Matyas Siteri

MotoStudent is a 1.5 year long competition is distributed to different phases, from the conceptual design, through manufacturing and documentation, climaxing into the final race event on an official MotoGP race track, Motorland Aragón, in Spain. Each team shall develop a completely new electric or petrol motorcycle in every series of the competition, and then stand ground in static and dynamic tasks. Moreover, beside technical plans, they have to execute an innovation, and a business plan, and present them in front of a professional jury.

One of the most challenging yet exciting time of my life so far, when I was a member of my university's MotoStudent team called Kenji Racing Team (fka. KEFO MotoStudent).
The team included the following active members: Attila Tímári, Pál Novák, Tamás Nagy, István Hatos, Filipa Joao-De Olivera, Dávid Tímári, Mihály Nagy, Róbert Kürtösi, Anita Solymosi, Dávid Horváth, and me.

Background

Freshly founded, without any prior experience or know-how, we had to obtain human, financial and material resources, then design and engineer a racing motorcycle to compete against universities from all over the world, whose roots are deep in the motorcycle racing culture.
In our first series, my main contribution towards the team was represented in the realisation of our innovation. Firstly in the motorcycle racing, we used aluminium foam-carbon fibre composite sandwich structure for the frame and swingarm of our motorbike. And not just the material selection was unique. The structures comprised neither bolted nor welded connections, they were bonded with adhesives. These innovations caused us 3rd place on the MotoStudent’s Innovation category, and 1st place on the Henkel Adhesive Technology Innovation competition, as a rookie team.
My role was to carry out the material technology, through research, conceptualization, design, and manufacturing, in close cooperation with the structural designers, in order to ensure the motorbike's dynamic performance.

We had to find out the barriers of our material selection, so we experimented with different foam densities. We executed tensile and bending tests, and investigeted various bonding surfaces for the adhesives.

Research

concept & design

We mapped the motorcycle's different subsystems, then identified correlations between them, and the key performance indicators we want to reach, with respect of the technical regulations. We had to define the basic geometry of the frame and swingarm, then optimize the number of carbon fibre layers, the fibre orientation of the layers, in order to maximize the dynamic performance. These optimizations were crucial, because of the varying dynamic loading conditions, and the desired torsional flexibility to reach.

manufacturing

ready to race

Model and render are made by Dóra Halkó

Actively working through our first season, I could start the second as one of the 3 main decision makers, and as the leader of the "Composites" group. I deeply appreciated this possibility, since I was able to experience a lot in human thinking, by coordinating teammates, and by managing competencies. In a coordinative role, I participated in the design process of the motorcycle's fairing, which can be seen on this render. This design was also realized, sometime after I left the team due to my graduation.

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Building the future of mobility

At Bosch, day by day, we were advancing vehicle autonomy with the aim to reach a better fault-rate than humans. I took part of this process as a Product Management Marketing Specialist. In this position, I had end-to-end responsibility for the market intelligence of our driver assistance and automated driving solutions. Due to its nature, I had to master a product-centered, strategical mindset, with the corresponding business foundations. My regular activities consisted:

Market analysis
Competitor profiling
Preliminary research for Merger & Acquistion possibilities
Competitor and OEM roadmap monitoring
Supporting competitor "wargaming" events
Supporting user research studies, including sweet spot and pain spot identification
Benchmarking roadmap creation
Collaboration with our central and regional (NA, CN, JP) stakeholders

Additionally, I provided Product Management Services for our central organization, which inlcuded two main topics. First, the content management and webpage design of our main window to our sales organization, the so called Sales Portal. Secondly, the organization and moderation of our tri-weekly Sales TeleConference, which was an informative meeting series, where we provided the latest status of the ongoing innovation and development phases of our (future) products.
On top of these, I participated in a working group, Culture and Leadership Workshop, where we defined the future targets for organizational culture, and for the desired leadership qualities.

My work enabled me to be up-to-date with the most recent industry trends, consequently with the improvement possibilities, and I see that the automotive firms are not paying enough attention to the human aspects of automated mobility, through the chase of technological advancements. In the future, I plan to make in impact in this area, so I have decided to pursue a master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction.

