Emanuel Thoma

- Responsible for information security of on-board OT-Systems of all passenger transportation fleets, especially Train Control & Management Systems (TCMS) - Definition of requirements - Vulnerability management - Leading software release projects

- Responsible for the Train Control & Management Systems (TCMS) of different train fleets - Analysis and correction of systematic malfunctions - Leading innovation projects - Leading change order projects, especially software release projects - Supervision of energy management and load-shifting measures

Placements at SBB - Passenger Transportation and Infrastructure Energy: - Light maintenance - Development of a tool to evaluate train availability - Conception of the retrofitting of a train fleets energy system - Development of a grounding concept for electrical substations - Life-cycle cost analyses of high-voltage components Placement at Network Rail - Safety, Technical and Engineering, Milton Keynes, UK: - Business case for automated isolations - Comparison of R&D activities of Network Rail and SBB

- Creation of 3D plans with AutoCAD - Building simulations with CitySim - Assessment of average building energy-use, embodied energy and emissions

- Setup and evaluation of power market simulations with PowrSym for grid planning - Programming of a graphical user interface with MATLAB for the evaluation of large data-sets

- Programming of different microcontrollers with C++ - Construction of piezoelectric generators for Micro Energy Harvesting applications

Grade 1.1, with distinction Focus: Information Security and Computer Systems Title of Master's Thesis (in cooperation with SBB AG): »Intrusion Detection for Multifunction Vehicle Bus Systems« (grade 1.0)

Grade: 5.5 Power systems, sustainable building technologies, energy storage Title of Master's thesis (in cooperation with Swissgrid AG): »Demand Side Management: Potential and impact on the Swiss transmission grid« (grade 5.75) Title of Semester thesis: »The influence of power plant portfolios and congested area borders on a European frequency control market« (grade 5.5)

ERASMUS exchange scholarship

Focus: Renewable energies, engines and sustainable development OBW student exchange scholarship

Grade: 1.3, ranked third of the year Extensive, multidisciplinary engineering education with special focus on micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) Title of Bachelor's thesis: »Design of a microcontroller-based power management for Vibration Energy Harvesting applications« (grade 1.3)