Supervising theses and projects

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I have had a chance to supervise multiple Bachelor and Master theses as well as Master projects. Here is the detailed list of the theses and projects that I was involved in:

Master theses:

Name, Title of the thesis, Major

Spring semester 2022:

  1. Alex Albertini, Planning of component-level intervention on SBB bridges considering gradual and sudden events, Civil Engineering

  2. Josia Meier, An operations research model to determine SZU railway infrastructure intervention programmes considering all assets and their interconnectivity, Spatial Development & Infrastructure Systems Engineering

Autumn semester 2022:

  1. Andreas Stolz, Connecting the future predictions for SBB bridges to BIM *, Civil Engineering
    *Note: This was a collaboration with TU München

Spring semester 2023:

  1. Ramona Hasler, Predicting future interventions on the ASTRA bridge “pont sur la paudèze” using Monte Carlo simulations, Spatial Development & Infrastructure Systems Engineering

  2. Lukas Klingenbeck,Estimate the probability of road asset failure using fault tree analysis: A case study of ASTRA bridge “pont sur la paudèze”, Civil Engineering

  3. Patrick Walz, Predicting future interventions on the ASTRA bridge “pont sur la lutrive” using Monte Carlo simulations, Civil Engineering

  4. Erik Huo, Integrated planning of highway interventions between Lausanne and Vevey, Spatial Development & Infrastructure Systems Engineering

  5. Ghent Elsani,Connecting the future predictions for SBB bridges to BIM *, Civil Engineering
    *Note: This was a collaboration with TU München

Autumn semester 2023:

  1. Emma Zeindl, Connecting the future predictions for SBB bridges to BIM, Spatial Development & Infrastructure Systems Engineering

Master projects:

Name, Title of the project, Major

Spring semester 2022:

  1. Magnus List, Planning and evaluation of interventions on SBB bridges considering the deterioration behavior of the components, Construction and Maintenance Management
  2. Jonas Imfeld, Predicting future interventions on SBB track sections considering the behavior of components and the associated risks, Construction and Maintenance Management

Autumn semester 2022:

  1. Maria Hernandez, Connecting intervention predictions of SBB railway tracks to BIM, Geotechnical Engineering

Spring semester 2023:

  1. Sebastian Harder, Establishing the type and exactness of information to be communicated between intervention planners and train schedulers in the SBB intervention planning process, Transport Systems Engineering

Autumn semester 2023:

  1. Céline Hofer, Estimate probability of road asset failure using fault tree analysis: ASTRA tunnel “Tunnel du flonzaley”, Civil Engineering

  2. Ellen Fulton, Estimate probability of road asset failure using fault tree analysis: ASTRA bridge “pont sur la mèbre”, Civil Engineering

  3. Annina Wehrli, Estimate probability of road asset failure using fault tree analysis: ASTRA bridge “pont sur la pétause”, Civil Engineering

  4. Pascal Oswald, Estimating future interventions on the ASTRA bridge “pont sur la mèbre” using probabilistic discrete modelling and Monte Carlo simulations, Civil Engineering

Spring semester 2024:

  1. Annabelle Klinkhammer, Estimate probability of road asset failure using fault tree analysis, Civil Engineering
  2. Joel Regenass, Estimate probability of road asset failure using fault tree analysis, Civil Engineering

Bachelor theses:

Name, Title of the thesis, Major

Spring semester 2022:

  1. Maksim Borovlev, Estimation of financial needs and condition of level crossings in the SZU railway network, Civil Engineernig
  2. Cyrill Habegger, Estimation of financial needs and condition of bridges in the SZU railway network, Civil Engineernig
  3. Elisabetta Job, Estimation of financial needs and condition of retaining walls in the SZU railway network, Civil Engineernig
  4. Emma Livio, Estimation of financial needs and condition of tracks and switches in the SZU railway network, Civil Engineernig
  5. Yannick Schwizer,Estimation of financial needs and condition of tunnels in the SZU railway network, Civil Engineernig
  6. Jonathan Wilp, Estimation of financial needs and condition of culverts in the SZU railway network, Civil Engineernig

Autumn semester 2024:

  1. Charles Johnson, Investigation of the use of fault trees to provide systematic overviews of future railway bridge performance for managers*, Civil Engineering
    *Note: This was a collaboration with the University of Edinburgh

Spring semester 2024:

  1. Jonas Ganter, Estimation of financial needs and condition of infrastructure objects, Civil Engineernig
  2. Pit Meylender, Estimation of financial needs and condition of infrastructure objects, Civil Engineernig
  3. Viktoria Thulke, Estimation of financial needs and condition of infrastructure objects, Civil Engineernig
Hamed Mehranfar
Hamed Mehranfar
Doctoral candidate/ Scientific assistant

My research interests include infrastructure asset management, system analysis, and railway systems.