#Smart Mobility

Smart Mobility makes use of digitalisation and the Internet of Things to develop new forms of mobility, of mobility behaviour and the relationship between humans and machines.

Projects

Digital Makers Hub

Platform for digital makers, for interaction, efficient sharing of knowledge & experiences and nationwide coordination of activities

DIHOST - Digital Innovation Hub Lower Austria/Vienna/Burgenland

Comprehensive service programme to increase the transformation capacity and transformation speed of SMEs in Eastern Austria with regard to digital innovations

autoSHUNTING

Experimental development for highly-automated shunting operations in railway freight traffic

Smart Companion

Using everyday low-cost robot sensors and smart speech recognition in assistance services for elderly people

self_DEBASE -Self Destructive Brake Shoe

Developing a breakable brake shoe to avoid damages when a train starts moving if it is accidentally forgotten on the track

ISAR-Intervision/Supervision with Augmented Reality

Developing an augmented reality tool to support supervision and intervision

TRANSREGIO

Investigating the effectiveness of measures for closing the gap between the railway networks of the Czech and Austrian state railway companies

SensiTrack - Tracking vs Privacy in the Workplace 4.0

Developing measures to support employee privacy whwn using tracking systems in industry and comparing positive aspects of tracking technologies with regard to occupational safety

Seed funding to extend research in railway technology

Establishing a research focus on alternative engine systems, energy efficiency, digitisation and automation.

TerminalOnRail2

The project "TerminalOnRail2" examines the technical possibilities of a rail based feeder system for airports based on already existing infrastructure.

Publications

Michelberger, F. (2019, November). Ergebnisse des Projekt StilvA. Vortrag presented at the Verkehrsinfrastrukturforschung Forum 2019, Wien, Österreich.
Rüger, B., & T. Shibayama. (2019, July). Towards Baggage Drop off in Airport Train (Kuukou-Shanai-ni-okeru Bageji-Doroppu-ofu-ni Mukete). Presentation presented at the Stakeholder meeting towards implementation of "fast travel" program, Tokyo, Japan.
Rüger, B. (2019). Effizienzsteigerung von Reisezügen durch geeignete Innenraumkonzepte. In 30 Jahre Hochleistungsbahnen in Österreich - Bilanz und Ausblick (Vol. 95 (2019), pp. 49–54). Wien: OVE Schriftenreihe.
Rüger, B. (2019, December). Customer-oriented railway wagons. Poster presented at the Innorail 2019, Budapest, Hungary.
Wagner, A., Heil, G., & Michelberger, F. (2019). Marshalling Yards: Noise reduction by variable rolling resistance. Presented at the Novi Horizonti, Doboj.
Wagner, A., Graf, P., & Michelberger, F. (2019). Improving the passive security. Presented at the Novi Horizonti, Doboj.
Michelberger, F., & Grossberger, H. (2019). Inspiring and Hiring the Next Generation - Strategies for a Common Approach. Presented at the 5th UIC World Congress on Rail Training, Rabat, Morocco.
Michelberger, F., Wagner, A., & Kalteis, M. (2019). Potentiale für die Optimierung der Abbremsung am Rollberg von Verschubbahnhöfen des Einzelwagenverkehr. In Jahrbuch der Logistikforschung (pp. 167–178). Linz, Austria: TRAUNER Verlag + Buchservice GmbH.
Michelberger, F., & Größbacher, S. (2019). Methods for Reducing Fears of Passengers in the Mobility System. In Proceedings of 23rd International Scientific Conference - Part III (pp. 1239–1243). Palanga, Lithuania.
Wagner, A., & Michelberger, F. (2019). Optimierungsmöglichkeiten von Kolbenkleinbremsen in Rangierbahnhöfen, (02/2019).

News

01/07/2020

Launch of Lower Austrian Science Academy

10/09/2019

St. Pölten UAS at Research Festival and ERN

09/09/2019

Opening of Science Academy Lower Austria