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Check&Connect – an event organized by the Central Student Advisory Service

Dear first semester students, We would like to invite you to our event “100 days of studying: Check&Connect” so that you don't lose track. Here you will get to connect with the various contact points that will support you during your studies. From questions about the further course of your studies and tips on academic work to financing issues or help in immediate crises – we will shed light on the darkness and show you where you can find the best resources to make your academic journey a success.

Interview with Professor Boris Lehmann about flood simulations and their benefits

Contents of the program are: Start of COP28 – the topics and expectations at the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai / Climate sinner or pioneer? – Why China is sticking to coal despite its 'climate neutrality 2060' target / Climate psychology – how our perception determines our actions / Climate change adaptation – how flood simulations can help local authorities to plan and take precautions

An article on baufachzeitung.com (excerpt)

One way of integrating robotics into the manufacturing process of heavy clay products is 3D printing. Between 2016 and 2019, the Technical University of Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt), the University of Delft (Netherlands) and the Unipor Group (Munich) conducted a research project on this topic.

An article in the Frankfurter Rundschau

A researcher at TU Darmstadt has detected higher temperatures and less precipitation in the Gersprenz catchment area. Several districts from Offenbach to the Odenwald are affected. It's getting hotter.

in all weathers! on hr television

The changeable weather continues and temperatures are dropping. What about frost and snow? How extreme weather events influence infrastructure planning is the topic of the discussion with Prof. Hans-Joachim Linke from TU Darmstadt. “alle wetter!” reporter Arne Pollmann visited a special exhibition about the forest at the Natural History Museum in Kassel and reports on the immense importance and diversity of this ecosystem.

Dr. Hans Messer Foundation Award honors two researchers at TU Darmstadt

Dr. Philipp Rosendahl studied mechanical engineering. He is now researching how avalanches start to slide. For this he receives the Dr. Hans Messer Foundation Prize 2023.

Dr. Hans Messer Foundation Award honors two researchers at TU Darmstadt

Dr. Kristina Zentel and Dr.-Ing. Philipp Rosendahl from TU Darmstadt receive the Dr. Hans Messer Foundation Prize 2023, which is endowed with 50,000 euros each. Zentel wants to make plastics production more sustainable, Rosendahl is developing models for avalanche forecasting.

Congratulations!

Dear graduates, We would like to congratulate you on your graduation and are delighted that you celebrated with us!

TU Darmstadt honors outstanding best-practice models

On Wednesday (22.11.), TU Darmstadt celebrated its annual Teaching Day, which is dedicated to current issues and challenges in studying and teaching. The traditional conclusion of the day was the presentation of the Athena Prizes, which are awarded by the Carlo and Karin Giersch Foundation. The Athena Prizes are endowed with a total of 46,000 euros.

Student Conference “Green Building Design”

The organization of the first Darmstadt student conference on the topic of green building design was recognized and awarded by the university´s “Office for Sustainability” as an excellent contribution to sustainability at TU Darmstadt.

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.

Together for a good cause, we at TU Darmstadt want to get active on December 7, 2023!

At Frankfurt Airport on November 19, 2023, participants of the international conference “Towards a Global Wastewater Surveillance System for Public Health” visited a sampling point for wastewater samples from the Department of Water and Environmental Biotechnology at TU Darmstadt.

Together for a good cause, we at TU Darmstadt want to get active on December 7, 2023!

Following the great success of the “digital” charity run in 2020, the Unisport-Zentrum is now organizing a Nikolausl charity run in presence for the benefit of the “Förderverein für in Not geratene Studierende der TU Darmstadt e.V.” . The aim of the run is to collect donations for students at TU Darmstadt who are in financial need.

Bernadette Lang-Eurisch honored as one of three award winners

The Verband baugewerblicher Unternehmer Hessen e.V. (VbU) looks to the future with construction students from all over Hesse: three prize winners were honored with the Future Prize of the Hessian Construction Industry for outstanding final theses in the fields of architecture, civil engineering and the construction industry.

Dr.-Ing Miriam Schuster, Dr.-Ing Jörg Fenner and Dr.-Ing Heinz Thomas Beier in office

We congratulate our new deputy professors Ms. Schuster, Mr. Beier and Mr. Fenner and wish them a good term of office!

19-21 June 2024 Oslo, Norway

1st International Conference on Net-Zero Built Environment: Innovations in Materials, Structures, and Management Practices.

A video report on SAT.1 with, among others, Prof. Linke

“Extreme is the new normal” – that's what meteorologists say. If we just look at this summer: torrential rain, rumbling thunderstorms and scorching heat. And that's not just getting to us humans, it's also getting to roads and bridges, for example. So what will the road of tomorrow look like?

Dr. Huyeng receives award for his dissertation

Dr. -Ing. Tim Huyeng achieved 3rd place in the innovation competition for scientific employees at the StartUp&Innovation Day 2023 in Darmstadtium on October 12, 2023 with his product idea MOTARK, developed from his dissertation “Mobile-autarkic monitoring system based on IoT and Open Data using the example of floods”, which he wrote at the IIB.

Welcome to the department!

Dear students! Welcome to the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering! We are glad that you are here. So that you can always find the right address for questions, requests or problems, here are the links to the most important contacts:

Welcome to the department!

Hello dear freshmen, This year we are once again organizing the Orientation Week (OWO) to make it easier for you to get started with your studies. Registration for this is now open. The OWO will take place from October 10th, 2023 to October 13th, 2023. We are therefore looking forward to welcoming you on Tuesday, October 10th, 2023 in the new lecture hall and media center (L402 | Room 1+2) on the Lichtwiese campus. Come along, meet new friends, get to know the university and have fun!

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”.

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.