Dr. Norman Weik

Professor

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Biography

Norman Weik's research focuses on innovative methods for designing and operating efficient, user-friendly rail transportation systems. His work emphasizes mathematical modeling and applied railway engineering, covering topics such as network and traffic planning, capacity management, and railway dispatching. He particularly investigates the interplay between supply chain structure and quality, harmonizing the competing interests of asset management in railway operations. Weik studied mathematics and physics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and, from 2014 to 2019, served as a research associate at RWTH Aachen University, where he earned his Ph.D. researching railway capacity and infrastructure failures. He later joined the DLR Institute of Transportation Systems in Brunswick, where he worked on interface management and railway system operations. In 2023, he was appointed Professor of Design and Operation of Rail Transport Systems at the Technical University of Munich.

Research Interests

Experience

Research Associate

2014-01-01 — 2019-01-01

RWTH Aachen University • Aachen, Germany

Worked on research related to railway capacity and infrastructure failures.

Researcher

2019-01-01 — 2023-01-01

DLR Institute of Transportation Systems • Brunswick, Germany

Focused on interface management and railway system operations.

Professor

2023-01-01 — Present

Technical University of Munich • Munich, Germany

Current position as Professor of Design and Operation of Rail Transport Systems.

Awards

#1

IAROR Young Railway Operations Research Award

2021-01-01
#1

Borchers Badge

2021-01-01
#1

TRA VISIONS 2020 Young Researcher Competition - 3rd Prize Rail Section

2020-01-01
#1

Paper Award, 24th International Conference on Formal Methods in Industrial Critical Systems (FMICS)

2019-01-01
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Student Paper Award, IEEE - International Conference on Intelligent Rail Transportation

2018-01-01