Michael Schmidt - Portfolio

About

Michael works as a project manager for terminal planning and simulation at Munich Airport since 2018 and focuses on the improvement of passenger processes.

During his time as a PhD scholarship recipient of Munich Aerospace e.V. and a member of the Aviation Management research group, he started to work on PAXelerate, which is an open-source agent-based passenger flow simulation for aircraft boarding processes.

Michael studied aeronautical engineering at the Technische Universitaet Muenchen (Munich, Germany) and Politecnico di Milano (Milan, Italy) with a focus on aircraft design and product development. After graduating from university in 2012, he started to work as a project engineer and research scientist on various industrial and European research projects at Bauhaus Luftfahrt for six years.

Research Interests

Software development

Agile software development, agent-based simulation

Modeling and Simulation

Passenger dynamics and behavior

Airport operation

Terminal planning, turnaround and passenger egress and ingress processes.

Aircraft operating costs

Aircraft life-cycle cost analysis and direct operating cost estimation.

Aircraft cabin design

Advanced aircraft cabin layout design and definition.

Product development

Product development process in terms of idea generation, creativity methods and structuring.

PAXelerate

open-source passenger flow simulation framework for advanced aircraft cabins

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Publications

Summary of journal, conference and magazine articles as well as invited talks

2018

Schmidt, M.: Ground-Operational Assessment of Novel Aircraft Cabin Configurations, Dissertation, Technical University of Munich.

Schultz, M. and Schmidt, M.: Advancements in Passenger Processes at Airports - An Aircraft Perspective, Transport Research Arena (TRA), Vienna, Austria.

2017

Kling, U., Steger, C., Peter, F. N., and Schmidt, M.: Assessment of Electric Taxiing Considering Aircraft Utilization and Maintenance Cost, European Air & Space Conference (CEAS), Bukarest, Romania.

Schmidt, M.: A review of aircraft turnaround operations and simulations, Progress in Aerospace Sciences. doi: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2017.05.002

Heinemann, P., Schmidt, M., Jeßberger, C., Will, F., Kaiser, S. and Hornung, M.: Sizing implications of a regional aircraft for inner-city operations, Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 89 Issue: 4. doi: 10.1108/AEAT-11-2016-0196

Schmidt, M., Heinemann, P.: Improving the Boarding Performance of Regional Aircraft, 2017 AIAA AVIATION Forum and Exposition, Denver, Colorado, USA. doi: 10.2514/6.2017-3424

Isikveren, A. T., Pornet, C., Vratny, P. C., and Schmidt, M.: Optimization of Commercial Aircraft Utilizing Battery-based Voltaic-Joule/Brayton Propulsion, Journal of Aircraft, Vol. 54, No. 1 (2017), pp. 246-261. doi:10.2514/1.C033885

Schmidt, M., Heinemann, P. and Hornung, M.: Boarding and Turnaround Process Assessment of Single- and Twin-Aisle Aircraft, 55th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Grapevine, Texas, USA. doi: 10.2514/6.2017-1856

2016

Schmidt, M., Engelmann, M., Rothfeld, R. and Hornung, M.: Boarding Process Assessment of Novel Aircraft Cabin Concepts, 30th International Congress of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS), Daejeon, South Korea.

Heinemann, P., Schmidt, M., Will, F., Shamiyeh, M., Jessberger, C. and Hornung, M.: Conceptual Studies of a Transport Aircraft Operating out of Inner-City Airports, 65th Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2016 (DGLR). Braunschweig, Germany.

Urban, M., Jessberger, C., Rothfeld, R., Schmidt, M., Batteiger, V., Plötner, K.O. and Hornung, M.: Multi-Modal Transport Hub Concept for Inner-City Airport Operation, 65th Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2016 (DGLR). Braunschweig, Germany.

Heinemann, P., Schmidt, M., Jeßberger, C., Will, F., Kaiser, S. and Hornung, M.: Sizing Performance Implications of a Regional Aircraft for Inner-City-Airport Operations, Symposium on Collaboration in Aircraft Design (SCAD), Warsaw, Poland.

Schmidt, M., Paul, A., Cole, M. and Plötner, K.O.: Challenges for ground operations arising from aircraft concepts using alternative energy, Journal of Air Transport Management, 56 (September 2016), pp. 107-117. doi:10.1016/j.jairtraman.2016.04.023.

