Riender Happee

Riender Happee is a Professor in the Intelligent Vehicles department under Delft University of Technology's College of Engineering. His research focuses on vehicle dynamics, automated driving, biomechanics, and human factors in transportation. He leads studies on motion comfort, collision avoidance systems, and human interaction with autonomous vehicles.

Research Trends: Recent publications highlight intersections between control systems, neuroscience, and transportation safety. Key themes include

• Torque vectoring for collision avoidance
• Biomechanical modeling of postural control
• Occupant comfort in automated vehicles
• Risk assessment for drone impacts
• Individual variability in motion sickness

Supervised Work: Mentored 19 students and junior researchers across vehicle automation and biomechanics projects. Notable activities include a 2017 conference talk on biomechanical models in motion comfort.

Projects: Coordinated the Shape-IT project (2019-2024) on human-automated vehicle interaction. Collaborated with Heijmans Infra and Swarco on infrastructure-integrated vehicle control systems.