VDI Society for Vehicle and Traffic Technology

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The VDI-Gesellschaft Fahrzeug- und Verkehrstechnik (FVT) is a specialist society in the Association of German Engineers (VDI) that has existed since 1934 . The FVT offers engineers from the fields of automotive engineering , railway engineering , aerospace engineering as well as shipbuilding and ship engineering a professional home. The network of members comprises around 27,000 of around 150,000 VDI members and is supported regionally by the 45 VDI district associations. The headquarters of the FVT is the VDI house in Düsseldorf .

history

The upswing in the automotive industry in Germany began at the beginning of the 20th century . This made it necessary to create and maintain an effective exchange of technical experience and scientific knowledge among specialist engineers in the automotive industry . As a result, the Automobiltechnische Gesellschaft (ATG) was founded in Berlin on March 17, 1904. The proposed name "Association of German Automobile Engineers" was discarded in order not to be confused with the VDI. A few days later, on March 31, 1904, the magazine “Der Motorwagen”, which had existed since 1898, became the official organ of the association. On July 1, 1929, "Der Motorwagen", "Auto-Technik" and "Mitteilungen des Reichsverband der Automobilindustrie" merged to form the "Automobiltechnische Zeitschrift (ATZ)", which is still the official organ of the association with an annual special edition of the FVT. At the request of the Reichsbund Technischer Arbeit (RTA), which advocated the amalgamation of technical associations, on October 1, 1934, the automotive engineering company was incorporated into the VDI as a working group for automotive engineering.

With the dissolution of the association on November 22, 1945 on the basis of the Control Council Act No. 2 of October 10, 1945, enacted by the Allied Control Council , the technical work of the association also ended when the VDI became a member of the NS-Bund Deutscher Technik . After approval by the military government, the VDI was re-established on September 12, 1946 in the British Zone and finally in September 1949 for the entire area of ​​the Federal Republic of Germany and West Berlin . As early as 1947, the work on the content was resumed in the VDI's Automotive Technology Working Group.

Renaming took place in 1956 in VDI vehicle technology specialist group, in 1974 in VDI-Gesellschaft Fahrzeugtechnik and in 1993, after the decision to expand to all modes of transport, in today's name VDI-Gesellschaft Fahrzeug- und Verkehrstechnik.

Content focus

Until 1993, FVT and its predecessor companies dealt exclusively with road vehicles , with the exception of agricultural vehicles . The main focus of work was B. in 1974 passenger cars , commercial vehicles , future means of transport, safety issues and developments in body and chassis construction as well as in engine construction . After two unsuccessful attempts in 1908 and 1951 to establish aviation technology as a field of work, this only succeeded permanently from 1993 with the expansion of the subject area to include the modes of transport aerospace technology, shipbuilding and ship technology as well as rail technology.

Today (as of February 2019) the FVT is divided into eight departments.

The state of the art in the field of vehicle technology is recorded in the form of VDI guidelines in the VDI Vehicle Technology Manual, which is published by the FVT.

Membership in the International Organization of Automotive Engineers

Via the FVT, the VDI has been an active member of the International Organization of Automotive Engineers (FISITA) since 1952 . FISITA was founded in Paris in 1948, is the international umbrella organization of automotive engineering associations, brings together members from 37 countries and thus represents more than 210,000 automotive engineers worldwide. The FVT represents the interests of German engineers in the FISITA committees. The following FISITA World Automotive congresses took place in Germany with the support of FVT:

  • 5th FISITA Congress, 1954, Munich
  • 11th FISITA Congress, 1966, Munich
  • 18th FISITA Congress, 1980, Hamburg
  • 32nd FISITA Congress, 2008, Munich

Youth activities

Formula Student Germany

Group photo at the Hockheimring with all the FSG 2010 teams

The Association of German Engineers, represented by FVT, has been the ideal sponsor of Formula Student Germany (FSG) since it was founded in 2006. FSG is an annual, international design competition for students.

Carolo Cup

The Carolo-Cup is an international university competition for autonomous driving model vehicles on a scale of 1:10 that has been held annually since 2008. The Cup is organized by the Technical University of Braunschweig under the patronage of VDE and VDI, the latter represented by FVT.

Honors

General

As a VDI specialist society, FVT can award the VDI Medal of Honor, the VDI Medal of Honor and the Benz-Daimler-Maybach Medal. All holders of an honor given by the FVT are listed below.

Benz Daimler Maybach Medal

Ulrich Seiffert, winner of the Benz Daimler Maybach Medal since 2004

The FVT has been awarding the Benz-Daimler-Maybach Medal since 1986, which is named after the pioneers of automotive technology Carl Benz , Gottlieb Daimler and Wilhelm Maybach . With the medal, which is equivalent to the VDI Medal of Honor, the FVT honors particularly deserving members and volunteers as well as engineers who have made special contributions in the field of automotive engineering. To date (as of June 2019) the following people have been awarded the Benz-Daimler-Maybach Medal:

VDI Medal of Honor

The FVT honors outstanding personalities in the field of vehicle and traffic technology who do not fall within the scope of the Benz-Daimler-Maybach Medal with the VDI Medal of Honor. It has been awarded since 1989 and is the highest honor bestowed by a VDI specialist society. To date (as of June 2019) the following people have been awarded the VDI Medal of Honor by the FVT:

  • Helmut Ponath, awarded in 2019
  • Udo Stahlberg, awarded in 2018

Organs of the FVT

The technical work of the FVT is continuously reported in the form of articles, conference contributions and further information for VDI members in the following organs of the FVT and the VDI-Nachrichten :

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Automated driving on the VDI website (accessed on February 5, 2019)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Strauss, C. and Loos, U. From ATG to VDI-FVT - history and future . In: 100 years of VDI-FVT - special edition of ATZ. ATZ extra (2004), pp. 4-9
  3. ↑ a b Siebenpfeiffer, W. 100 years of VDI-FVT - 100 years of journalistic support . In: 100 years of VDI-FVT - special edition of ATZ. ATZ extra (2004), p. 1
  4. ^ Mauel, K. From 140 years of history of the VDI . In: Festschrift 140 years of VDI. VDI eV (1996), pp. 24-43
  5. ^ A b c Association of German Engineers: 125 years of the Association of German Engineers . VDI eV (1981).
  6. ↑ a b c d e f Mauel, K. The technical-scientific work of the VDI 1946 to 1981 . In: Technik Ingenieure und Gesellschaft - History of the Association of German Engineers 1856 to 1981. VDI-Verlag (1981), pp. 455-512
  7. ^ Association of German Engineers: Festschrift 140 years of VDI . VDI eV (1996).
  8. ↑ Via the FVT on the VDI website (accessed on February 4, 2019)
  9. ↑ VDI manual vehicle technology on the Beuth website (accessed on February 5, 2019)
  10. ↑ a b Information on FISITA activities of the FVT on the VDI website (accessed on February 4, 2019)
  11. ↑ FISITA World Automotive Congress on the JSAE website (accessed February 4, 2019)
  12. ↑ a b Honors of the VDI on the VDI website (accessed on June 6, 2019)
  13. ↑ VDI Medal of Honor for Helmut Ponath on schiffundhafen.de (accessed on June 6, 2019)
  14. ↑ Udo Stahlberg receives VDI Medal of Honor on Auto-Medienportal.net (accessed on June 6, 2019)
  15. ↑ Innotrans: VDI Medal of Honor goes to Udo Stahlberg on lok-report.de (accessed on June 6, 2019)