Former staff
Dr.-Ing. Yichang Zhou
Yichang Zhou has been a doctoral candidate at the Chair of Rail Vehicles since 2019 to 2023.
He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Jilin University in 2016. In his undergraduate design, he developed a test platform for detecting the tyre rotation angle in the commercial software Solidworks. He received the master’s degree from Southwest Jiaotong University in 2019. His master's thesis was to investigate the influence of heavy haul locomotive’s parameters on the stability of the carbody−coupler coupling system.
His doctoral work in this department focused on the longitudinal train dynamics, including analysis of in-train forces during traction and braking, design of wagon connection system (couplers and draft gears), and study of endurable longitudinal compressive forces for wagons negotiating S-shaped curves. Automatic train operation and application of small-diameter wheels are potential areas of his research.
His dissertation was at 28.09.2023, his issue: „Opportunities, Challenges and Countermeasures for the Application of Small Wheels on Railway Vehicles from the Perspective of Vehicle Dynamics,
Thilo Hanisch M.Sc.
Thilo Hanisch was employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from January 2020 to June 2023.
He graduated in 2016 from the Physical Engineering (B.Sc.) program at the TU Berlin with a focus on solid mechanics. The topic of his bachelor thesis was the numerical and experimental investigation of the natural oscillations of a model railroad wheel as a function of applied additional masses.
In 2019, he graduated from the Physical Engineering Science (M.Sc.) program, also at the TU Berlin, with a focus on solid mechanics and technical acoustics. In his master thesis, he experimentally investigated the vibration behavior of a vibration damper for railway bridges.
The focus of his work in the department was noise reduction on rail vehicles and tracks.
Matthias Gülker, M.Sc.
Matthias Gülker, M.Sc.
Matthias Gülker is employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from January 2018 to February 2023.
He graduated in mechanical engineering (B.Sc.) at the TU Berlin in 2015, majoring in automotive engineering. Afterwards he studied automotive engineering (M.Sc.) with focus on railway vehicles at the TU Berlin and worked as a student assistant at the department of railway vehicles.
His master's thesis dealt with the change in the running behavior of freight wagons when using the LL brake sole.
The focus of his work at the department was on vehicle dynamics and brake technology.
Dr. Joon Huyk Park
Dr. Joon Hyuk Park has been a Guest Researcher at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 01.2022 to 12.2022.
He received Ph.D and master’s degree from Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea in 2005 and 2000 after his bachelor’s degree from Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Mechanical Engineering
Since 2006, he is a principal researcher at the High-speed Railroad Researcher Department in Korea Railroad Research Institute. His research interests are related to railroad vehicle dynamics including analysis and evaluation of running behavior, optimal design of suspension, adoption of active control.
Dr. Hyo-In Koh
Dr. Hyo-In Koh has been a Guest Researcher at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 01.2022 to 12.2022.
She received her Magister & Ph.D degree from Technical University of Berlin in 2001 and 2004 in Technische Akustik and Kommunikationswissenschaft. In 03.2021 she received the Researcher Award from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
Since 2004, she is a principal researcher at the Transportation Environmental Research Team in Korea Railroad Research Institute. Her research interests are related to railroad acoustics and noise reduction of railways. She has been a professor at University of Science and Technology of Republic of Korea since 2005.
Bayram Günes
Bayram Güneş worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from February 2022 to December 2022.
He graduated from the Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.) program at TU Braunschweig in 2017 with a major in mechanical engineering. As part of his master's thesis, he investigated the simulation-based calibration of a measuring wheel set using FEM simulations.
From 2017 to early 2022, he worked at TCDD (State Railways of Turkey) as a test and calculation engineer, focusing on the dynamics of rail vehicles, including the vibration behavior of vehicles.
The focus of his work in the department was on automatic coupling of freight trains.
Qiuyong Tian, M.Sc.
Qiuyong Tian was employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from February 2018 to December 2022.
He received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in 2014, specializing in materials science and materials engineering. His bachelor thesis dealt with a dimensionless index for dynamically moving multibody systems using Adams and Matlab.
In 2017, he graduated from the Mechanical Engineering (M.Sc.) program, also at KIT. He deepened his knowledge in the field of manufacturing engineering, automation engineering, vehicle dynamics and vehicle acoustics. In his master thesis, he dealt with the condensation of a front axle in order to map the rotational irregularity between 20 and 100 Hz.
