Company: Institute of Transport Science at RWTH Aachen University
Position: Full professor
Year of birth: 1956
1976 - 1981
Study of Physics at Georg August University, Göttingen
Degree: Diplom Physicist
1981 - 1985
Doctoral Studies at Max-Planck-Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Göttingen
Doctorate: Dr. rer. nat.
1981 - 1985
Assistant and PhD Candidate at Max Planck Institute for Fluid Dynamics, Göttingen
1985 - 1987
Junior Research Scientist at DFVLR Institute for Experimental Fluid Mechanics, Göttingen
1987 - 2004
Research Scientist at DLR: Institute of Flight Guidance, Braunschweig
1987 - 1996
Head of Simulation Group at DLR: Department of Human Engineering and Simulation
1990 - 1993
Member "Capacity Development Plan for Frankfurt Airport"
1993 - 1996
Project Manager PHARE Demonstration 2 (Programme of Harmonized ATM Research in Eurocontrol)
1996
DLR representative in PHARE Coordination Committee
1997 - 2001
Head of Department "Traffic Systems Analysis"
1998 - 2004
DLR representative "Coordination Committee Frankfurt Airport"
2000 - 2004
Chairman of national working team "Integration of airports with landside traffic systems"
2001 - 2004
Head of Department "Air Transportation"
2003 - 2007
Member of Performance Review Commission (PRC), Eurocontrol
since 2004
Head of DLR Institute of Air Transport and Airport Research in Cologne and Braunschweig and
University-Professor and Head of RWTH Aachen Department Air Transport and Airport Research
Chairman of Virtual Institute "Airport Planning and Management"
since 2008
Member of Convent "Forum Flughafen und Region" Frankfurt
Capacity of airport systems
Level of Service Concept
Performance measurement of air transportation and airport systems
Passenger management and simulation in airport terminals
Optimisation of landside and airside airport processes
Future development of air transportation systems
PHARE Demonstration 2: Real-time simulations of air-ground integrated trajectory based ATM including real aircraft
Specification on operational procedures for a Wake Vortex Warning System at Frankfurt Airport
Present system analysis Frankfurt Airport
Capacity studies for several airports: Frankfurt, Munich, Zürich
Specification on a Level of Service concept for airport systems
Configuration analysis for the expansion of Munich airport
Performance review of the European air transportation system
