Topic Suggestions for Student Projects
Mobility Behavior and Transport Planning
Traffic Engineering
Transport Demand Modelling
Mobility Behavior and Transport Planning
| Topic | Contact Person | Additional Information | Planned as: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity reserves and expansion plans of public transport as the determinant of inter- and multimodality | PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Rico Wittwer | - | SA/DA |
| Possibilities to change the traffic behavior to achieve city-wide modal split values using the example of Leipzig | PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Rico Wittwer | Together with the City of Leipzig | DA |
| Innovative smartphone tracking for collecting mobility behavior data | Dipl.-Ing. Sebastian Wittig | - | DA |
| Identification of potentials for flexible car sharing in Dresden | Dr.-Ing. Stefan Hubrich | Cooperation with Dresdner Verkehrsbetriebe AG | DA |
| Prediction of modal split values in urban areas - further development of an estimation tool | PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Rico Wittwer | - | DA |
| Recording long-distance mobility in household surveys on everyday traffic - possibilities and limits |
Dr.-Ing. Stefan Hubrich |
Prerequisite: Knowledge of Microsoft Access or SPSS | SA |
Traffic Engineering
| Topic | Contact Person | Additional Information | Planned as: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evaluation of automatic software tools for tracking traffic participants from video sequences | Dipl.-Ing. Martin Bärwolff | DA | |
| Objective and subjective assessment of left-turn conflicts | Dipl.-Ing. Martin Bärwolff | together with the professorship for traffic psychology | DA/SA |
| Verfahren zur Identifikation auffälliger Bereiche mit Baumunfällen | Dr.-Ing. Martin Schmotz | Zusammenarbeit mit Professur Gestaltung von Straßenverkehrs-anlagen | SA |
| Vergleich verschiedener Maße zur Überprüfung des geschwindigkeitsdämpfenden Designs außerörtlicher Kreisverkehre | Dr.-Ing. Martin Schmotz | Bearbeitung erst ab 12/2019 möglich | DA/StA |
Transport demend modelling
| Topic | Contact Person | Additional Information | Planned as: |
|---|---|---|---|
| Optimization of the nationwide traffic model of DB AG for the purpose of purchasing in destination and mode selection | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Route selection behavior of cyclists | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Increasing the safety of cycling by influencing the route choice | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Creation of a transit traffic flow matrix for the national transport model of Switzerland | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Examinations for the route selection of cyclists on the basis of the cyclist survey and census in Dresden | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Limits, applications and intersections of microscopic simulation and macroscopic modeling | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Special features within the target selection for prognostic approaches | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Development of systematic control and evaluation routines for transport service models | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Development of modeling philosophies for the sub-network in the transport supply model | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Investigations of the dependence of the specific traffic volume on the location | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Comparison of different evaluation functions regarding the results within the traffic demand modeling on a practical example | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Qualitative and / or quantitative determination of survey errors in manual traffic flow surveys | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Theoretical consideration and comparison of transport demand models | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA | |
| Transport planning and traffic comparison of the CR functions of Lohse, Schiller and Akcelik | PD Dr.-Ing. habil Christian Schiller | DA/SA |