UpGrade Mobility

Principal Investigators

The principal investigators of UpGrade Mobility are professors of the KIT Mobility Systems Center. They supervise the doctoral researchers of the graduate school and contribute their expertise from different disciplines of mobility research.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Eric Sax

Scientific Speaker

ITIV

eric.sax@kit.edu

Expertise

Systems engineering of embedded electronic systems
Hardware-in-the-loop testing of driver assistance systems
Secure software architectures and E/E topologies

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Cichon

FAST

martin.cichon@kit.edu

Expertise

Rail system technology
Rail vehicle energy supply and inductive power transfer
Automation and robust systems for rail vehicles

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Tobias Düser

IPEK

tobias.dueser@kit.edu

Expertise

Validation-driven product development
X-in-the-loop validation of systems of systems
Virtual validation of highly automated vehicles

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Fleischer

wbk

juergen.fleischer@kit.edu

Expertise

Mechatronic components for machine tools and handling systems
Automated production of lightweight structures
Production automation for Li-ion batteries and electric motors

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gisela Lanza

wbk

gisela.lanza@kit.edu

Expertise

Global production strategies
Production system planning
Quality assurance

Prof. Dr. Kay Mitusch

ECON

kay.mitusch@kit.edu

Expertise

Transport policy, especially railway policy
Regulation of network sectors
Decarbonisation and resilience of transport systems

Prof. Dr. Ralf Reussner

KASTEL

ralf.reussner@kit.edu

Expertise

Software engineering
Software design and quality
Dependability of software-intensive systems

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Vortisch

IfV

peter.vortisch@kit.edu

Expertise

Traffic modelling and microscopic traffic flow simulation
Behaviour modelling and empirical mobility research
Traffic engineering and management (ITS)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marius Zöllner

AIFB

marius.zoellner@kit.edu

Expertise

Applied technical-cognitive systems
Autonomous driving
Software-defined vehicles