The main focus of his work in the department was noise reduction on rail vehicles and tracks.
Max Schischkoff, M.Sc.
Max Schischkoff worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from July 2019 to September 2022 and was co-responsible for teaching.
After the European Voluntary Service in Krakow/Poland he studied from 2013 to 2017 at the TU Berlin the Bachelor of Science in Transportation Engineering with a focus on vehicle technology. As part of his bachelor thesis, he worked on the modeling of coil springs in rail vehicles at MBS.
Subsequently, he studied in the master's program in automotive engineering and graduated in 2019. In his master thesis, he investigated a concept for sensor-based vehicle inspection based on measurement data evaluation and MBS simulations.
From October 2015 to March 2018, he was employed as a working student at PROSE Berlin GmbH and from April 2018 to March 2019 as a student assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
His research focus was on dynamics of rail vehicles.
Aline Hosang
Carl-Roman Culemann, M.Sc.
Carl-Roman Culemann was employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from March 2017 to November 2022. He studied mechanical engineering (M.Sc.) with a focus on design and development at the TU Berlin. In his master thesis he investigated the possibility of integrating a roll support into a standard European freight car bogie. His work in the department initially focused on teaching support.
Ulrich Deghela, M.Sc.
Ulrich Deghela was employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from May 2016 to February 2022.
He studied Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Computation at the TU-Berlin. From WiSe 2013/14 to SoSe 2015 he was a tutor in the Design 2 course at the Chair for Design and Product Reliability. The topic of his master thesis was "Experimental parameter identification of a gas foil bearing under the influence of rotational speed and static bearing load". For this purpose, he set up a test rig consisting of a hydrodynamically supported spindle directly driven by an electric motor in a speed range from 0 to 50,000 rpm. This was followed by a vibration analysis of the test rig and the bearing in a frequency range from 0 to 1000 Hz.
The main focus of his work in the department was the fully automatic coupling of freight trains.
Dr.-Ing. Yunguang Ye
Yunguang Ye has been a doctoral candidate at the Chair of Rail Vehicles since 2017 until 2021.
He majored in Instrument and Meter Engineering at Southwest Jiaotong University (SWJTU), specializing in fault diagnosis and signal processing of high-speed trains. For his bachelor’s graduation design, he designed a small mechanical model of hydrocyclone which is applied to filter the impurities of the raw petroleum. His master’s thesis is on the monitoring and diagnosing of the unstable states of high-speed train by recognizing unstable acceleration signal of train bogie, in which multi-direction date fusion method and some algorithms are adopted to identify the small amplitude hunting state of high-speed train.
His doctoral work at this department is centered on the rolling contact reduction by optimizing the primary suspension and the shape of rail and wheels.
His dissertation was at 29.11.2021, his issue: "Wear prediction and multi-objective optimization of railway wheel profile".
Dr.-Ing. Dachuan Shi
Dachuan Shi was employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from November 2016 to December 2021.
He studied mechatronics with a focus on multibody systems and drive engineering at TU Dresden. In his student research project, he dealt with measurement data processing for the Dresden measuring tram. He wrote his diploma thesis during his technical internship in the field of vehicle dynamics. It dealt with the simulation and validation of air suspension systems for rail vehicles.
The main focus of his work in the department was telematics and maintenance. He was involved in the development of various monitoring systems for automated fault diagnosis, thus optimizing the maintenance of rail vehicles. He also worked on the certification of a rail roughness measuring device.
His dissertation was on 02.11.2022, topic of the dissertation: "Towards robust real-time condition monitoring and fault diagnosis for railway assets".
Industriemeister Harald Jakatt
From November 1998 to December 2021, Harald Jakatt was employed as an industrial foreman at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
Harald Jakatt was trained as a machinist at Siemens in Berlin. He then passed the examination for industrial foreman at the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce. From 1989 to October 1998, he was responsible for the practical supervision of metalworking apprentices at the Technische Universität of Berlin.
Márton Pálinkó, M.Sc.
Márton Pálinkó was employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from January 2017 to 2020.
He studied automotive engineering with a specialization in rail vehicle technology at KTH in Stockholm. In his master's thesis, he worked on continuous estimation of friction between wheel and rail during operation using measurement results.
