@article {Ih:2015:1021-643X:156,
title = "New roles and responsibilities of automotive NVH engineers in an era of change",
journal = "Noise News International",
parent_itemid = "infobike://ince/nni",
publishercode ="ince",
year = "2015",
volume = "23",
number = "4",
publication date ="2015-12-01T00:00:00",
pages = "156-162",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1021-643X",
url = "https://ince.publisher.ingentaconnect.com/content/ince/nni/2015/00000023/00000004/art00001",
doi = "doi:10.3397/1.37023125",
author = "Ih, Kang-duck",
abstract = "There have been numerous changes that have affected every engineer in the field of NVH. These changes can be divided into four major aspects: growing interest in fuel efficiency, including emergence of eco-friendly cars; advances in electronic control technology; changes in customers
needs; and convergence technology. Fuel efficiency may be the most influential, since any NVH solution that comes with an increase in cost and weight is no longer welcome in the era of change. Despite the commitment of significant man-hours, it may be impossible to find a good solution without
a big increase in cost and weight. This can be overcome only when further engineering is performed in the early development stage, especially without any prototype vehicles. The advances in electronic control technology and its expansion can provide NVH engineers with a wider range of choices,
and when they take advantage of its benefits, they can easily minimize the side effects of traditional NVH solutions. Changes in customers needs bring forth several ripple effects. One unified world market has meant accelerating, fierce competition, and the variety of customer requirements
has promoted diversification of products. In this environment, the task assigned to engineers is to develop a variety of high-quality cars within a short time. We have pushed forward the innovative process by securing noise vitalization devices and spreading CAT (computer-aided test) usage.
Furthermore, we need to develop cars by persistently monitoring how customers feel by putting ourselves in their shoes. Convergence technology has given NVH engineers positive new opportunities. The combination of automotive technology and ICT (information and communication technology) is
capable of providing customers with more convenient features and has endless development possibilities for NVH engineers in the days to come. I am sure convergence technology can bring a much higher quality service to our customers given the NVH engineers playing a leading role.",
}