Please consider, that due to business confidentiality,
I cannot show photos of my work from the development center

Building the future of mobility

As a System Integration Engineer, I took part in the development radar-based advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) with comfort functions like adaptive cruise control, and safety functions like automated emergency braking. I had comprehensive responsibility for integration, test, validation, and release of our embedded software and systems, with direct support for the technical project manager. This position mixes the technical and management sides of engineering. I followed through the whole development cycle of our systems, acting as an interface between the customer and our internal develpment:

Initial customer requirements analysis, and support of project acquisition
Analysis of the proposed built-in environment, in cooperation with our HW department
Scheduling and organizing the prototype vehicles
Executing bench tests for our radar sensor
Preparing the vehicles for test runs, including the diagnosis of vehicle, and the setup of measurement technic, with gateway software programming if necessary
Organizing different test runs, and handling the acquired measurement data
Managing defects, and change requests, in close cooperation with the subsystem developers
Validation of production lines, and supporting field claims

Continuing my journey within Bosch, I changed to a Marketing Specialist position, to take an active part in the daily activities of our Product Management department.

Please consider, that due to business confidentiality,
I cannot show photos of my work from the development center

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Dual University studies

My professional career path started at the John von Neumann University, where I pursued a dual bachelor degree in vehicle engineering, in cooperation with Mercedes-Benz Manufacturing Hungary (Daimler). My university was a pioneer in establishing the first dual educational model in Hungary, based on Germany’s 50 years of experience. I have always believed that beside an excellent theoretical knowledge, hands-on experience is also needed to excel, especially in engineering disciplines. This is what dual higher education is supposed to provide, a head start for aspiring students. With an approximately 25 times application oversubscription, I was honoured to be one of the chosen applicants that comply with the corporate values of Daimler.

Dual experience

Stepping into the factory for the first time, realizing the complexity, I could not imagine that I was going to have the chance to take part in the daily life of so many domains of the automobile production.

Training Centre: In order to appreciate the value of manual work, we started with basic metal machining, electronic fabrication, and assembling of the car’s main systems, starting from powertrain through the main supply systems, ending with the undercarriage. We also attended trainings in Robot Programming, Pneumatics, Communication-, and Presentation skills.
Paint Shop: Participated a production line optimization project
Quality Assurance: Supported the fluidity of the Assembly Hall with methodic checks and failure analysis (8D). I could shoot and edit a training video about the mandatory precautionary measures in the hall.
Material Testing Lab: Carried out my Bachelor Thesis. Created a new, interactive user interface for the evaluation sheets of destructive tests. Filmed and edited an introductory short movie.
Foreign Assignments: I had 2 assignments in plant of Rastatt, Germany. Assisted the reverse engineering and 3D modelling of an automated part transportation system.

Please consider, that due to business confidentiality, I cannot show photos of my work from the factory

bachelor thesis

I wrote my bachelor thesis from a screwing problem of an actual car part. Through my work, we investigated the circumstances of the mounting process, and we made various material tests, both destructive and non-destructive ones. I carried out injection molding and structural FEM simulations. I optimized the injection gates to reach better fibre orientation. After the analyses, I defined short- and long term measures to correct, then prevent the problem in the future.

I represented my company and the dual university model 4 times at Educatio, the biggest expo for higher education in Hungary. It was a great chance to meet students, and help them to choose the degree to pursue, or even inspire them.

expo vibe

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out-of-discipline imprints

Joining S&T Consulting after my graduation was a little detour from the 'first hand' automotive industry. As a simulation engineer, I was focusing on conceptual design and different optimizations. Working with Altair softwares, I was able to hone my skills in the mentioned field, promoting the "simulation-driven design" mindset. I feel myself close to activities that have a real world impact, so it was a unique experience when I could lattice optimise a human shoulder implant for metal 3D-printing. Moreover, my tasks also involved pre-sales activities, technical support, and hosting trainings for our customers.

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Since I love creative projects, I like to relax my mind with photography. When a scenery catches my attention, I pay attention to enjoy that moment first, then, if I get the chance, I take photos to be able to relive it later.

Let me share with you a few of my most favourite photos, shot by me.

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I have created this section with the purpose of sharing with you some of the most recent inspirational material that I have encountered. Each one had a great influence on me, because of their own kind of uniqueness.

I do not have any intention of gaining credit from them, they just simply inspired me, either professionally or artistically. I kindly ask you to visit the original source, which is cited.

