Former Team Members
Dipl.-Ing. Torsten Bähr
Helmholtz-Zentrum
für Umweltforschung - UFZ
Permoserstraße 15
04318 Leipzig

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)