transition to the training and assessment for drivers of automated vehicles.
Tango is among the most widespread world music genres nowadays. However, only partial information about the elements and techniques of composing, arranging and performing tango has been documented and made available so far. This research project aims at investigating tango’s main aspects in the oeuvre of relevant tango musicians, promoting its creative practice and expanding its artistic community. By making the implicit knowledge in scores and recordings explicit and ready for creative use by the greater artistic community, tango can be preserved, on one side; and musicians can experiment and reach new artistic horizons, securing its continuation and development as vivid, contemporary music, on the other. The project has two research questions: 1. What are the main features and techniques of tango music composition, arrangement and performance? 2. How can musicians nowadays integrate these features and techniques into their practice to deepen their understanding and enhance their artistic creations and performances? This research uses a mixed method design, including the analysis of scores and recordings, literature review, interviews, observational studies and experimentation. It expands the artistic community on the topic and bridges two top-notch institutions devoted to tango learning: Codarts and UNSAM (Argentina). The research also endeavours improvements in the Codarts curriculum as it complements and expands its educational programme by providing students with research tools to enhance their creative practice. Theoretical and artistic outcomes will be documented and disseminated in concerts, concert-lectures, papers, articles and a tailor-made website containing compositions, arrangements, videos, text, musical examples and annotated scores, so as to record: a) the musical materials and techniques found in the analysed scores and recordings, together with their applications in practice and performance; b) the artistic processes, reflections and production of the participants; c) information on how to create, arrange and perform tangos.