Marty

When a cult car and state-of-the-art technology meet.
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As a vehicle engineer, motorsport fan, and a person who embraces the development of autonomous vehicles, I was amazed by the work of the engineers of Stanford's Dynamic Design Lab. They created an autonomously drifting DeLorean DMC-12, MARTY, with a goal of improving driver safety. It is really fascinating how it handles situations over the slip threshold.

You can find the original article, with more, exciting content here.

Image credit: Jonathan Goh

Pastry art x rapid prototyping

I especially like to mix different disciplines, so Dinara Kasko's work caught my attention. She does that flawlessly. She blends pastry art with rapid prototyping techniques, such as 3D-printing or CNC machining, and the result is somewhat purely aesthetically pleasing.
It inspires my artistically, and fuels my eagerness to experiment.

You can take a look at her other works here.

Image credit: Dinara Kasko

Textures

For me, the various material textures can be truly inspirational. Their form, their density, or their feel can always show something new. Sometimes the best way to meet them is to wander in the nature. Other times they are man-made, like this unique big pore aluminium foam.

I met this material, when I visited my former motorcycle designer team. I was immediately mesmerized by its appearance.

I enjoy getting lost in the details sometimes.

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I firmly believe that people should not be condemned or judged upon the music they like.
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The perception of music varies amongst people. One may say “this one is so bad, it is just some kind of noise” while others talk about it like the “track of their life”. What matters is the joy it gives to them, and in my honest opinion, this must be deeply respected.
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For me the music journey started at a very young age, as a listener. By my relatives, I experienced many genres, and this open-mindedness stayed with me up until this very day. Besides, I have always paid attention to the different sounds around me, and through the years I have developed my listening skills. At my high-school years, I started to learn to play the guitar, which faded out, but I picked up this custom again around 2 years ago, and when my free-time allows it, I like to proceed with it in a relaxed manner.
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When I had found out how much technology was involved in the modern music industry, I was amazed immediately. I think it was a natural progression, based on my technological background and on my passion, to enrol in an electronic music production course.
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Not many people realize how much you have to study, and how hard it is to get to a level, where you can produce a decent song, especially for people like me, who does not have formal music background. Despite all these, I could not be happier that I have started this journey. As ‘U Good?’ I plan to challenge the boundaries of bass music. While it is a form of self-expression, my ultimate motive is to give people the same sensation I feel when I listen to music.

impro story

imPro - Budapest School of Music and Technology, the place where I took an intensive, 6 months long electronic music production course. Next to providing the technical skills, it focuses on the creative process and the self development as an artist. The program's modular structure can be seen on the left, while a short description of my assignment songs on the right.

Synthesis:Taught the basic and advanced techniques of sound synthesis, without using any pre-existing sound wave.
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Sampling: Taught how to record any sound, and how to manipulate the existing sonic information.
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Mixing and Mastering: Taught how to efficiently mix the building blocks of song.
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Music Industry: Seminars and masterclasses about the working of music industry.
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Final Project: A capstone assignment, culminating all what we learned. My song is available here.
The module assignments involved also exams, technical analysis essays, and presentations in front of the lecturer and class.

I was glad that I could keep up with the pace of lectures and class, and I feel proud of my progress, keeping in mind where I came from. imPro was a prefect place to start, but the real hard work comes now.

Hi, I'm Matyas.
A Designer and Fulbright Scholar,
who crafts meaningful experiences.

And a guy, who is fascinated by interactive sound & the sense of touch
(and one who is currently working on his new portfolio
but life can get overwhelming from time to time :))

About

Background

Textures

impro story

Graduate projects

professional projects

Creative hobbies

Contact me

Hi, I'm Matyas.A Designer and Fulbright Scholar,who crafts meaningful experiences.

And a guy, who is fascinated by interactive sound & the sense of touch(and one who is currently working on his new portfolio but life can get overwhelming from time to time :))

About

Background

Research

concept & design

manufacturing

ready to race

Building the future of mobility

Building the future of mobility

Dual University studies

Dual experience

bachelor thesis

expo vibe

out-of-discipline imprints

Marty

Pastry art x rapid prototyping

Textures

impro story

Graduate projects

professional projects

Creative hobbies

Contact me

Hi, I'm Matyas.
A Designer and Fulbright Scholar,
who crafts meaningful experiences.

And a guy, who is fascinated by interactive sound & the sense of touch
(and one who is currently working on his new portfolio
but life can get overwhelming from time to time :))