December 2021
"Bridges" is the current topic of the "Waschbärenklasse" (raccoon class) at the Waldschule in Querenburg, and so the elementary school students came to visit the faculty to get a firsthand look at the world of experts on the subject.
Dr.-Ing Cornelia Kalender studied environmental engineering and resource management at the RUB, but only came into contact with the topic of wind during her studies as part of her diploma thesis supervised by Prof.-Dr.-Ing. Höffer, owner of the Wind Engineering and Fluid Mechanics working group. As a student assistant at Niemann Ingenieure working under Prof. Höffer's predecessor em. Prof. Hans-Jürgen Niemann, she was involved in a wide variety of engineering projects at an early stage, including wind tunnel measurements. Hooked by the topic, she started working as a research assistant for Prof. Höffer in spring 2008. In 2014, she received her doctorate on the topic of „Windinduzierter Partikeltransport – Synergetische Kombination von physikalischer und numerischer Simulation“. As a Post Doc at the working group, she continues to work in the areas of computational fluid dynamics and wind tunnel experiments for wind flows in the built environment. In November, she was appointed president of the Windtechnologische Gesellschaft Deutschland, a welcome occasion to talk to Dr.-Ing Cornelia Kalender in more detail.
We wish all students, employees, alumni, friends of our faculty a Merry Christmas and a good start into the New Year. At the same time, we would like to thank everyone who has accompanied us through an eventful and successful 2021. Happy holidays to all of you and a healthy and happy 2022!
Last Friday, December 03, 2021, the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering invited to the annual Academic Year Celebration. Due to the pandemic, the ceremony was transmitted live from the Audimax via zoom. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rüdiger Höffer, Vice Dean of the Faculty, and UI master student Kiara Stein hosted the event.
BI or rather UI? Prospective students take note: In December, our study programs Civil Engineering (BI) and Environmental Engineering (UI) will be introducing themselves at the online event Digitale Hochschultage of the Ruhr-Universität Bochum on December 15. Interested students as well as high school students from grade 10 are cordially invited to participate in the free event.
November 2021
The Department of Computing in Engineering welcomes its new team member: RUBy. The robot dog from the manufacturer Boston Dynamics can be used on rough construction sites, climb stairs independently as well as avoid obstacles. This makes it unique in the university landscape.
On November 1, 2021, the new RUB rectorate has started its term of office. Prof. Dr. techn. Günther Meschke, head of the Chair of Statics and Dynamics, has been elected prorector by the RUB University Election Assembly.
After a long corona-related dry spell without SFB837 presence events, the Herausforderung Tunnelbau 2021 will be held on November 5, 2021 at 3 pm at the RUB Veranstaltungszentrum (VZ) on site.
October 2021
As in the past semesters, all procedures can still be handled by e-mail. In the winter semester 2021/22, a face-to-face consultation hour will be offered as needed. 3G status and an appointment are required for the face-to-face consultation. Please make an appointment by e-mail (pruefungsamt-bi@rub.de), stating your matriculation number and a brief description of your concerns, and bring your student ID with green vignette or proof of recovery or current test, as well as an FFP2 mask (not an OP mask).
The research of Prof. Dr. Mark - holder of the Institute of Concrete Structure - contributes to the achievement of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals issued by the UN until 2030. His research aims to make building with concrete more climate-friendly and resource-efficient, and to preserve and rehabilitate existing structures. More...
For two years in a row, our faculty has been ranked number 1 in the DFG Förderranking for universities with the highest DFG grants in engineering sciences. In the latest ranking (covering the years 2017-2019), we made it to 2nd place, just behind the University of Stuttgart. We are delighted about this excellent result!
Dr. Svenja Fischer and former research associate Phillip Bühler were honored by the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) with the "Tison Award" for the scientific publication "Timescale-based flood typing to estimate temporal changes in flood frequencies". The award annually recognizes the best publication by young scientists in the peer-reviewed "Hydrological Science Journal".
We wish all new students at the faculty a good start of the semester and a successful winter semester! The welcome brochures for all first-year students from the BI & UI programs are also available online – either in the download area or here...
Wind power, hydropower, photovoltaics and other forms of energy generation with low CO2 emissions are supposed to drive the energy transition. But what does this mean for the development of water supply and demand? In the research project "WANDEL - Water Resources as a Significant Factor of the Energy Transition on a Local and Global Level", Prof.'in Dr.-Ing. M. Flörke and the project partners calculated how the new energy mix will affect water availability worldwide. She will explain which conflicts result and why water can become a limiting factor in the next issue of the RUB science magazine "Rubin".
The department of Highway and Road Engineering is offering a position for a research assistant as of January 1, 2022, or as agreed upon. The position is limited to three years and is paid according to TV-L E 12/13 in full-time (currently 39.83 h/week).
