Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Sauter-Servaes

Work at ZHAW

Position

• Programme Director Mobility Science
• Lecturer (BSc. Mobility Science / MSc. European Railways Systems)
• National Coordinator Switzerland MSc. European Railway Systems

Focus

• Mobility trend research
• Multimodal passenger transport
• Mobility ecosystems
• Night-train services

Teaching

• BSc. Mobility Science
• MSc. European Railway Systems

Experience

• Professor Mobility Engineering
  ZHAW School of Engineering
  07 / 2020 - today
• Programme Director Mobility Science
  ZHAW School of Engineering
  05 / 2013 - today
• Founder
  mobilecular – Laboratory for Multimodal Transport Solutions
  08 / 2008 - today
• Project manager
  Institute for Transportation Design (ITD)
  11 / 2010 - 07 / 2013
• Senior Expert Sustainable Tourism
  Verkehrsclub Deutschland (VCD)
  03 / 2010 - 08 / 2012
• Project manager, Department Business Development
  DB Fernverkehr AG
  03 / 2009 - 12 / 2009
• Research fellow
  Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), Chair of track and railway operations
  09 / 2001 - 07 / 2008

Education and Continuing education

Education

• Dr.-Ing (PhD) / Transportation Science
  Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin), Germany
  09 / 2003 - 11 / 2007
• Dipl.-Ing. (MSc.) / Transportation Science
  Berlin Institute of Technology (TU Berlin)
  09 / 1995 - 07 / 2001

Network

Membership of networks

• Editor ETR SWISS
• Co-founder Thinktank "Denkfabrik Mobilität"
• Board member Swiss Mobility Platform ITS Switzerland
• Member of the Research Commission of FEDRO (Federal Roads Office)
• Member of the Advisory Board of the German Transportation Research Association (DVWG)
• Member of the Advisory board of Urban Connect

Awards

• MovingIDEAS-Campaign "Power to the Rails"
  Deutsche Bahn AG
  09 / 2016
• PhD Scholarship
  Erich-Becker-Stiftung – a foundation of Fraport AG
  09 / 2008
• Dr. Friedrich-Lehner-Award
  Dr.-Friedrich-Lehner-Stiftung
  06 / 2008
• PhD Scholarship
  e-fellows.net – a cooperation of Deutsche Telekom AG, McKinsey & Company Inc, Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck GmbH
  04 / 2004

Social media

• LinkedIn
• Blog Mobility Science
• Blog mobilecular

Projects

• Unleashing active and micro-mobility’s full potentials to reduce energy consumption by substituting car trips / Team member / ongoing
• EuroNight 2.0 / Team member / ongoing
• Touristic e-mobility in the lake constance region / Team member / completed
• European Air-Rail-Bus Price Comparison / Project leader / completed

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