Education and Work Experience

since 08/2023	Postdoc and Head of Traffic Engineering Research Group at the Institute for Transport Studies at KIT
06/2020 - 07/2023	PhD Degree in Civil Engineering at KIT on the subject „Microscopic Traffic Flow Simulation of Freeways Equipped with Dynamic Freeway Control Systems“
03/2017 - 07/2023	Research Assistant at the Institute for Transport Studies at KIT
09/2016 - 11/2016	Internship at TSS Transport Simulation Systems Inc. (Aimsun), New York City, USA Traffic modelling software developers and consultants
10/2013 - 08/2016	Master’s degree in Mobility and Infrastructure at KIT
10/2010 - 09/2013	Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering at KIT

Research

Traffic Engineering
Microscopic Traffic Flow Modelling

Memberships

Member of the German Association of Transport Sciences (DVWG)
German Association for Road and Transportation Research (FGSV)
- Member of the Committee 3.13 “Quality of Traffic Flow”, Working Group "Rural Roads"
- Member of the Working Group 3.2.2 "Control Logic for Dynamic Freeway Control Systems"
- Member of the Working Group 3.10.1 "Guidelines for Microscopic Traffic Flow Simulation"

Research Projects
Project Title	Funding	Start	End
Umwelt- und lärmabhängige Steuerung von Streckenbeeinflussungsanlagen – U-SARAH	Bundesministerium für Verkehr und digitale Infrastruktur	2017	2018
Simulation of Traffic Flow on Rural Roads According to the German Highway Capacity Manual	Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)	2018	2020
Aspects of Temporary Hard Shoulder Running on Freeways	Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)	2017	2021
U-SARAH live - Simulative Optimization and Field Test of an Emission Based Dynamic Freeway Control System	Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr mFUND	2020	2023
Examination of the effects of a 30 km/h speed limit on arterial roads in urban areas on traffic flow, traffic safety and air quality	Federal Higway Research Institute	2022	2025
Modeling mixed traffic of automated and non-automated vehicles on highways at different speeds	Bundesanstalt für Straßenwesen (BASt)	2022	2025
AI-based generation of a digital twin of freeway control systems – KISA	Bundesministerium für Digitales und Verkehr mFUND	2024	2026

Publications

Baumann, M. V.; Weyland, C. M.; Ellmers, J.; Fuchs, L.; Grau, J.; Vortisch, P. (2024). Determining Desired Speeds from Vehicle Trajectory Data. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, 2678 (10), 1341–1352. doi:10.1177/03611981241236793

Baumann, M. V.; Weyland, C. M. L.; Ellmers, J.; Fuchs, L.; Grau, J.; Vortisch, P. (2024). Bestimmung von Wunschgeschwindigkeiten basierend auf Fahrzeugtrajektorien. HEUREKA ’24 - Optimierung in Verkehr und Transport, Stuttgart, 13rd -14th March 2024, Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen (FGSV).

Baumann, M. V.; Weyland, C. M. L.; Grau, J.; Fuchs, L.; Vortisch, P. (2024). How well can we really estimate desired speeds? - A simulation study on the modified Kaplan-Meier approach. Procedia Computer Science, The 15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2024), Hasselt, 23rd - 25th April 2024, Elsevier B.V.

Fuchs, L.; Grau, J.; Baumann, M. V.; Weyland, C. M. L.; Vortisch, P. (2024). Incident detection on urban roads - A case study using synthetic floating car data. Procedia Computer Science, The 15th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2024), Hasselt, 23rd - 25th April 2024.

Grau, J.; Weyland, C. M. L.; Baumann, M. V.; Fuchs, L.; Vortisch, P. (2024). Simulation Study on the Effects of an Emission-Based Dynamic Freeway Control. 103rd Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 7-11, 2024.

Weyland, C. M. L. (2024). Mikroskopische Verkehrsflusssimulation von Autobahnen mit Streckenbeeinflussungsanlagen. HEUREKA ’24 - Optimierung in Verkehr und Transport, Stuttgart, 13rd -14th March 2024, Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen (FGSV).

Weyland, C. M. L. (2023, October 9). Mikroskopische Verkehrsflusssimulation von Autobahnen mit Streckenbeeinflussungsanlagen. PhD dissertation. Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT). doi:10.5445/IR/1000162768

Weyland, C. M.; Buck, H. S.; Vortisch, P. (2022). Potenziale zur Emissionsreduktion durch umweltabhängige Steuerung von Streckenbeeinflussungsanlagen. Straßenverkehrstechnik, 4, 247–254. doi:10.53184/SVT4-2022-1

Weyland, C. M. L.; Buck, H. S.; Geistefeldt, J.; Vortisch, P. (2022). Calibrating Aimsun Next and PTV Vissim for the Assessment of Traffic Flow Quality on Two- and Three-Lange Rural Highways. 101st Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting, Washington D.C., January 9-13, 2022.

Weyland, C.; Baumann, M. V.; Buck, H. S.; Vortisch, P. (2021). Parameters Influencing Lane Flow Distribution on Multilane Freeways in PTV Vissim. Procedia computer science, 184, 453–460. doi:10.1016/j.procs.2021.03.057

Weyland, C.; Buck, H. S.; Vortisch, P. (2021). Potenziale zur Emissionsreduktion durch umweltabhängige Steuerung von Streckenbeeinflussungsanlagen. Heureka ’21: Optimierung in Verkehr und Transport, Online, 13.04.-14.04.2021, Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen (FGSV).

Weyland, C.; Buck, H. S.; Vortisch, P. (2019). The Potential for Traffic Emission Reduction on Freeways with Dynamic Line Control System analyzed with PTV Vissim. 2019 6th International Conference on Models and Technologies for Intelligent Transportation Systems (MT-ITS), Cracow, Poland, Poland, 5-7 June 2019, 1–9, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). doi:10.1109/MTITS.2019.8883383

Weyland, C.; Buck, H. S.; Vortisch, P.; Zeidler, V. (2019). Analysis of the Effects of an HOV Lane on a German Freeway – A Simulation Study With PTV VISSIM. TRB 98th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers. Ed.: Transportation Research Board.

Zeidler, V.; Buck, H. S.; Kautzsch, L.; Vortisch, P.; Weyland, C. (2019). Simulation of Autonomous Vehicles Based on Wiedemann’s Car Following Model in PTV VISSIM. TRB 98th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers. Ed.: Transportation Research Board, Art.-Nr.: 19–02482.