Education & Qualifications

  • MSc in Transportation Engineering (1963)

  • MSc in Engineering Education (1968)

  • University Doctorate in Engineering (Dr. univ.) (1968)

  • Candidate of Transportation Sciences (C.Sc.) (1985)

  • Habilitated Doctor (Dr. habil.) (2000)

Research Areas

Safety-critical systems (mainly railway control and interlocking systems):

  • Hazard and risk analysis

  • Requirement specification

  • Design and testing

  • Safety assessment and certification

Professional Experience

  • Assistant Lecturer (1963–)

  • Assistant Professor (1968–)

  • Associate Professor (1986–)

  • Full Professor (2001–)

  • Professor Emeritus (2010–)

Teaching Activity

  • Control Engineering I.

  • Transport Automation I.

  • Railway Control and Communication Systems I–II.

  • Fundamentals of Research (PhD course)

  • Risk and Safety Integrity in Transport (PhD course)

  • Sicherungstechnik im internationalen Vergleich [Interlocking Technology in International Comparison] (Siemens TS Rail Automation Academy, 2005–2008)

Awards, honors

  • Pro Ferrovia (MÁV, 1996)

  • Széchenyi Professorial Fellowship (Ministry of Culture and Education / MKM, 1998)

  • Gold Medal of the University of Žilina (Žilinská Univerzita, 2003)

  • Imre Mikó Prize (Hungarian Academy of Sciences – MÁV, 2008)

  • József Nádor Memorial Medal (BME, 2010)

  • Knight’s Cross of the Order of Merit of Hungary (2026)

Projects, scholarships

  • Up to 2007: A total of 124 projects, including foreign and EU projects.

  • Projects from 2008:

    • Wayside automatic train monitoring, with special regard to hot box detection. Client: MÁV Zrt. TEBK (2008)

    • Development of an electronic rostering system for train drivers. Client: MÁV-Trakció Zrt. (2008–2009)

    • Further development of an interlocking unit testing machine. Client: MÁV Zrt. TEBK (2008–2010)

    • Safety assessment of the Signal and Information Transmission System developed by PROLAN Zrt. for safety-critical railway applications according to EN 50128, EN 50129, and EN 50159 standards. Client: PROLAN Zrt. (2009–2010)

    • Certification of the suitability of PROLAN Zrt.’s ElpultD55-based CTC (Centralized Traffic Control) system to be installed on the South Balaton railway line. Client: PROLAN Zrt. (2010–2011)

    • Safety certification of the radio remote control interface unit for MÁV-TRAKCIÓ Zrt.’s M47-1331 diesel locomotive. Client: MÁV-Trakció Zrt. (2011)

    • Analysis of the social and economic position and role of railway transport, delimitation of the main directions of development (BME Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering). Client: MÁV Zrt. (2011)

    • Innovative investigation of the technical, technological, and economic conditions of centralized railway traffic control. Client: MÁV Zrt. (2011–2012)