The timetables for the faculty's courses for the winter semester are available online in the download area.
Which course will take place in presence, which online? Students can now find information about the courses for the winter semester 2021/22 here. Read more...
If you are vaccinated against or recovered from Covid, you can receive a green sticker for your student identity card to facilitate check-in to on-site courses and activities. The stickers are fraud-proofed in that they cannot be removed without being destroyed.
Since Wednesday, September 29th, a central distribution point for these stickers has been established at Nordforum on campus.Read more here...
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Annette Hafner, in cooperation with the Department of Urban Planning and Building Regulations of the City of Munich, has been awarded the Deutscher Holzbaupreis 2021 in the category Concepts/Products for the project "Ökologische Mustersiedlung Prinz-Eugen-Park".
With the start of the winter semester 2021/22, the Voluntary Scientific Year at the Ruhr University Bochum has begun for the first time. The one-year initiative enables the selected high school graduates to gain insight into the research projects of the engineering and electrical engineering chairs and to participate in university events such as seminars and lectures.
This year's CrossING career event was again successfully held online via video conferences and a Moodle course on September 21 & 22, 2021.
During this year's asphalt road conference of the FGSV (Forschungsgesellschaft für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen e. V.), Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Radenberg - holder of the chair of traffic route engineering - was awarded the 53rd Lüer-Nadel for his excellent work in the field of asphalt road construction.
Attention, STEM students interested in languages! Until October 10, 2021, you can register for the language tandem program Tandem.MINT and learn languages individually and subject-related. Currently, there is a large number of English native speakers attending.
September 2021
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Andreas Vogel was appointed University Professor by the Rector of the RUB Prof. Dr. Axel Schölmerich on Tuesday, 21.09.2021. Effective 01.10.2021 he will hold the professorship for High Performance Computing.
We congratulate him warmly and look forward to further years of successful cooperation.
Due to the rising incidence of corona and based on new guidelines, the Faculty Academic Annual Celebration will be entirely digital. The celebration will take place on 3rd December 2021 from 5 p.m. to approximately 7 p.m. You can expect a varied and interactive live broadcast from the Audimax, where you can guess along and maybe learn some new things about the faculty.
The "Ersti-Tutorium" for Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering bundle each current information on entering the bachelor's degree programs as well as on the "Ersti-Week" in the Moodle course "Bauing Erstis 2021/2022 (WiSe21/22)" and "UI Erstis 2021/2022 (WiSe21/22)".
All information about the first semester events in winter semester 2021/22 will be announced here shortly. Read more here...
All information about the first semester events in winter semester 2021/22 will be announced here shortly. Read more here...
The Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) offers the scholarship program "Hilde Domin Programme" for acutely endangered students as well as doctoral researchers from various subjects. The current nomination round runs until Sept. 15, 2021.
Extreme weather conditions, tipping points in the Earth system and (climate) elections - the Sustainability Forum will address these topics in an online lecture on September 14, 2021 from 18:00-19:30 and take a look at the climatic status quo of our Earth system.
August 2021
Prospective students can still enroll for the admission-free bachelor's degree programs in Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering until the start of lectures for the winter semester 2021/22.
Last Friday, 20.08.2021, Dr.-Ing Julian Meyer (HOCHTIEF Engineering GmbH) was awarded the degree of honorary professor for his services in teaching at the faculty on the initiative of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Mark.
Stiftung Industrieforschung (Industrial Research Foundation) is awarding eight research scholarships for practical diploma and master's theses in the fields of engineering and natural sciences that are of high relevance to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the industrial SME sector in Germany, starting in the fall of 2021.
On September 1, 2021, scientific staff members of the UAR are cordially invited to the presentation of the two BMBF funding programs "GO-Bio Initial" and "Start-interaktiv" as part of the event series "Fördermöglichkeiten anwendungsorientierter Forschung".
July 2021
Stadtentwicklungsgesellschaft Solingen is searching for a Circular Economy Manager (with a focus on circular construction, i. a.) for a research project on the topic of circular communities as of now.
The Project Office of the Faculty (PBU) offers students a comprehensive range of support services. All last year's activities of the PBU have been published in an annual report and can now be read.
During a five-day digital block seminar, those interested in starting an own business can develop their business ideas and acquire know-how on all aspects of setting up a business. In the meantime, they explore their own start-up personality and evaluate their start-up model in the testing phase.
A federal voluntary service at a university - RUB makes it possible. The initiative "Voluntary Scientific Year" is a one-year educational program offered by the Faculty of Engineering, allowing selected high school graduates and prospective students exclusive insights into the study program and research projects.
mentoring³ gives young female scientists the opportunity to discuss their career plans with an experienced professor or scientist as a mentor over a period of two years and receive personal advice.
mentoring³ gives young female researchers the opportunity to talk to an experienced professor or scientist over a period of two years about their career plans and receive individual counseling.
