Dr. Basil Schmid
Dr. Basil Schmid
Lecturer at the Department of Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
ETH Zürich
Application areas
Projects
- Analysis SP Survey Modes of transport and route selection
- MNL: Extending MNL models for construction timetables
- Post Car World: A trans-disciplinary multi-dimensional simulation
- SVI 2015/007: The influence of non-traffic variables on mode choice
- Valuing (travel) time: Models and data for activity scheduling
- VOTCH: Time costs study
Education
Since 2014
Doctoral student, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich
Planned title of doctoral thesis: Travel Behavior in a (Post-)Car World: Results from a Multi-Stage Household Survey
2010 - 2013
Master of Arts, Economics, University Zurich, Department of Economics
Title of master's thesis: Statistical Approaches to Investigate the Role of Personality in Social and Economic Choice
2004 - 2010
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, University Zurich, Department of Economics
Title of bachelor's thesis: Business Cycles and Marriage Formation
Professional experience
2013 - 2014
University of Zurich, Department of Economics
- Research assistant: Data preparation and advanced statistical modeling in experimental economic research
- Implementing experiments: Experimental designs, software programming and attending experimental sessions
2005 - 2013 (every Winter)
Oncology Conferences, St. Gallen
- Temporary work: Organizational assistant and information officer before and during the conferences
- Electronic registration of participants
2007 - 2011 (every Summer)
Brauerei Locher AG, Appenzell
- Maintenance of bottling plant
- Postal and courier services
2005 - 2006
ISA Bodywear, Amriswil
- Rebuilding and reorganization of storage depot
- Renovation of historical museum
2005
UBS AG, Windows XP Rollout, Eastern Switzerland
- Installing new applications, configuring computer drives, printers and migrating old profiles