On 28 April 2022, the nationwide Girls' Day will once again take place at the RUB. Four chairs of the Faculty offer pupils from the 8th to 10th grade an insight into their fields of work and research within the framework of exciting workshops.

Under the motto "Concrete is colourful - about the diversity of a very special building material", the Chair of Building Materials invites interested students to learn more about concrete as a building material, to produce different concretes themselves and to specifically change certain concrete properties.

What does a structural engineer actually do? The Chair of Structural Mechanics provides an insight into this varied profession. In addition, the students can design bridges on the computer and test them for various loads.

Under the title "Stiffness and strength - are cola cans any good as a construction material?", the participants in the workshop from the Chair of Continuum Mechanics can put cola cans to a very special test.

Why water is so important for us, how it moves in the environment and which influencing factors are essential for clean water are explained by the Chair of Engineering Hydrology and Water Resources Management in its workshop. In addition, various measuring methods for different parts of the water cycle are presented.

Girls' Day takes place annually and is primarily intended to help interest schoolgirls in subjects that are considered rather gender-atypical and to encourage them not to be guided by classic role models when choosing a subject.

The entire programme of Girls' Day at RUB as well as information on registration can be found here.