On December 23, Garret Motion Korea (CEO Kim Do-kyun) and the Garret Motion Center at Kookmin University (Director Professor JEONG, GU MIN of the Department of Electrical Engineering) held the award ceremony for the 2024 Garret Motion NMPC Controller Design Competition. Garrett Motion, a world-class Swiss parts manufacturer, established a research center at Kookmin University in 2022 and has been offering practical training through related courses.

The courses offered in collaboration between Garrett Motion and Kookmin University teach Model Predictive Control, which has recently emerged as a new technology in the automotive market, and teach the design of controllers using predictive control techniques. In particular, practical training is also being conducted on the Nonlinear Model Predictive Control solution developed by Garett Motion. In addition, practical training on automotive microcontrollers and automotive software is also being conducted through the Infineon Center and Hyundai AutoSA Center.

At the end of the semester, a competition was held for students in the Department of Electronics Engineering to design a nonlinear model predictive controller (NMPC) for a hybrid vehicle model and an adaptive cruise control model, and to implement the NMPC control algorithm by mounting it on an Infineon microcontroller board. At the award ceremony, Director Inho Bae of Garrett Motion Korea attended and presented the students with their certificates.

Seol Woo-seok, the winner of the grand prize, said, “I was able to experience the theory and practice of vehicle controller design and the practice of vehicle software through high-quality practical training. I would like to thank the people at Garrett Motion for providing me with this great opportunity.”

Inho Bae, director of Garrett Motion Korea, said, ”MPC is emerging as the next-generation control technique in the field of vehicle control. I hope that students will show a lot of interest in it.”