His focus at the department was on the dynamics of rail vehicles.
Mirko Leiste, M.Sc.
Mirko Leiste was employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from July 2015 to June 2020.
He studied automotive engineering (M.Sc.) with a focus on rail vehicle technology at the TU-Berlin until June 2015. In his master thesis he dealt with "Evaluation and analysis of possibilities to increase the electrodynamic braking force of freight trains using MBS simulation calculations". As part of his studies, he completed a three-month internship in the railway industry.
His main focus at the department was the automation of the operating process by the intelligent freight car of the future. Further activities in the department covered the entire railway system with a focus on rail freight transport: braking and running gear technology, energy demand and rolling resistance simulations as well as planning and execution of field tests to optimize freight rail operations.
Dr.-Ing. Daniel Jobstfinke
Daniel Jobstfinke was employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from July 2014 to June 2020 and has been co-responsible for teaching since February 2015.
He graduated from the TU Berlin in 2014 with a master's degree in automotive engineering (M.Sc.), specializing in rail vehicle technology. His master's thesis dealt with the multi-body simulation of sustained longitudinal compressive forces of freight cars during testing and operation.
In 2012, Mr. Jobstfinke completed his bachelor's degree in transportation engineering with a focus on vehicle technology, also at the TU Berlin. His bachelor thesis dealt with the possibility of supplying energy to refrigerated containers on container wagons.
The focus of his work in the department was on vehicle dynamics, braking technology and issues related to the interface between technology and operations.
The topic of his dissertation was "Freight Train Longitudinal Dynamics - Sensitivity Analyses as a Basis for Exploration, Detection and Prediction", the scientific debate took place on 18.09.2020.
Dr.-Ing Jenny Böhm
From February 2015 to April 2020 Jenny Böhm worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
She studied Environmental Engineering with a focus on acoustics at the TU Berlin. In her master thesis, she analyzed possible influences on the source descriptor. For this purpose she performed numerical and metrological investigations on structure-borne noise sources.
The main focus of her work in the department was noise reduction on rail vehicles and tracks.
The topic of her dissertation was "Charakterization of structure-borne noise sources of rail vehicles - Suitability of the in-situ method for the determination of the blocking force", the scientific debate took place on 14.06.2022.
Gökhan Katmer, M.Sc.
Gökhan Katmer was employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from November 2016 to April 2020.
He graduated from the Technical University of Braunschweig in 2016 with a master's degree in mechanical engineering (M.Sc.), majoring in mechatronics. After completing an internship in the field of tamping technology for railway construction, he wrote his master's thesis on the design and development of a noise-reducing tamping process.
The focus of his work in the department was the experimental investigation, design and maintenance of rail vehicles.
Dr.-Ing. Shiping Dongfang
Shiping Dongfang has been a doctoral candidate at the Chair of Rail Vehicles since 2015 until 2021.
He majored in Rail Vehicle Engineering at Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU), specializing in rail vehicle system dynamics and control. For his bachelor's graduation design, he developed a small-model simulation of a multiple unit's major systems while being an assistant at the BJTU Rail Vehicles Laboratory. His master's thesis is on the Pareto optimization of the suspension of a high-speed multiple unit, in which the surrogate modeling technique is adopted to construct the relation between suspension parameters and the vehicle's dynamic performance indexes.
His doctoral work at this department is centered on the applicability of small-diameter wheels for normal-speed rail vehicles, with specific consideration for its influences on wear, energy consumption and noise.
His dissertation was at 26.03.2021, his issue: "Running Dynamic Properties of Small-Radius Railway Wheels".
Elisabeth le Claire, M.Sc.
Elisabeth le Claire was employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from June to October 2018.
She completed her bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering at the TU Berlin in 2015 and subsequently her master's degree in mechanical engineering at the TU Berlin, which she deepened in the area of rail vehicle technology and completed in April 2018. Her master thesis focused on the comparison of different methods for the simulation of longitudinal compression forces in trainsets and the resulting vehicle reactions.
The focus of her work in the department was on the dynamics of rail vehicles.
Sebastian Sohr, M.Sc.
