Welcome to the student counseling service of the department of civil and environmental engineering

Please note the change in office hours at the Office of Student Affairs: Office hours with Ms. Sauerwein will be canceled from 16.7.-30.7.2025

Dear students! Please note: Ms. Sauerwein's office hours will be canceled from 16.7.-30.7.2025.

“Between the North and Baltic Seas: Weser – Elbe – Coastal Region”

From 10 to 13 June 2025, the traditional Whitsun excursion once again took place together with the Institutes of Steel Construction and Solid Structures at RPTU Kaiserslautern – this year organized by our institute. A total of 40 students, five research associates, and Professors Danièle Waldmann-Diederich, Christian Glock, and Wolfgang Kurz travelled to the Elbe and Weser rivers, the North and Baltic Seas, and Hamburg during the four-day trip.

Buddies for international students wanted!

Are you studying for a Master's degree and enjoy working with international fellow students? We are looking for committed student buddies to support international students starting their Master's programme!

We are looking for reinforcement in the social media team

Interested in social media? We are looking for a total of 2 student assistants in the YouTube and Insta/Facebook teams. The positions are available immediately. We are looking for students from all faculties, especially department 13.

Press review: an article on magazinforum.de

Hydropower is about to make a comeback. At least that's what the coalition agreement says. However, its expansion is not as simple as it sounds. The so-called river heat pump could help. Prof. Lehmann was one of the experts interviewed in the article.

Cancellation of consultation hours with Ms. Hochstatter

Dear students! Please note: Ms. Hochstatter's office hours will be canceled from 09.07.2025 to 15.10.2025.

Kurt Ruth Prize 2025 goes to Dr. Leon Schumacher and Dr.-Ing. Steven R. Lorenzen

Tobias Blach was awarded the prestigious Willi Hager Prize, endowed with 6,000 euros, for his dissertation entitled “Aerobic and Electrochemical Treatment of Process Water from Hydrothermal Carbonization of Sewage Sludge” at the 2025 Annual Conference of the Water Chemistry Society in Münster on 26.05.2025.

Under the title “REGENERATE – Reuse for Energy Exploitation and storage of existing urban Tunnels in Europe”, a new joint project has started in which we, together with partners from Italy, Austria and Romania, are researching the energy potential of tunnels and other underground structures for regenerative heat generation.