European Union's new "Horizon Europe" framework program for research and innovation offers funding to researchers with scientific excellence for their research projects.
In the WDR project "Braunkohle 360 Grad", you are virtually guided through the Garzweiler open-cast lignite mine and are shown detailed images and videos of the open-cast mine. The aim of the project is to contribute to the free formation of opinion, especially among younger viewers.
Equal opportunities for all genders at the university - now is your chance to actively support this. The decentralized equal opportunity commision at the faculty is looking for student assistance as of July 2021.
June 2021
The Deutsche Akademische Austauschdienst (DAAD) offers the scholarship program "Hilde Domin Programme" for acutely endangered students as well as doctoral researchers from various subjects who are denied their right to education in their country of origin due to their ethnic, sexual, gender or religious identity, their political or civic engagement.
Prospective students take note. In June, the courses of study Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering of the Ruhr University Bochum will introduce themselves at the online events Digitale Hochschultage (21.06.) and Langer Abend der Studienberatung (24.06.). Interested persons and students from grade 10 are cordially invited to attend.
The UTRM student council invites all UTRM students to this year's orientation day. Topics of the event will be the re-accreditation of UTRM to "Environmental Engineering" and of course the specialization options in the Bachelor and Master.
From application portfolio checks and business etiquette to exciting lectures by engineers and companies on all aspects of starting a career - this year's CrossING event will once again take place online and offer students extensive preparation for their career start on September 22 & 23, 2021.
The online event #MeToo in Science focuses on legal framework conditions for dealing with sexualized discrimination and violence as well as innovative prevention strategies at universities.
May 2021
Once again this year, the Ruhr-University Bochum is looking for innovative and outstanding gender equality measures within its ranks through the Lore Agnes Program. Creating gender equality is a goal that the RUB pursues with great vigor for students and employees from all fields.
The current and the past year have been special - for many of us especially challenging and associated with some disappointments. Due to the corona pandemic and the associated hygiene measures, most of the planned faculty events had to be cancelled or held digitally on a smaller scale. At the same time, the unusual circumstances also forced us to be particularly creative and trained our ingenuity.
In their dissertations, the engineers Przemyslaw Schurgacz, LS for Steel, Lightweight and Composite Structures, and Dennis Witteck, KIBKON, present their innovative composite columns made of high-performance materials. In extensive load tests, those columns were tested to their limits.
April 2021
RUB Motorsport offers a CAD workshop for the fourth time, in which students of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering can participate. The workshop teaches all the basics of modeling with the 3D CAD program SolidWorks.
At an online event held on April 27, 2021 at 6 p.m., the RUB Sustainability Forum will present the Campus Gardening project in a review of the past years.
Do you have a digital or technological business idea or are you currently writing your business plan? Students, research assistants and professors have the potential to win the start2grow 2021 start-up competition.
Wind gusts pose an immense threat to bridge construction. Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Höffer and his team are researching in the wind tunnel which measures can optimize construction and protect the emerging bridges from wind.
The energy transition includes another important factor along with greenhouse gas emissions: the water footprint. The collaborative project WANDEL therefore investigated the connection between global water resources and the energy transition.
RUB students want to find out what people in Bochum associate with the concept of home. They are calling for public exchange with a photo competition. The submitted images will be collected, curated and exhibited as part of a digital exhibition starting April 30, 2021. In addition, prizes will be awarded to the three best entries.
From now until April 4, students of engineering programs can register for participating in the language tandem in the summer semester 2021. The tandem language learning program Tandem.MINT offers students of all STEM disciplines an individualized and specialized approach to expand their foreign language skills.
March 2021
On 18th March 2021, the virtual edition of the German Construction Technology Day took place under the motto "Construction Factory of the Future".
Unlike in other parts of the world, the availability of water is still taken for granted in our region. Still taken for granted, because here too, the situation could change in the foreseeable future due to climate change.
Together with the Research School, the RUB Talent Scouts are organizing an online scholarship day on March 18 from 2 to 4:30 pm. On this day, they will give prospective students, students and doctoral candidates an overview of the scholarship maze. Faculty interested in talent development through scholarships are also invited to attend.
On February 26th, 2021, a PhD Workshop from the from German-speaking research institutes for steel and composite structures took place for the third time under the title "SimFat - Large Scale Testing & Advanced Numerical Simulation in Fatigue and Fracture".
Were there actually fewer traffic jams on German roads in the Corona year due to home office and lockdowns? If so, in which cities was the decrease most noticeable?
