Simon Bruno Göppel M.Sc.

We are pleased to announce that we will be able to strengthen our team as of November 1, 2022. Mr. Simon Göppel received his master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University in Darmstadt. The focus of his studies was aerospace engineering. As a research assistant at the Chair of Aviation Technology, he will work on innovations in aviation. His research focuses on civil-military cooperation in the use of airspace, the determination of airspace complexity, and dynamic airspace structures.

Publications

Operationalizing flow-centric air traffic management with granular cells and dynamic handover times
^{S Göppel, M Schultz. 2026. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.}

Trajectory adjustments via grey wolf optimization to mitigate air traffic complexity in moving sectors
^{S Göppel, E Asadi, M Schultz. 2025. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies.}

Complexity metrics for moving sectors
^{S Göppel, M Schultz, E Itoh. 2024. IEEE Access.}

Investigating moving sectors and complexity metrics in japanese airspace
^{S Göppel, M Schultz, K Tominaga, E Itoh. 2024. Proceedings of International Workshop on ATM/CNS 2024.}

Supervisions

• Optimization of inbound traffic to Tokyo Haneda, with a focus on traffic complexity, contrail formation, and kerosene consumption
  ^{Student Project, L Schreiber, 2026}

• Identification of major traffic flows and corridors in Japanese airspace using a machine learning method based on ADS-B data
  ^{Student Project, F Scheiber, 2026}

• Design of a simulation environment with interactive controls for air traffic controllers
  ^{Student Project, M Oppermann, 2026}

• Development of a modern user interface and flight control system for Crazyflie drones
  ^{Student Project, N Hißen, 2025}

• Design and initial validation of a controller workstation with integrated eye-tracking for the objective analysis of mental workload
  ^{Master Thesis, M Mey, 2025}

• Development of a mixed-reality application for displaying airport infrastructure and aircraft movements
  ^{Master Thesis, T Deneke, 2025}

• Evaluation of an operational concept for dynamic handover times in a flow-centric air traffic control environment
  ^{Master Thesis, B Baas, 2025}

• Concept of operations for moving sectors
  ^{Studen Project, B Baas, 2024}
• A framework for dynamic air traffic management: optimizing trajectories under constraints
  ^{Master Thesis, K Kroiß, 2024}
• Computation of realistic flight trajectories using the open source flight performance model OpenAP
  ^{Studen Project, K Kroiß, 2023}
• An analysis of current metrics for airspace operations complexity
  ^{Bachelor Thesis, K Kroiß, 2023}