Research, Development and Innovation (R+D+I)

SEAT - UPC Chair

SEAT-UPC Chair in Automotive Excellence and Innovation for Sustainable Mobility

Established in: 2007

Director: Lluís Jofre Roca

Headquarters: Barcelona School of Industrial Engineering (ETSEIB), Campus Diagonal Sud. Edifici Pavelló I. Av. Diagonal, 647. 08028 Barcelona
Website: http://catedraseat.upc.edu

Objective

  • Training, RDI and dissemination of automotive technology for sustainable mobility.

Impact

State of the art study in 4 areas:

- Autonomous driving

- Safety lighting, connectivity, e-mobility and cybersecurity

- Urban spaces, micromobility, sustainability

- In-vehicle health monitoring


R&D projects: Having analysed the four states of the art with the research teams, four R&D projects were developed, one for each area of interest. The proposals and development of the projects were carried out by mixed SEAT-UPC groups.

  • Talent identification activities: sponsorship in postgraduate and master’s degrees, prizes for master’s theses and, in particular, design thinking activity.