The Digital Women's Networking Week for all female colleagues in science, technology and administration will take place at RUB from March 8 to March 12, 2021. The starting point is International Women's Day, which celebrates its centenary on March 8, 2021. From now until February 25, 2021, you can register for it on the RUB service portal.
Due to the pandemic situation, this year's donor award ceremony for the best theses at the faculty took place digitally on Feb. 12th, 2021. Impressions of the event can be seen in this Youtube video.
FACE@RUB is short for Female Academic Entrepreneurs at RUB and is a program explicitly aimed at women (students, alumnae and young academics) interested in founding a start-up. Part of the FACE program is an interdisciplinary summer school to which scientific experts and experts from start-up practice are invited.
The Psychological Study Counseling supports national and international female students who have difficulties in mastering challenges in their studies due to their (bio-psycho-)social and/or ethnic backgrounds within the framework of the project "Studentinnen machen sich stark".
Scientific work in the digital age is hardly conceivable without disciplinary networking. New digital methods and technologies in civil engineering, architecture and urbanism (BAU) are closely linked to complex digital models, processes and data of their objects of investigation. In this context - funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) - the specialist information service (FID) BAUdigital is being created as a sustainable digital platform to support scientific communities in networking, research data exchange and publication.
February 2021
The shapes of building components optimized by an algorithm experience an evolutionary process and are comparable to biological processes. Dr.-Ing. Philipp Junker from the Chair of Mechanics - Continuum Mechanics and Dr.-Ing. Dustin Jantos from the Chair of Mechanics - Material Theory have been able to determine this in their research on topology optimization.
Since the summer semester 2012, Dr.-lng. Dieter Lehnen has been a lecturer at thefaculty. Students know him from the course "Concrete Structures for Environmental Protection" and the associated excursions. On 15th Febraury 2021, on the initiative of the Chair of Concrete Structures, he was awarded an honorary professorship for his services to the faculty.
At the end of last year, a group of motivated parents at the RUB got together to exchange ideas about the difficulties of reconciling science and family. Now they want to build a network for parents and are looking for interested people to join. The initial meeting will take place on March 2 via Zoom.
On the occasion of his 25th anniversary of service, the awarding of certificates to long-time faculty member Mr. Jörg Westerwick by Dean Prof. Dr-Ing. R. Höffer and KIB Kon Director Dr.-Ing. Hussein Alawieh took place on Monday, 15th February 2021.Congratulations!
Civil engineering is one of the most problematic areas of the construction sector in terms of its impact on the environment. Among other things, this is due to the considerable land and energy consumption and the high emissions caused by civil engineering projects. To counteract this problem, the project Resource Plan for Municipal Civil Engineering (ReKoTi) was launched on February 1, 2021 under the leadership of the Institute for Infrastructure, Water, Resources and Environment (IWARU) at Münster University of Applied Sciences.
The "Industry Foundation Classes" (IFC) are a neutral and software-independent data exchange format for the exchange of models in the context of Building Information Modeling (BIM), which was developed by buildingSmart International (bSI) and accepted as ISO 16739-1:2018. Based on this, several extensions are under development to cover other domains, such as infrastructures. One of these projects "IFC-Tunnel" was initiated by bSI to develop support for digital tunnel models. SFB837 participates in this project both with financial support and through active collaboration in the form of an interdisciplinary team contributing competencies in tunneling, data management, numerical simulation and geostatistics.
January 2021
Ensuring occupational safety is one of the essential, often underestimated challenges during construction. Since many different influencing factors converge when assessing potential sources of danger, the EU Horizon 2020-funded project BIM2TWIN aims to develop a digital platform that serves as a sound basis for action for those responsible for construction sites. Within the framework of the project, the Chair of Computer Science in Civil Engineering, together with practical partners, is developing various methods and prototypes for the optimal planning and control of construction machinery on construction sites.
HÜF NRW promotes the professional qualification of employees with administrative tasks as well as employees in operating technology at universities in the federal state. If you are looking for further training opportunities, you will find them here.
The future of construction and construction planning will be significantly shaped by those who study at Germany's universities. Students of architecture and civil engineering therefore need special support. This is one of the central concerns of the Association of German Master Builders, Architects and Engineers (BDB). In order to meet this aim, the BDB will again be offering the "Student Sponsorship Award".
A new cooperation project of the Chair of Computing in Engineering is dedicated to the structural inspection in the field of bridge construction with the help of AI. The project is carried out in cooperation with the Federal Highway Research Institute (BASt).
In a new joint project entitled "As-built Modeling of Buildings and Infrastructure Structures Using AI to Generate Digital Twins - BIMKIT", partners from research and industry, including the Chair of Computer Science in Civil Engineering headed by Prof. Markus König, want to develop methods that use artificial intelligence (AI) to convert building documents into digital 3D models.
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