December 2024
On December 9, 2024, the Zonta Club Bochum awarded the “Women in STEM” prize for the first time. First place went to Franziska Günther, a Master's student on the Environmental Engineering course.
November 2024
This year's Academic Year Celebration will take place on 17.01.2025 in the RUB Event Center. The invitations have already been sent out - registration via the link provided is absolutely necessary! We are already looking forward to a wonderful, atmospheric celebration with you.
Preparations were in full swing, then there was a brief period of trepidation, but now it's official: the DFG has approved funding for a new joint research project that uses the expertise of different disciplines at the faculty to develop resource-efficient solutions for the future of construction. The core idea is to reuse concrete parts from old buildings as modules for the construction of new ones.
Six researchers from Ruhr-Universität Bochum have been identified as the most frequently cited researchers worldwide - including Prof. Martina Flörke, Head of the Chair of Engineering Hydrology and Water Resources Management, for the second time in a row. This is according to the current list of “Highly Cited Researchers 2024” from November 19, 2024.
On November 28, 2024 at 3 pm, our Bachelor's degree programs “Civil Engineering” and “Environmental Engineering” will present themselves at the free online event “Digital University Days” at Ruhr-Universität Bochum.
October 2024
Over the next few months, students will once again have the opportunity to rate their study conditions as part of the student survey for the CHE University Ranking. The results in the engineering subjects will be updated for the CHE Ranking 2025/26. All RUB students who take part in the survey have the chance to win iPads and gift vouchers.
The Faculty mourns the loss of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Radenberg, holder of the Chair of Highway and Road Engineering, who died last week at the age of 61 after a serious illness. Prof. Radenberg was a highly esteemed colleague who was dedicated in many ways.
Ruhr-Universität and Tongji University have been working together for more than 40 years. Vice Rector Prof. Dr. techn. Günther Meschke recently attended the inauguration of the new Sino-D-A-CH Center for Smart Civil Infrastructure in Shanghai.
Georg Bus, a doctoral student at the Chair of Road Construction, and his team have developed a method of producing asphalt at lower temperatures using foamed bitumen. In tests and on two rural roads in Germany, the warm mix asphalt showed comparable performance to conventional hot mix asphalt.
The mentoring program for female Master's students at the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering BreakING entered its third round with a successful kick-off event on 10 October 2024.