Bram Veenhuizen
Professor of HAN Automotive Research.
Bram Veenhuizen is leading lector Technology and Life Sciences and professor of HAN Automotive Research. He connects various disciplines such as battery technology, drive technology, power electronics and control engineering to develop complex powertrain systems using model-based designs. His research group also develops control software for powertrains.
Bram Veenhuizen is professor of Vehicle Mechatronics. His research team develops knowledge that creates innovations in cars. They work on optimising the drive technology and control systems in cars. This practice-based research aims to contribute to developments such as a more optimal electrification of the powertrain for hybrid and electric cars. Veenhuizen also develops software tools and controllers using model-based design. These tools and controllers are then put to practical use and contribute to a product’s competitiveness.
Innovations in the automotive sector
Veenhuizen creates value by connecting the various disciplines that are needed for innovation. Sustainability is essential when developing innovations for today’s automotive sector. We need sustainable options to optimise electric vehicles (battery technology) or for vehicles to run on biofuel. According to Veenhuizen, 'Getting input from the necessary disciplines is essential to achieving innovation'. He and his team distribute the knowledge they develop at conferences, in journals and by integrating it into automotive education at HAN.
Background
Since 2005, Bram Veenhuizen has been working at HAN as professor of Vehicle Mechatronics. He previously worked at the Eindhoven University of Technology, where he was responsible for teaching and conducting research in the field of vehicle drives. Before that, he held various positions including group leader at Van Doorne's Transmission Ltd, now Bosch, in Tilburg, where he was responsible for the further development of systems based on continuously variable transmission.
Expertise areas
- Drive technology
- Model formation
- Driving performance of vehicles
Partners in research
- Dutch Innovation Centre for Electric Road Transport (D-Incert)
- International Federation of Automotive Engineering Societies (FISITA)
- Nederlandse Waterstof en Brandstofcellen Vereniging (NWV)
- Dutch Organisation for Electric Transport (DOET)
Projects
- Electric Power Train
- Fast & Curious
- PLUTO (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Concept Development Tools)