Automotive Research Centre of Technical University Cluj-Napoca
Automotive Research Centre of Technical University Cluj-Napoca (ARCTUCN) is an interdisciplinary research centre established in 2013 in the research region of Transilvania as the leading location for automotive research. The center was born by joining several research entities already involved in automotive research since 2000.
The aim of ARCTUCN is to increase the cooperation between academia and industry within the frameworks of research and education. This aim is supported by the presence in the area of significant players in automotive industry such as: Autoliv, Bosch, Continental, Draexlmaier, Leoni, Takata, Compa, Yazaki, Softing, and a large number of related ITC Romanian companies: AROBS, EBS, FORTECH, IQUEST, etc.
Research topics and structures
ARCTUCN focuses on the following topics in automotive research:
- Energy efficiency for powertrains;
- Light hybrid materials;
- Intelligent vehicles and advanced driving assistance;
- Efficient embedded systems;
- Electrical drives and machines.
Our mission is to develop solutions for modeling, simulation, design, manufacturing and testing for automotive industry. The Center employs extensive experimental facilities of the joint research entities as well as of the industrial partners.
The Center joins the efforts and competences of the following research structures:
| TESTECOCEL | Research Center on Powertrains |
| CERTETA | Research Center on Sheet Metal Forming |
| IPPRG | Research Center on Image Processing and Pattern Recognition |
| ITEC | Research Center on Information Technology in Electronics |
| CCAIEDD | Center of Applied Researches in Electrical Engineering for Sustainable Development |
Contact data:
ARCTUCN - TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CLUJ NAPOCA
Memorandumului street, nr. 28
Cluj-Napoca, 400114
Jud. Cluj, Romania
Tel. +4 0264 401 200
Fax. +4 0264 592 055