Dr. Markus Deublein

1 Brief Biography

Markus Deublein has been working at ETH Zurich from 2007 to 2013. As a PhD candidate and scientific assistant he spent the first four years at the Institute of Structural Engineering in the Group of 'Risk and Safety'. He finalized his PhD at the Institute of Construction and Infrastructure Management in the Group of Infrastructure Management in 2013. The topic of his Ph.D. thesis was "Road Accident Risk Prediction Based on Bayesian Probabilistic Networks"

In both research groups, his focus was mainly set on the development of statistical methodologies for risk and safety analyses for different engineering and management problems, e. g. the development of models for road accident risk prediction to be used as supporting tools within decision making processes in the context of road networks infrastructure management.

Since October 2013, Markus Deublein is working for the engineering company Ernst Basler + Partner (http://www.ebp.ch/). However, he is still collaborating with ETHZ by supervising master thesis projects or giving lectures at the Infrastructure Management Group (http://www.ibi.ethz.ch/im).

2 Education

· 2013 Dr. sc. ETH Zurich, Switzerland

· 2006 Dipl.-Ing. Silv. Univ., TU Munich, Germany

3 Main Research Interests

· Accident Risk Estimation in the Context of Infrastructure Management

· Application of Bayesian Probabilistic Networks in the field of Engineering Decision Making and Risk Analysis

· Development of efficient Schemes for Quality Control and Risk Assessment in Timber Engineering

4 Research Projects

1. Accident Risk Estimation and Impact on Road Infrastructure Decision Making (AREID);
Goal: To evaluate road risk based on key indicators;
Duration: since 2011 (ongoing);
Funding: ETHZ/IBI;

2. Development of a Methodology for the Prediction of Accident Risks on Rural Highways (PURNA);
Goal: Develop accident prediction models for the Swiss national road network;
Duration: 2012-2013;
Project Partner: FEDRA/ASTRA;

3. Accident Risk Modelling on the Austrian Motorway Network;
Goal: Develop accident and injury risk models for the Austrian motorway network;
Duration: 2010-2011;
Project Partner: KFV Austria;

4. Development of Efficient Methodologies for Timber Machine Strength Grading;
Goal: Probabilistic modelling of timber material properties and development of statistical tools for non-destructive timber machine strength grading;
Duration: 2007-2011;
Funding: SBF-COST;
Project Partner: EMPA

5. Development of an Efficient Scheme for Timber Machine Stress Grading
(national project)

6. Development of an integral process chain for cutting and grading structural timber, tailored to suit the market needs for producing high-quality timber products.
(national project)

7. GRADEWOOD - Grading of Timber for Engineered Wood Products
(European project)

8. COST Action E53 "Quality control for wood and wood products"

9. COST Action E55 "Modelling of the performance of timber structures"

5 Teaching Assistance

· Lecture: Statistics and Probability Theory (2007-2010)

· Lecture: Risk and Safety (2009-2010)

6 Publications

Journal Papers

1. Deublein M., Schubert M., Adey B. T., Köhler J., Faber M. H. (2013).
Prediction of Road Accidents: A Bayesian Hierarchical Approach
Accident Analysis and Prevention. 51, March 2013, pp 274-291

2. Deublein M., Schubert M., Adey B. T. (2013).
Prediction of Road Accidents: Comparison of Two Bayesian Methods
accepted by Structure and Infrastructure Engineering.

3. Kránitz K., Deublein M., Niemz P. (2013).
Determination of Dynamic Elastic Moduli and Shear Moduli of Aged Wood by Means of Ultrasonic Devices
Materials and Structures, published online.

4. Sandomeer (Deublein) M. (2008).
Maschinelle Festigkeitssortierung.
Bulletin Schweizerische Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Holzforschung SAH, 16. Jahrgang, Heft 1, ISSN 1662-6168, Juni 2008. pp 4-6

Conference Papers:

1. Deublein M., Schubert M., Adey B. T. (2013).
Comparison of Two Bayesian Methods for Road Accident Prediction Modelling
Proceedings of the 4th Construction Specialty Conference within the Annual Conference of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering, CSCE. 19 May – 01 June 2013, Montreal, Canada. 2013

2. Deublein M., Adey B. T. (2013).
User Cost Estimation on Road Networks by Means of Bayesian Probabilistic Networks
Proceedings of the 16th International Conference Road Safety on Four Continents, RS4C. 15-17 May 2013, Beijing, China. 2013.

