This is happening in the department
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Offer of modules in the elective subject area SoSe 2024
2024/04/30
To all students: We are again collecting promotional material for our modules in the subject elective area, which we are compiling into a web page for you.
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Girl's Day 2024
2024/04/30
A look back
What do civil engineers actually do? What does resource management mean? What is concrete made of? And what jobs do you get as an environmental engineer? We were able to provide answers to many questions at this year's Girl's Day and some of them could even be tried out.
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Vision Tower: a project by the Institute for Constructive Design wins two awards
2024/04/30
Stuttgart Lightweight Construction Prize 2023 awards 2 out of 4 prizes to Darmstadt
In the Constructive Design course, students from the winter semester 202/2023 developed various efficient and particularly lightweight bridge constructions made almost exclusively from cardboard. Two of the designs were developed to production maturity by two student groups in the following semester in the Constructive Design Project module and have now been awarded two prizes at the Stuttgart Lightweight Construction Prize. The award ceremony will take place as part of the specialist congress on structural engineering at the Technical Academy in Esslingen on 18/19 June 24
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New at the TU Darmstadt: Professor Michael Kraus
2024/04/29
A warm welcome!
Since April, Professor Dr.-Ing. Michael Kraus has headed the Department of Structural Analysis at the Institute of Structural Analysis and Design in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
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TU Idea Competition 2024 launched
2024/04/22
HIGHEST seeks business ideas and research results / Application deadline June 3, 2024
The innovation power of TUDa lies in many forward-thinking ideas: as research results, business ideas, or simply as whims on campus. HIGHEST, the innovation and startup center of TU Darmstadt, aims to unearth this potential and is once again hosting the TU Idea Competition, TU-Ideenwettbewerb, #DeineIdee2024 this year!
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Steel construction excursion to Kassel and Salzgitter
2024/03/21
June 20 to 21, 2024
The Department of Steel Construction is organizing a two-day excursion to Kassel and Salzgitter. There you will gain unique and exciting insights into the production of flat and sectional steel, the production of sandwich elements and the planning and realization of steel and steel-glass constructions.
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Exploring the Potentials of VR in Education: Enrol in the 'Future of Mobility' course for Immersive Learning!
2024/03/19
In a recent groundbreaking lecture for the Verkehr I and Verkehr II courses, Prof. Eva Kassens-Noor, supported by team members, introduced an innovative approach to teaching. Leveraging the immersive VR Spectra Cities environment, students actively engaged as avatars, shaping discussions on transportation planning concepts. This interactive session marked a significant milestone in the Institute of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering's teaching methodologies, providing firsthand experience in virtual learning.
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Netherlands excursion FG Facade Technology: June 4-6
2024/03/13
3 cities in 3 days: Amsterdam – Delft – Rotterdam
Buildings in the Netherlands are characterized by particularly innovative solutions in engineering and outstanding design in architecture. Together with experts from research and industry, we will take a closer look at façade technology in our neighboring country.
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Picture: Jan HilligardtPicture: Jan Hilligardt
TU honorary professor Hilligardt is the new district president
2024/03/05
An article of TU Darmstadt
The TU honorary professor Jan Hilligardt took office today as the new district president in Darmstadt. The 53-year-old is now at the head of the largest administrative district in Hesse. Hilligardt is involved in teaching at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and supervises theses there.
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Picture: Institut VWBPicture: Institut VWB
1st Asphalt Petrology Conference 2024
2024/02/19
Leading theme: Exhibition preview of the 28th iaf – Elements for the track to the future
The “International Society for ASPHALT PETROLOGY e.V.” cordially invites you to the 1st Conference Asphalt Petrology 2024. The event will take place on February 28, 2024 from 09:45 to 15:45 in Darmstadt.
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Picture: HessenHub (2023)Picture: HessenHub (2023)
Cardboard Virtual Reality in teaching
2023/08/21
Video project on the use of Cardboard Virtual Reality in teaching at the Institute of Numerical Methods and Informatics in Civil Engineering
In the summer term of 2023, the Institute of Numerical Methods and Informatics in Civil Engineering (IIB) used Cardboard Virtual Reality in a course for the first time. The HessenHub accompanied Pascal Mosler, M.Sc. on film through the conception and implementation of the bachelor course module “Geometric Modelling and Visualisation II”.
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IIB Practise talks about informatics (in civil engineering)
2023/06/20
IT@IIB: Evening event of the Institute of Numerical Methods and Informatics in Civil Engineering
Former students and employees of the IIB will report on their professional experience in various fields and will be available to answer your questions.