Schmidt, M.

Take Five... - The Five Minute Turn

Schmidt, M.

The five minute turnaround - a reasonable goal? An overview of on-going ground operation research

Schmidt, M., Engelmann, M., Brügge-Zobel, T., Hornung, M., and Glas, M.: PAXelerate - An Open Source Passenger Flow Simulation Framework for Advanced Aircraft Cabin Layouts, 54th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, San Diego, California, USA. doi:10.2514/6.2016-1284

2015

Schmidt, M.

Handling Innovation - Tomorrows Turn?

Isikveren, A. T., Pornet, C., Vratny, P. C., and Schmidt, M.: Conceptual Studies of Future Hybrid-Electric Regional Aircraft, 22nd International Symposium on Air Breathing Engines (ISABE), Phoenix, Arizona, USA.

Schmidt, M., Nguyen, P., and Hornung, M.: Novel Aircraft Ground Operation Concepts Based on Clustering of Interfaces, SAE Technical Paper 2015-01-2401, Seattle, Washington State, USA. doi:10.4271/2015-01-2401

Plötner, K. O., Schmidt, M., Röhm, T., and Hornung, M.: Impact of short- to medium-haul aircraft block time changes on airline yields, CEAS Aeronautical Journal, Volume 6, Issue 4, pp. 599-611. doi:10.1007/s13272-015-0165-0.

Schmidt, M., Plötner, K. O., Öttl, G., Isikveren, A. T., and Hornung, M.: Scenario-Based Life-Cycle Cost Assessment of Future Air Transport Concepts, International Journal of Aviation Management, Vol. 2, 2015, pp. 167–182. doi:10.1504/IJAM.2015.072378

Schinwald, C., Schmidt, M., Hornung, M.: Determining Airport Airside Capacity Utilization: A Demand-Driven Approach. 15th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference. Dallas, Texas, USA. doi:10.2514/6.2015-2594

2014

Plötner, K.O., Schmidt, M., Röhm, T., Hornung, M.: Impact of Short-to-Medium Haul Aircraft Block Time Changes on Airline Yields. 63th Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2014 (DGLR). Augsburg, Germany.

Schmidt, M., Plötner, K.O., Seitz, A., Isikveren, A.T., Hornung, M.: Profit-Based Network Level Evaluation of Aircraft Block Times. 29th International Congress of the Aeronautical Sciences (ICAS). St. Petersburg, Russia.

Schmidt, M., Paul, A., Cole, M., Plötner, K.O.: Implications of Aircraft Concepts Using Alternative Energy on Ground Operation. 18th Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) World Conference. Bordeaux, France.

Isikveren, A.T., Schmidt, M.: Future Transport Ultra-Low Emissions Technology Options. G.A.R.S. Workshop “Air Transport and Climate Change. Worms, Germany.

2013

Schmidt, M., Plötner, K.O., Pornet, C., Isikveren, A.T., Hornung, M.: Contributions of Cabin Related and Ground Operation Technologies Towards Flightpath 2050. 62th Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2013 (DGLR), Stuttgart, Germany.

Plötner, K.O., Vratny, P.C., Schmidt, M., Isikveren, A.T., Hornung, M.: Impact of Electrically Powered Transport Aircraft on Energy and Battery Demand for Germany. 62th Deutscher Luft- und Raumfahrtkongress 2013 (DGLR). Stuttgart, Germany.

Plötner, K.O., Schmidt, M., Baranowski, D., Isikveren, A.T., Hornung, M.: Operating Cost Estimation for Electric - Powered Transport Aircraft. AIAA Aviation 2013. Los Angeles, California, USA. doi:10.2514/6.2013-4281

Schmidt, M., Plötner, K.O., Öttl, G., Isikveren, A.T., Hornung, M.: Scenario-Based Life-Cycle Cost Assessment of Future Air Transport Concepts. 17th Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) World Conference. Bergamo, Italy.

2012

Schmidt, M.: Scenario-Based Life-Cycle Cost Assessment of Future Air Transport Concepts. Diploma Thesis. Technical University Munich. Munich, Germany.