From January 2013 to April 2018 Sebastian Sohr worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
He graduated from the TU Berlin in 2012 with a master's degree in vehicle engineering (M.Sc.) with a focus on rail vehicles. In his master thesis, he worked on the design of a freight train in a multi-body system and the investigation of the train set with respect to longitudinal dynamics and derailment safety. In his bachelor thesis, he analyzed the oscillation shapes of a subway wheelset as part of a project on early damage detection.
The focus of his work in the department was on vehicle and track dynamics and the subsequent consideration of the resulting acoustic consequences.
Dipl.-Ing. Philipp Krause
Philipp Krause has been employed as a research associate at the Chair of Rail Vehicles since November 2012.
He studied mechatronics with a focus on vehicle mechatronics at the Technische Universität Dresden, including the modules multibody systems and rail vehicle technology. After an internship in the field of tram development, Mr. Krause wrote his diploma thesis on the modeling of an air suspension system for trams and light rail vehicles.
The main focus of his work in the department was on vehicle dynamics and the conception of metrological investigations on the vehicle. In this context, Mr. Krause was significantly involved in the BMBF research project ESZüG, as well as in the EU project Near².
Yasmin Baumgärtel M.Sc.
Yasmin Baumgärtel has been employed as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles since June 2016.
She studied Physical Engineering with a focus on Technical Acoustics and Fluid Mechanics at the TU Berlin. In her master thesis, she worked on the experimental determination of the Mach number of a supersonic free jet using an acoustic antenna and the method of schlieren photography.
The focus of her work in the department was noise reduction on rail vehicles and tracks.
Dr.-Ing. Gernoth Götz
From June 2012 to May 2017, Gernoth Götz was a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
He studied industrial engineering with a focus on transportation engineering (rail vehicle technology). In his student research project, he dealt with the creation of a multi-body system model of a freight car bogie with internal bearings and the analysis of the vehicle dynamics. He wrote his diploma thesis during his internship in Switzerland. The topic was the creation of a multi-body system model of a 6-car multiple unit and the analysis of the vehicle dynamics as well as the analysis of savings potentials of secondary damping elements.
The focus of his work in the department was on the dynamics of rail vehicles and model validation.
The topic of his dissertation was "Model validation in rail vehicle dynamics for running dynamics approval", the scientific debate took place on 26.03.2018.
Dipl.-Ing. Sascha Liebing
Sascha Liebing has been working as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles since April 2011.
He studied transportation engineering at the TU Berlin. In his student research project he dealt with data acquisition for the sonRAIL project and in his diploma thesis with the concept of data processing and evaluation for multisensory wheel tread testing from an acoustic point of view.
The focus of his work in the department was the acoustic optimization of rail vehicles and tracks.
Dr.-Ing Hougui Zhang
Dr.-Ing Hougui Zhang is a postdoctoral researcher supported by Sino-German (CSC-DAAD) postdoc scholarship program, worked at the Chair of Rail Vehicles since November, 2016.
He studied Bridge and Tunnel Engineering with emphasis on railway induced vibration problems at Beijing Jiaotong University (BJTU). In his doctoral thesis he deal with the topic on" Mechanisms and Treatment Solutions for Rail Corrugation on Beijing Metro". During his study, he was visiting Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey from 2012 to 2013. He had published more than 30 papers on the topics related to railway vibration problems.
His research at TU Berlin includes Vibration and Noise problem induced by railway and Rail corrugation.
Dr. Ing. Tobias Herrmann
Tobias Herrmann was a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from August 2011 to November 2016.
He studied transportation engineering at the TU Berlin. In his student research project he worked on a cost-benefit analysis of acoustically optimized superstructure systems. His diploma thesis was entitled "Investigation of the Influence of Primary Spring Stiffness on Ride Comfort and First Vertical Bending Vibration of Passenger Car Bodies". During his studies, Tobias Herrmann gained valuable experience through internships in the rail vehicle industry (including a diesel test bench).
His work in the department focused on the combination of vehicle dynamics with telematics equipment, the development of new freight car bogies and project proposal work.
The topic of his dissertation was "Method for detection of hollow wheels on freight wagons", the scientific debate took place on 07.09.2017.
Farzad Vesali, M.Sc.
