Topics for student projects

We investigate different aspects of air traffic as an overall system (e.g. network) and as an interconnection of many smaller systems (e.g. aircraft, airport, air traffic control). These aspects include passenger processes at the airport, efficient airport management, approach/departure optimization, capacity improvements, flight track analysis, and procedure optimization, development of evaluation metrics, and many more. The following topics offer a small selection of possible areas of focus. Do not hesitate to contact us with your ideas as well.

digital twin Cologne-Bonn Airport

Design and integration of new components within the developed virtual airport environment

digital cabin

Design of the experimental setup and conduct of experiments in a digital aircraft cabin

urban air mobility simulator

Enhancement of a simulation environment for urban air traffic under potential emergency conditions

airport situation display

Creating a comprehensive airport situation display for visualizing aircraft on the ground and during arrival/departure.

efficient management of arrival flows

Analysis of arrival management at Singapore Airport with a focus on long-haul flights

ATM research lab

Design and implementation of a collaborative lab environment for air traffic management

simulation environment for the airport apron

Development of a simulation environment for modeling operational concepts for automated apron operations

evaluation of controller workload via eye-tracking

Development and calibration of an eye-tracking system to determine the workload of air traffic controllers.

sensor coverage on the airport apron

Create a requirements analysis for the necessary sensor coverage on the airport apron to enable automated processes.

aircraft ground handling

Data-driven and model-based processes will be brought together to further improve aircraft ground handling.

airport management

For the development of an up-to-date situation display for airports, ADS-B position data is to be suitably processed and movement data is to be displayed.

digital passenger

Development of a simulation environment for mapping passenger processes in the airport terminal to support the implementation of digitally connected passengers.

boarding considering COVID constraints

Development and implementation of a simulation environment for passenger boarding/disembarking an aircraft cabin that supports the implementation of various entry and exit scenarios.

airspace analysis

Analyze flight tracks in different airspaces and develop appropriate metrics to evaluate efficiency.

air traffic flows

To reduce the workload of controllers, the arising traffic flows should be suitably bundled under the assumption of a free choice of routes.

air traffic simulation

An air traffic simulation based on BlueSky is to be created to investigate interactions between traffic concepts and airspace structures.

optimized location of vertiports

Regional and urban mobility requires a suitable transition between modes of transport. For this purpose, suitable locations for vertiports must be identified.