Stefan Engels

Doctoral Candidate

Arcisstrasse 21, 3rd floor, room 3942
Phone: +49 (89) 289 - 23563
stefan.engels@tum.de

Research

Design automation methods for the European Train Control System (ETCS), especially
- routing under Moving Block systems
- optimal block layout generation for Hybrid Train Detection systems
Mixed integer linear programming
Mathematical modeling and optimization

S. Engels, T. Peham, J. Przigoda, N. Przigoda, and R. Wille. Design Tasks and Their Complexity for the European Train Control System with Hybrid Train Detection. EURO Journal on Transportation and Logistics, 2025. arXiv:2308.02572, DOI, PDF.

S. Engels and R. Wille. Time-Aware A* for Optimal Train Routing on Moving Block Systems. In Symposium on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modeling, Optimization and Systems (ATMOS). 2026. DOI, PDF.

S. Engels and R. Wille. Using A* for Optimal Train Routing on Moving Block Systems. In Symposium on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modeling, Optimization and Systems (ATMOS). 2025. DOI, PDF.

S. Lochschmidt, S. Engels, and R. Wille. Towards Optimal Train Routing Using Microscopic Simulation on Moving Block Controlled Networks. In Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems (FedCSIS). 2025. DOI, PDF.

S. Engels and R. Wille. Towards an Optimization Pipeline for the Design of Train Control Systems with Hybrid Train Detection. In Symposium on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modeling, Optimization and Systems (ATMOS). 2024. DOI, PDF.

S. Engels and R. Wille. Comparing Lazy Constraint Selection Strategies in Train Routing with Moving Block Control. In Conference on Computer Science and Intelligence Systems (FedCSIS). 2024. arXiv:2405.18977, DOI, PDF.

S. Engels and R. Wille. Late Breaking Results: Iterative Design Automation for Train Control with Hybrid Train Detection. In Design, Automation and Test in Europe (DATE). 2024. DOI, PDF.

S. Engels, T. Peham, and R. Wille. A Symbolic Design Method for ETCS Hybrid Level 3 at Different Degrees of Accuracy. In Symposium on Algorithmic Approaches for Transportation Modeling, Optimization and Systems (ATMOS). 2023. DOI, PDF.

Y. Kibakura: ‘Optimal Design of Train Control Systems with Hybrid Train Detection using A*’, BA Thesis, 2024
S. Lochschmidt: ‘Integrated Train Timetabling and Line Planning using Microscopic Moving Block Simulation’, MA Thesis, 2025
Work contributed to the scientific paper “Towards Optimal Train Routing Using Microscopic Simulation on Moving Block Controlled Networks”.
C. Yeng: ‘Automated and Time-Efficient Placement of ETCS L2 Data Points of Type 60 in ProVI LST’, MA Thesis, 2025
S. Ludwig: ‘Event-Based Simulation of Modern Railway Networks’, BA Thesis, 2026

If you are interested in one of these works and want to have a digital copy, drop me an email.

Name:	Stefan Engels
Nationality:	German

since 09/2022	Doctoral Candidate, Technical University of Munich, Germany
08/2019–09/2022	Master's Degree (M.Sc.), Mathematics in Operations Research, Technical University of Munich, Germany
	Master's Degree (M.Sc.Eng.), Engineering Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
	Master’s Thesis: "Approximation Algorithms for the Survivable Network Design Problem with Node Weights"
10/2016–08/2019	Bachelor's Degree (B.Sc.), Mathematics, Technical University of Munich, Germany
	Bachelor’s Thesis: "An Integer Programming Approach for the Minimal Superpermutations Problem"
until 07/2016	High-School, Kaiser-Karls-Gymnasium, Aachen, Germany