Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Brandmeier

Scientific Director CARISSMA – ISAFE, Research Professor for Vehicle Safety and Vehicle Mechatronics
Room:
H023
Subject Area:
Electrical Engineering and Vehicle Communication
Faculty:
Fakultät E
Research
- Safe automated driving
- Integral vehicle safety systems
- Safe perception in all weather conditions (rain, fog, etc.)
- Anticipatory occupant and pedestrian protection systems
- Automated driving and crash tests under reproducible environmental conditions
Vita
- Since 07/2020: Scientific Director CARISSMA ISAFE
- Since 2012: Research professorship for vehicle safety and vehicle mechatronics
- 2011 - 2018: Deputy Scientific Director Centre for Applied Research (ZAF)
- 06/2010 - 07/2020: Scientific Director of the Research and Test Centre CARISSMA
- Since 10/2003: Professorship for Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering and Automotive Communication Systems at the Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
- 02/2002 - 09/2003: Siemens VDO: Responsible for algorithm development of safety systems in series production, algorithms for airbag, occupant and pedestrian protection as well as generic projects
- 10/1997 - 01/2002: Head of system development (joint venture with Continental): Responsible for 14 engineers in the areas of function and software development, system definition and validation: organisation of winter and summer tests, customer projects
- 11/1992 - 09/1997: Pre-development at Siemens VDO Automotive, Regensburg; project management in the areas of: Electromechanical brake systems (brake-by-wire) until transfer to series development; vehicle dynamics systems (brakes, steering and chassis); exhaust gas aftertreatment of diesel engines in a consortium of three vehicle manufacturers
- 07/1988 - 09/1992: Doctorate "Wear detection by vibration analysis on the lathe" (method for the assessment of tool wear by structure-borne sound analysis)
- 10/1982 - 05/1988: Academic study of electrical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe
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Awards and Nominations
- Rotary Research Award 2021 of the Rotary Club Ingolstadt
- Nominee for the Hermes Award 2018
- Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum 2012
- Bavarian Innovation Award 2008
- Nominee for the Innovation Award of the German Economy 2008
- Award for CISS as most innovative project at the Airbag trade fair 2004
Other Activities
- 07/2012-07/2013: Reviewer Wissenschaftsrat: Review of the Higher Education System of the federal states Bremen and Saarland
- 07/2012-07/2013: Vice President Research at Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt
Publications
2026
ENGERT, Rainer, Patrick ZAUMSEIL, Dennis ZDETSKI und Thomas BRANDMEIER, 2026. Fahrzeugsicherheit autonomer Fahrzeuge: Grenzen heutiger Systeme und potenzielle Lösungen. at - Automatisierungstechnik, 74(1), 12-34. ISSN 2196-677X. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1515/auto-2025-0064