UpGrade Mobility
Structure and Members
The operational management consists of the scientific speaker, the managing director, elected representatives of the doctoral researchers and the topic speakers.
Operational Management
Active Members
Below are the current (post-)doctoral researchers of the UpGrade Mobility Graduate School, their associated institutes, and their PhD/research topics.
Daniel Baumann
ITIV • 2025 – Present
Reconfiguration of context-based vehicle software components in the cloud
Philipp Bühler
FAST • 2024 – Present
Simulating nanomaterial release from tires over their lifecycle
Lorenz Fehn
IRS • 2026 – Present
Motion planning under environmental and sensor uncertainty for automated driving
Daniel Flögel
IRS • 2024 – Present
Socially Integrated Navigation: Motion Planning in Crowded Environments
Jonas Freyer
IPEK • 2025 – Present
Validation methods for connected, cooperative and automated mobility
Lars Gesmann
IPEK • 2025 – Present
Consistency in Cross-Generational Engineering of Cyber-Physical Systems
Josephine Grau
IFV • 2025 – Present
Automated Replication of Dynamic Freeway Control Systems for Traffic Simulations
Morten Harter
KASTEL • 2025 – Present
Threat and risk analysis and variability in cyber-physical systems
Manuel Hess
IRS • 2025 – Present
Comfortable motion planning for automated driving, focusing on motion sickness
Minakshi Kaushik
KASTEL • 2025 – Present
Association rule mining, machine learning, and model-driven development
Lina Kluy
IFAB • 2025 – Present
Empirical Investigation of Human Behavior, Experience and Information Processing in Intelligent Assistance Systems
Michael König
FAST • 2025 – Present
Sustainable vehicle and mobility concepts for municipal energy transition
David Kraus
ITIV • 2024 – Present
Automotive edge computing using service-oriented architecture to outsource safety-critical functions
Arne Lange
KASTEL • 2025 – Present
Multi-level modeling and deep instantiation for consistent CPS engineering
Nikola Lukezic
ITIV • 2025 – Present
Adaptive Methods of Collective Perception for Increased Safety in Driving Scenarios
Vitus Lüntzel
ITIV • 2025 – Present
Context-aware incremental quality analyses for cyber-physical systems
Jana Mayer
ifGG • 2025 – Present
Socially equitable everyday mobility in urban and rural Baden-Württemberg
Ann-Therese Nägele
ITIV • 2025 – Present
ML-supported requirements engineering and continuous testing of automotive and robotic services
Dirk Neumann
KASTEL • 2025 – Present
Consistency and feature modeling for software-intensive systems
Alexandra Nick
IFAB • 2024 – Present
Ergonomics of Teleoperation for Automated Vehicles - Requirements, Tasks, and Challenges for Remote Operators
Philip Ochs
KASTEL • 2025 – Present
Consistency of software product lines across problem and solution space
Hubert Padusinski
FZI • 2025 – Present
Validation of machine vision functions for highly automated driving systems
Promit Panja
KASTEL • 2025 – Present
Correct-by-construction safety verification of cyber-physical systems
Romain Pascual
KASTEL • 2025 – Present
Formal foundations of consistency in model-driven CPS engineering
Tobias Pett
KASTEL • 2025 – Present
Convide: Consistency in the View-Based Development of Cyber-Physical Systems
Ben-Micha Piscol
IRS • 2023 – Present
Validation of learning methods for trajectory following control for highly automated vehicles
Joshua Ransiek
FZI • 2024 – Present
Automation of software tests through the use of reinforcement learning
Anian Scheibel
IPEK • 2026 – Present
Uncertainty in automated-driving perception chains and safety of AI-heavy AD stacks
Stefan Schläfle
FAST • 2021 – Present
Influence of Vehicle operating conditions on tire-road particulate emissions
Luca Seidel
ITIV • 2025 – Present
Online Confidence Assessment of Sensor-Based Automated Driving Functions
Rahul Sharma
KASTEL • 2025 – Present
Consistency benchmarks and verification for cyber-physical systems
Kevin Simon
FAST • 2025 – Present
Improved detection of emergency vehicles through autonomous vehicles
Georgios Sotiropoulos
ITIV • 2025 – Present
Fault-tolerant AI hardware and accelerators for safety-critical applications
Terru Stübinger
KASTEL • 2025 – Present
Formalizing consistency in model-driven engineering (Convide)
Carsten Thümmel
IPEK • 2025 – Present
Monitoring between Strategic Foresight and Product Engineering
Francesco Urbano
IPEK • 2025 – Present
Experimental and model-based analysis of particulate matter emissions from dry-running friction systems under varying operating conditions
Thomas Völk
IPEK • 2025 – Present
Methods and Processes for Agile Interdisciplinary Design through Consistency in the Product Development of Cyber-Physical Systems
Michael Walz
IFL • 2025 – Present
Analytical throughput models for automated warehouse and logistics systems
Alumni
Christopher Bohn
IRS • 2021 – 2025
Computing guaranteed reachable state sets for motion planning of highly automated vehicles
Sofie Ehrhardt
IFAB • 2021 – 2024
Please let me merge – Communication during lane changes on motorway slip roads
Julia Gandert
TVT • 2022 – 2026
Investigation of the Influence of the Production Parameters on the Thermal Transport in Electrodes for Lithium-Ion Batteries
Felix Pfaff
IPEK • 2021 – 2025
Evolutionary principles supporting synthesis of future generations of products and systems
Silvan Scheuermann
ETI • 2021 – 2024
Measurement and upgrading of motor windings for use with SiC semiconductors and high voltage levels
Tobias Schulz
FAST • 2021 – 2023
Application of machine learning methods in the condition monitoring of safety-relevant sensors and actuators
Dominik Stepien
HIU • 2021 – 2023
Synthesis and development of electrolyte systems based on ionic liquids for lithium metal batteries