3. Deublein M., Schlosser M., Faber M. H. (2011).
Hierarchical Modelling of Structural Timber Material Properties by Means of Bayesian Probabilistic Networks
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Applications of Statistics and Probability in Civil Engineering, ICASP11. 01-04 August 2011, Zurich, Switzerland. 2011.

4. Deublein M., Mauritz R., Köhler J. (2010).
Real-Time Quality Evaluation of Structural Timber
Proceedings of 11th World Conference on Timber Engineering, WCTE2010. 20-24 June 2010, Riva del Garda, Italy. 2010.

5. Kránitz K., Deublein M., Niemz P. (2010).
Strength Estimation of aged Wood by Means of ultrasonic Devices
Proceedings Final Conference COST E53 "The Future of Quality Control for Wood & Wood Products". 4-7th May 2010, Edinburgh, UK, 2010.

6. Deublein M., Steiger R., Köhler J. (2010).
Quality Control and Improvement of Structural Timber
Proceedings Final Conference COST E53 "The Future of Quality Control for Wood & Wood Products". 4-7th May 2010, Edinburgh, UK, 2010.

7. Deublein M. (2010).
Entwicklung effizienter Verfahren zur maschinellen Festigkeitssortierung von Schnittholz
Forschungskolloquium "Holzbau Forschung und Praxis", 17./18. März 2010, Universität Stuttgart, Deutschland; Seiten 49-60.

8. Sandomeer (Deublein) M., Steiger R., Köhler J. (2009).
Cost optimized Timber Machine Grading.
Proceedings of the 3rd conference, COST Action E53, "Economic and Technical Aspects of Quality Control for Wood and Wood Products", Lisbon, Portugal. October, 22-23 2009.

9. Köhler J., Sandomeer (Deublein) M., Isaaksson T., Källsner B. (2009).
Modelling the bending strength of timber components - Implication to test standards.
Proceedings of the 42nd Meeting, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, Working Commission W18 - Timber Structures, CIB-W18, Paper No. 42-6-3, Zurich, Switzerland, 2009.

10. Sandomeer (Deublein) M., Köhler J., Faber M. H. (2008).
Adaptive adjustment of grading machine settings.
Proceedings of the 2nd Conference, COST Action E53 "Quality Control for Wood and Wood Products". Delft, The Netherlands. October, 29-31 2008.

11. Sandomeer (Deublein) M., Köhler J., Faber M. H. (2008).
Probabilistic output control of structural timber - Modelling Approach.
Proceedings of the 41st Meeting, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, Working Commission W18 - Timber Structures, CIB-W18, Paper No. 41-5-1, St. Andrews, Canada, 2008.

12. Sandomeer (Deublein) M., Köhler J. (2007).
Approach for an efficient control of grading machine settings.
Proceedings of the 1st Conference, COST Action E53 "Quality Control for Wood and Wood Products". Warsaw, Poland. October, 15-17th. pp. 115-120.

13. Köhler J., Sandomeer (Deublein) M. (2007).
Modeling the properties of strength graded timber material.
Proceedings of the 1st Conference, COST Action E53 "Quality Control for Wood and Wood Products". Warsaw, Poland. October, 15-17th. pp. 69-74.

14. Sandomeer (Deublein) M., Köhler J., Linsenmann P. (2007).
The efficient control of grading machine settings.
Proceedings of the 40th Meeting, International Council for Research and Innovation in Building and Construction, Working Commission W18 - Timber Structures, CIB-W18, Paper No. 40-5-2, Bled, Slovenia, 2007.

Reports:

1. Sandomeer (Deublein) M., Steiger R. (2009).
Potential der maschinellen Festigkeitssortierung von Schnittholz.
ZUKUNFT HOLZ - Statusbericht zum aktuellen Stand der Verwendung von Holz und Holzprodukten im Bauwesen und Evaluierung künftiger Entwicklungspotentiale, Abschlussbericht AZ 54-8214.07 FH Biberach, Seiten 361-370.