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Berlin, DE

Sarah Westphal

Topic: potential of light electric vehicles (EU L-category) for decarbonizing city trafficHow do we need to rethink cities/streets to integrate LEVs efficiently and safely into multimodal traffic to meet emission reduction goals?

Wildau

Berlin Area, Germany

- programming a decoder for Car2X messages specified in ASN1 (CAM, DENM, SPATEM messages) in Python - evaluating use-cases for Car2X technology in the railway sector

Berlin Area, Germany

• developed a tracking solution using Excel
• conducted market research for hardware options for autonomous mobility platforms
• described use-cases for mobility platforms e.g. for health care or logistics
• developed business models and pitches for customer presentations
• drafted a concept for a new social mobility platform for a German automotive club
• screened potential partners within city and municipality politics for advancing flagship-projects and prototypes

Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland

• analyzed the existing data, data flows, processes and know-how to develop a migration path for the new reporting tool QlikSense / NPrinting
• steered the migration process for daily reports to the group board and achieved an efficiency increase of over 100%
• trained new and current colleagues in the new processes
• drafted an agile project management using Scrum ideas for the migration
• supported in mapping out a strategy for change management-> reduced time for report creation from 3 hours to 1 hour and improved conformity of KPIs throughout the company and in reports-> introduced Data Science.

Berlin / Frankfurt

• Designing a multi-modal mobility platform for integrating autonomous share taxis
• screened the market for current fleet management solutions for incorporating autonomous vehicles
• screened research papers for optimization algorithms for route planning, e.g. predictive positioning
• screened potential data sources e.g. mobile network or user smartphone data and types of data that need to be collectedDeveloping a predictive maintenance solution for railway track maintenance
• researched current methods and processes for track maintenance and levels of automation, common damage characterizations and human errors
• developed ideas for automating the track monitoring using smart sensors in the Internet of Things

Berlin Area, Germany

• Mapping out the DB technology strategy
• recorded top reasons for failure of operations and assets in the regional and long-distance railway traffic through interviews with business sector C-Level management
• developed measures and action to improve quality, reliability and resilience of railway assets in the areas of IT, railway infrastructure, trains and customer service
• developed a monitoring process using concepts of continuous improvement processes (CIP)
• involved external experts for hot topics like 3D-printing, Train2X, fiber optics, 5G mobilecommunications, IoT, tactile internet-> defined key measures for driving business impact in the digital age„TaCtiC 5G“ –.
• selected consortium partners from science, research, education, start-ups and industry and mapping out a format for communication

• Programming a demo-case for the „Workplace 4.0“ and „Industry 4.0“
• selected exhibition partners from research institutes and industry
• programmed a demo-case for autonomous driving using Raspberry-Pi-controlled vehicle (Pi2Go) with live camera stream, collision warning and cruise control
• programmed a line-following fork lifter robot using the Lego Mindstorms platform
• presented the demo-cases in front of the CEO and got first place at the company-internalcompetition for „Workplace 4.0“
• further development of the ideas towards an „Idea Train“ for demonstrating new technologies hands-on to customers and colleagues, finding sponsors for the idea and selecting a team

Wolfsburg Und Umgebung, Deutschland

support with new vehicle projectscommunication with supplierssupport for procurementresponsible for supplier's adherence to schedules

Flughafen Berlin Schönefeld

support for air passengers of alltours Flugreisen GmbH, communicating with airline about delays and cancellations,creating reports about passenger number etc.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Luft- Und Raumfahrttechnik / Aerospace Engineering, 1,4

Master's thesis: Micromobility at TU Berlin: analysis of demand across locations and drafting a service concept Final grade: 1,0 The.

Nebenhörer, Mobile Communications

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.Eng.), Aircraft Engineering/ Logistics, 2,0

Activities and Societies: EUROAVIA Berlin e.V. 2013-2014 vice president seit 2012 Freiwillige Segel-/Motorbootlehrerin bei FluxAhoi, Berlin

Honorary Diploma, Gpa 3.9

High School Year at Cascade High School in Aumsville, Oregon, USA