From theory to real-world rail solutions: PROSE takes over teaching at TU Berlin

PROSE experts will teach the “Dynamics of Rail Vehicles—Theory” lecture at the Technische Universität Berlin (Technical University of Berlin) from summer semester 2025. The lecture teaches the theoretical principles of vehicle dynamics of rail vehicles and their calculation by computer simulation. The focus is on wheel/rail contact, vibration behaviour during running and the special features of curving.

Why is this important?

Understanding rail vehicle dynamics is key to making trains safer, more stable, and more comfortable. By combining theory with our real-world experience, we can give students practical insights into the challenges they will face as future engineers. And teaching isn’t a one-way street – we also learn a lot from the questions and fresh ideas that students bring.

We are excited to share our knowledge and help train the next generation of railway engineers!

Our team – Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Kurzeck (already an honorary professor at TU Berlin), Dr.-Ing. Johannes Keudel, and Dr.-Ing. André Theiler – will take over from Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oldrich Polach, who taught the lecture for many years and is now passing it on to the next generation of experts.

We are always looking for brilliant people, have a look at our open positions.