Staff
Direction
Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Schindler
Head of the institute First floor, Room 101 Tel.: +49 241 / 80-25563 (Administrative office)
schindler@ifs.rwth-aachen.de Curriculum
Network
RWTH-internal:
Future Mobiliy Center
Profilbereich Mobility and Transport Engineering (MTE)
International Networking in Science & Technology (INSTec)
Engineering organisations and as
Jobs and career
In Germany, about 100,000 people work in the field of rail transport. That is more or less the tenth part of the employees in the automotive industry. Nevertheless, the demand for juni
The events organized by the institute and those in which the institute is involved are announced here.
In particular, the IFS-seminar deserves a special mention. This seminar is a joint event with
Publications
In this section you will find selected reference books, conference proceedings and video presentations. The Institute's publications appear under the technical papers.
Reference book
Services
Design and development
Optimisation of existing designs with scientific design methods Design of components and assemblies Support in the product development process (process analysis and o
Research profile
At the IFS we conduct investigations in all three levels on selected fields of the Transport Systems Technology
In Germany, academic research is divided into three parts. Beside
History of the IFS
Since 2016: Professor Christian Schindler
Since the beginning of 2016 we are called "Institute for Rail Vehicles and Transport Systems". The new name should make it clear that
Mission statement
At the Chair and Institute for Rail Vehicles and Transport Systems (IFS) research and teaching are closely linked. Genuine and up-to-date teaching is based on scientifically
