Former Team Members

Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Bähr

Department Umweltpolitik

Helmholtz-Zentrum
für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig

Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Bähr

Professional and Academic Career


01/2007–07/2010

Postgraduate at the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ;
Fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation

01/2006–11/2006

Research assistant: University of Technology Munich, Institute for Aeronautical Engineering
activity: participation in the project NOISEVAL

05/2005–10/2005

Research assistant: University of Technology Munich, Institute for Aeronautical Engineering
activity: participation in the project NOISEVAL

11/2004–05/2005

Diploma thesis „Bestimmung ausgewählter Externer Kosten des Fluglärms bei Flughafenanwohnern an einem generischen Flughafen" (Evaluation of selected social costs of aircraft noise for the residental area around an generic airport); written at the University of Technology, Institute for Aeronautical Engineering
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. U. Becker, Chair for Transportation Ecology, University of Technology Dresden

08/2001–08/2002

Studies at the Instituto Superior Tecnico Lisboa, Portugal – participation in the Master studies „Mestrado em Transportes“, Prof. Dr. J.M. Viegas

10/1997–05/2005

Undergraduate and Graduate Studies in Transportation Engineering at the University of Technology Dresden, Germany
Specialization: Theories of Transport Systems and Logistics, Technology of Air Transport

Research Areas / Projects

  • Evaluation of transport infrastructural costs under sustainability considerations
  • Transport and demographic change
  • External costs of transport
  • External risk in air transport

Sustainable development of transport infrastructure in shrinking urban regions. Development of an evaluation methodology and recommendations for public actors under the special consideration of economic aspects (Phd project)

funded by the German National Academic Foundation
Runtime: January 2007 – March 2010
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Publications

Schwanke, S.; Bähr, T.:
"Support of cost-benefit analysis of noise control measures around a generic airport”, AIAA-2007-1034, 45th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meeting and Exihibit Conference, Reno, USA, 2007

Schwanke, S.; Bähr, T.:
"Economic assessment of low-noise arrival and departure procedures with means of external cost and landing fee models around a generic airport", Konferenz "Internoise 2006”, Honolulu, USA, 2006

Bähr, T.; Schwanke, S.: "Effect of low noise Arrival Procedures on External Costs around a Generic Airport", Konferenz "ICRAT 2006", Belgrad, Serbien, 2006

Schwanke, S.; Bähr, T.:
"Auswirkung von Lärmreduzierungsmaßnahmen auf die Externen Kosten für die Anwohner am Beispiel eines deutschen Großflughafens", DGLR Jahrestagung 2005, Friedrichshafen, Deutschland, 2005

Schwanke, S.; Bähr, T.:
"Effects of noise reduction technologies and operational procedures on External Costs around a generic airport", Konferenz "Internoise 2005", Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien, 2005

Bähr, T.:
"Bestimmung ausgewählter Externer Kosten des Fluglärms bei Flughafenanwohnern an einem generischen Flughafen" , Diplomarbeit, Technische Universität Dresden, 2005 (unveröffentlicht)