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Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Carsten Sommer

Dean of Studies | Head of the Department of Transport Planning and Transport Systems

1973	Born in Duderstadt, district of Göttingen
1992 - 1997	Studies of civil engineering at the Technical University Braunschweig, Diploma 1997
1996	Study visit at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA
Jan. 1998 to Aug. 2004	Research assistant at the Institute of Transportation and Urban Engineering at the TU Braunschweig
July 2002	Doctorate at the Department of Civil Engineering of the TU Braunschweig
Apr. 2003 until Sep. 2003	Lecturer at the Department of Civil Engineering of the TU Braunschweig for the course "Urban Traffic Planning
Nov. 2003 until July 2004	Lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal for the course "Traffic Engineering
Aug. 2004 until April 2010	Research assistant at WVI Prof. Dr. Wermuth Verkehrsforschung und Infrastrukturplanung GmbH, Brunswick
since May 2010	Head of the Department of Transportation Planning and Transportation Systems at the University of Kassel
2018	Awarded the Feuchtinger-Wehner-Denkmünze of the Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen "for his outstanding scientific-theoretical as well as practical work in the fields of planning, design and operation in road and traffic systems".

Road and Transportation Research Association (FGSV)
German Transportation Research Society (DVWG)
World Conference on Transport Research Society (WCTRS)
MoWiN.net e.V. - Mobility Economy North Hesse [Board of Directors]
Kassel Institute for Sustainability
Environmental Network of the University of Kassel
Member of various committees of the German Road and Transport Research Association (FGSV ):
- Head of Working Committee 1.6 "Public Transport",
- Head of the "Public Transport" working group in the HBS,
- Member of the ad hoc group "Application and adaptation of FGSV regulations in the field of
transport to meet climate protection targets",
- Member of Commission 4 "Urban Transport Research Program",
- Member of Steering Committee 1 "Transport Planning",
- Member of Working Committee 3.13 "Quality of Traffic Flow
"
Scientific advisor to several institutions (including Federal and state ministries, local authorities, transport associations, transport companies)

2016	German Mobility Award for the "Mobilfalt" project
2018	2nd place at the VCÖ Mobility Award Austria for the procedure for the economic evaluation of municipal transport systems
2018	Awarded the Feuchtinger-Wehner commemorative medal of the FGSV
2020	Winning of an endowed professorship "Cycling and Local Mobility" at a competition of the Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure
2022	Award for the project MOSACA II - Mobile Working in Satellite Offices Close to Home in Combination with Sustainable Transport Services in Northern Hesse by the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection

since 2011	Board of directors MoWin.net e.V. - Mobility Economy North Hesse
since 2013	Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Association of German Transport Companies (VDV), Deputy Head since 2023
since 2014	Head of the FGSV Working Committee 1.6 "Public Transport
since 2022	Member of the Board of Trustees of the Max-Erich-Feuchtinger / Bruno-Wehner Foundation
2013 - 2022	Chairman of the DVWG Nordhessen
2013 - 2021	Member of the advisory board of the "Nahverkehrspraxis" trade journal
2011 - 2019	Head of the FGSV Commission 4 "Urban Transport Research Program
2002 - 2022	Member of the FGSV Working Committee 1.2 "Survey and Forecasting of Traffic
2015 - 2018	Member of the research accompanying committee for the traffic survey "Mobility in Germany 2016"
2014 - 2018	Member of the HOLM (House of Logistics & Mobility) funding committee
2016 - 2018	Member of the innovation advisory board of the state of Baden-Württemberg for the Black Forest National Park transport concept
2014 - 2016	Member of the HOLM Advisory Board
2013 - 2014	Member of the working group mobility/transport within the framework of the accompanying research of the MORO action program regional provision of public services

since 2013	Academic director of the part-time master's program "Public Transport and Mobility
since 2014	Chairman of the Examination Board for the study program "ÖPNV und Mobilität", since 2021 additionally for the study program "Mobilität, Verkehr und Infrastruktur ".
since 2018	Dean of Studies of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
since 2020	Member of the founding board of the Kassel Institute for Sustainability
since 2021	Academic director of the master's program "Mobility, Transport and Infrastructure
2017 - 2018	Acting head of the department "Resource Management and Waste Engineering
2015 - 2018	Chairman of the examination board for the study programs in civil engineering and environmental engineering
2015 - 2018	Coordinator for the degree programs in environmental engineering
2014 - 2017	1st deputy speaker of the Graduate Center for Environmental Research and Teaching at the University of Kassel (GradZ Umwelt)
2012 - 2015	Junior representative of the department "Civil and Environmental Engineering".