CDV - Transport Research Centre
Petr Neuwirth is a Research Engineer at CDV - Transport Research Centre since May 2016, specializing in road traffic microsimulation models and conducting traffic research and measurements of traffic flow within the Division of Road Safety and Traffic Engineering. Previously, Petr worked as a Graduated Engineer at Brnenske komunikace a.s. for a brief period in March to April 2016, focusing on traffic engineering and modeling. Petr also gained experience as an Instructor in a High Ropes Climbing Centre at Jungle Park Brno from January 2009 to December 2015, where responsibilities included client communication, safety training, and rescue operations. Educational qualifications include a Master's degree in Transportation Systems and Technology from Czech Technical University in Prague and a Bachelor's degree in the same field, along with additional study at Hasselt University in 2014.
CDV - Transport Research Centre
CDV - Transport Research Centre is the only scientific research public institution under the Czech Ministry of Transport. CDV was established in 1992 on the base of the Czech parts of former federal Transport Research Institute (est. 1954). With its research focus, CDV covers key needs of transport development in the Czech Republic at national, regional and local levels. CDV deals with key fields such as road safety, technology of construction, maintenance, repairs and reconstruction of transport infrastructure, including geotechnical aspects and diagnostics of transport structures. Furthermore, it deals with impacts of transport and its infrastructure on the environment, transport economics, multimodal transport, traffic psychology, traffic education, transport demand modelling, management systems, geographic information systems, check-in and parking systems and telematic systems. CDV focuses on smart mobility and new technologies such as autonomous systems, hyperloop and other challenges of transport for the future.