Expert Activities		Honorary Professor for Vehicle Dynamics Simulations in Railway Technology at Institut of Land and Sea Transport Systems, Specialization of Railway Vehicles, Fakulty V of TU Berlin, effective from 11. 2. 2010; formerly lecturer contract, course Simulation Technology in Railway Vehicle Dynamics 2002 - 2019 Reader for Rail Vehicle Dynamics at the ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Institute of Mechanical Systems, Center of Mechanics Assessor accredited by the Railway Federal Authority (EBA), Germany, for the assessment of railway vehicles, scope assessment of running characteristics 1997 - 2016 Member of Working Group WG10 "Interaction Vehicle-Track" of the European Committee for Standardisation CEN TC 256 2011 - 2023 Elected member of the Board of Trustees of the International Association for Vehicle System Dynamics (IAVSD) Member of the editorial board of the international journal Vehicle System Dynamics Member of the editorial board of the journal International Journal of Heavy Vehicle Systems Member of the editorial board of the journal International Journal of Railway Technology Member of the editorial board of the international journal Railway Engineering Science Member of Group Mechanics and Industry at the Center of Mechanics of the ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich
Awards		"T A Stewart-Dyer/F H Trevithick Prize" from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Railway Division, UK, for the paper "A multi-national survey of the contact geometry between wheels and rails" "SAGE Best Paper Prize 2015" from the Editorial Board of the Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, UK, for the paper "Validation of simulation models in the context of vehicle acceptance" "PE Publishing Award 2002" from the Editorial Board of the Journal of Rail and Rapid Transit, UK, for the paper "Coupled single-axle running gears - a new radial steering design" "WA Agnew/CN Goodall Award" from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), Railway Division, UK, for the paper "Coupled single-axle running gears - a new radial steering design" "George Stephenson Prize 2002" from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK, for the paper "Coupled single-axle running gears - a new radial steering design"
Biography		since 2017: Independent consultant and assessor 2011: Habilitation (postdoctoral lecture qualification) at the ETH Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich 2010: Appointment to Honorary Professor at TU Berlin 2001 - 2016: Leading positions in specialist field dynamics, Bombardier Transportation, Business Unit Bogies, Winterthur, Switzerland 1996 - 2001: Head of Vehicle Dynamics, Swiss Locomotive and Machine Works Ltd, later Adtranz, Winterthur, Switzerland 1993 - 1996: Specialist Dynamics, FIAT-SIG Schienenfahrzeuge AG, Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland 1985 - 1993: Senior lecturer contract and habilitation (postdoctoral lecture qualification) at the Technical University of Transport and Communication in Žilina, Czechoslovakia 1984 - 1985: Post-diploma study at the RWTH Aachen University, Department of Rail Vehicles and Materials-Handling Technology, Aachen, Germany 1974 - 1983: Study of Mechanical Engineering, specialisation Railway Vehicles, and Dissertation at the Technical University of Transport and Communication in Žilina, Czechoslovakia