Farzad Vesali, a doctoral candidate at Iran University of Science and Technology, intends to study the word "possible" literally from pantograph and catenary point of view. He has been completing his doctorate degree since Sep. 2012 in (Tehran-Iran) and joined the Chair of Rail Vehicles in Jan. 2016 until Aug. 2016
He is an enthusiastic student eager to develop an analytical model of high speed pantograph and catenary and wishes to investigate new conceptual ideas in controlling oscillation of contact force in high speed trains and to improve contact quality aiming to increase travel speed. He is investigating the creation of magnetic field around contact wire in order to generate controlling force.
“High speed trains tend to travel with the highest speed possible.”
Dr.-Ing. Daniel Bing
Daniel Bing was a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from February 2009 to February 2015.
He studied transportation engineering with a focus on vehicle technology at the TU Berlin.
The focus of his work at the chair was on telematics with the topics derailment detection and implementation of automatic brake testing, vehicle dynamics, especially brake technology and longitudinal dynamics.
The topic of his dissertation was "Derailment Detection in Rail Freight Traffic - Analysis of the Influences on Longitudinal Train Dynamics", the scientific debate took place on 24.10.2014.
Dipl.-Ing. Marco Pfeiffer
From February 2010 to October 2014, Marco Pfeiffer was a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
His field of activity at the Chair of Rail Vehicles included studies on the following topics
- Damage behaviour of wheel-rail contact surfaces
- Structural design and strength analysis of beam track brakes
- Functional investigations of rail brakes
- Driving dynamics monitoring of locomotives using on-board sensors
Dipl.-Ing. Patrick Eschweiler
Dr.-Ing. Hechao Zhou
Hechao Zhou worked as a research assistant in the Chair of Rail Vehicles from March 2010 to March 2014. He came from Tongji University in Shanghai.
His work in the department focused on calculations and simulations of rail vehicles.
The topic of his dissertation was "Research on the responses of rail vehicles during collision accidents", the scientific debate took place on 21.02.2014.
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Gericke
From October 2008 to September 2013, Christoph Gericke was a research associate at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
He was project manager of the CargoCBM research project.
The focus of his work in the department was on telematics and maintenance.
The topic of his dissertation was "Methods for on-board diagnosis of wheel tread damage", the scientific debate took place on October 31, 2013.
Stefanie Fabian M.Sc.
Dr.-Ing. Henning Schelle
From 2008 to August 2013, Henning Schelle was a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
His work in the department focused on the simulation of mechanical systems using multi-body systems (MBS) and finite element methods (FEM).
The topic of his dissertation was "Wheel weare reduction for a freight locomotive through optimized track guidance", the scientific debate took place on 30.01.2014.
Dr.-Ing. Helene Kaps
Helene Kaps worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from November 2008 to May 2012.
Her work in the department focused on FEM simulations, strength calculations and vibration analysis as a method for early damage detection.
The topic of her dissertation was "S-transformation for indirect wheel roughness measurement in rail vehicles", the scientific debate took place on 14.07.2014.
Dipl.-Ing. Bastian Bißwanger
Dr.-Ing. Doris Luther
Doris Luther worked from 2007 to May 2012 as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
Her work in the department focused on telematics and automation in freight transport and automatic brake testing for freight trains.
The topic of her dissertation was "Automated Brake Testing in Rail Freight Traffic: A Contribution to the Optimization of Efficiency, Economy and Safety", the scientific debate took place on 08.10.2013.
Dr.-Ing. Christoph Gramowski (geb. Schäpermeier)
From November 2006 to December 2011, Christoph Gramowski worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
The focus of his work in the department was the optimization of the acoustics of rail vehicles.
The topic of his dissertation was "Track-side noise emission - experimental quantification and evaluation of design measures", the scientific debate took place on February 8, 2013.
Dr.-Ing. Christian Mängel
From February 2006 to December 2011, Christian Mängel worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
As part of his diploma thesis, he worked on measures to increase the reliability of the BR 112/114/143 traction unit family and on the design of fiber composite materials using the finite element method.
The topic of his thesis was "Methodology for the reduction of track-excited structural vibrations of car bodies", the scientific debate took place on 24.09.2013.
Messtechniker Lutz-Michael Schmidt
From 1976 until November 2011, Lutz-Michael Schmidt worked as a measurement technician at the Chair of Rail Vehicles.
He began his professional career in 1966 at Telefunken after completing his training as a communications engineer. At the beginning of 1974, he started working at the Technical University of Berlin, initially in the field of measurement technology in the area of cavitation research.
Dr. Wenbin Wang
Wenbin Wang worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from April 2010 to March 2011. He came from Tongji University in Shanghai.
The focus of his work at the chair was the strength calculation of Detachable Freight Cab (DETACAB) according to DIN EN 15227 and DIN EN 12663 in cooperation with Mr. Patrick Eschweiler.
Dipl.-Ing. Gerrit Lehmann
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Thron
Thomas Thron was a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 2005 to 2010.
His work at the chair focused on the acoustics of rail vehicles.
The topic of his dissertation was "Emission model for rail traffic noise - a contribution to noise prediction on the basis of measured model parameters", the scientific debate took place on 22.02.2010.
Dr.-Ing. Christian Czolbe
Dipl.-Ing. Uwe Beika
Dr.-Ing. Yacin Ben Othman
Yacin Ben Othman worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 2003 to 2008.
His work in the department focused on railway vehicle acoustics.
The topic of his dissertation was "Curve squeal - investigation of the squeal process and ways to reduce it", the scientific debate took place on 8 July 2009.
Dr.-Ing. Bohdana Slovak
Bohdana Slovak worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 2003 to 2008.
Her work at the department focused on longitudinal and rolling dynamics of rail vehicles.
The topic of his dissertation was "Vehicle-side rail breakage detection, proof of principle feasibility by means of evaluation of acceleration signals on the axle bearing of a metro vehicle", The topic of her dissertation was the scientific debate took place on 4 July 2012.
Dr.-Ing. Sebastian Reich
Sebastian Reich worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 2004 to 2008.
His work at the department focused on the passive safety of rail vehicles.
Das Thema seiner Dissertation lautete "Influence of fibre composite sandwich construction on the collision-safe design of rail vehicles", the scientific debate took place on 27.06.2008.
Dr.-Ing. Johannes Keudel
Johannes Keudel worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 2003 to 2008.
His work at the department focussed on the vehicle dynamics of rail vehicles.
The topic of his dissertation was "System comparison of the Y25 and LEILA-DG freight wagon bogies", the scientific debate took place on 14 October 2008.
Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Kurzeck
Bernhard Kurzeck worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 2002 to 2007.
His work at the department focused on vehicle dynamics of railway vehicles.
The topic of his dissertation was "Methods for the reduction of medium-frequency vibrations during curve travel in rail traffic", the scientific debate took place on 5 June 2008.
Dipl.-Ing. Feras Al-Saleh
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Geike
Thomas Geike was a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 2002 to 2003.
His work at the department focused on the passive safety of rail vehicles.
The topic of his dissertation was "Theoretical foundations of a fast calculation method for contact with rough surfaces", the scientific debate took place on 21 December 2007.
Dipl.-Ing. Christoph Eichenlaub
Dipl.-Ing. Juan Fernandez Bustamente
Dipl.-Ing. Ileana Udriste-Breazu
Dr.-Ing. Roland Jürgens
Dr.-Ing. Dorothea Salz
Dorothea Salz worked as a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 1999 to 2004.
Her work at the department focused on the acoustics of rail vehicles.
The topic of her dissertation was "Third-octave spectrum-based assessment of the tonality of railway vehicle noise. Method development and validation from laboratory studies".
Dr.-Ing. Andreas Schirmer
Dr.-Ing. Thomas Rieckenberg
Thomas Rieckenberg was a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 1998 to 2003.
His work at the department focused on telematics for rail freight transport.
The subject of his dissertation was "Telematics in rail transport - a conceptual-technical contribution to increasing safety and efficiency".
Dr.-Ing. Marc Wiemers
Marc Wiemers was a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 1998 to 2003.
His work at the department focused on the acoustics of railway vehicles.
The topic of his dissertation was "Influence of stiffness and damping of railway wheels, in particular freight wagon wheels, on sound radiation".
Dr.-Ing. Jinghong Zhu
Jinghong Zhu was a research assistant at the Chair of Rail Vehicles from 1995 to 2000.
His work in the department focused on vehicle dynamics of railway vehicles.
The topic of his dissertation was "Experimental investigations on the influence of environmental and stress-induced boundary layer changes in metallic rolling element pairings on their adhesion/slip behaviour".