Professorships

Structural Mechanics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerhard Müller

• Structural dynamics and vibroacoustics
• Dynamic soil structure interaction,
• Dynamics of buildings, sound radiation and sound fields generated by vibrations in buildings and vehicles

Building Physics

Prof. Dr. Klaus Sedlbauer

• Hygrothermics and Life Cycle Assessments
• Big data analysis and forecasting of energy consumption and renovation costs in buildings
• Building Physics Design of Urban Surfaces
• Climate-Culture-Building

Construction Management

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Konrad Nübel

• Integrated process-oriented realization of construction projects
• Digitization of processes and process data streams (Digital Twins for Production Processes)
• Simulation (KI), Lean Management (Scrum) and legal aspects (Contract Management)

Computational Modeling and Simulation

Prof. Dr.-Ing. André Borrmann

• Methods for Building Information Modeling
• Robot based construction methods
• Computational Design
• Processing of point clouds
• Additive Manufacturing
• Simulation of flow of people 

Design and Transdisciplinarity

Prof. Annette Diefenthaler

Energy Efficient and Sustainable Design and Building

Prof. Dr. Werner Lang

• Energy-efficient building
• Reduce buildings’ fossil fuel requirements
• Use of renewable sources of energy 
• Sustainable residential and urban structures

Geothermal Technologies

Prof. Dr. Michael C. Drews

• Deep geothermal energy
• Stress conditions for hydroelectric exploration and deep drilling planning
• Minimization of drilling, exploration and production related risks of deep geothermal energy projects

Soil Mechanics and Foundation Engineering, Rock Mechanics and Tunneling

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Roberto Cudmani​​​​​​

• Earthworks, quality assurance, geosynthetics
• Special heavy construction
• Behaviour of partially saturated soils
• Material flow management

Landslides

Prof. Dr. Michael Krautblatter

• Natural hazards, landslides and permafrost systems
• Permafrost in unstable rock and soil slopes
• Magnitude, frequency and interconnectivity of landslides

Timber Structures and Building Construction

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Winter

• Timber construction
• Fire safety in timber buildings
• Multi-story timber structures
• Energy-efficient timber construction
• Building modernization 

Hydrogeology

Prof. Dr. Florian Einsiedl

• Groundwater ecosystem
• Investigation of hydraulic issues and new biogeochemical processes in shallow and deep groundwater systems
• Stable isotope technique

Hydrology and River Basin Management

Prof. Dr. Markus Disse

• Analysis of hydrological data and processes
• Hydrological models for the sustainable management of water resources
• Prediction and management of hydrological extremes
• Water resources management
• Hydrological digitization

Hydromechanics

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Michael Manhart

• Turbulent and porous media flow
• Turbulent flow over periodic hills
• Numerical river hydraulics and GIS
• Mass transfer at interfaces to nonaqueous phases

Real Estate Development

Prof. Dr. Bing Zhu

• Market mechanisms
• Development methods
• Implementation models

Engineering Geology

Prof. Dr. Kurosch Thuro

• Tunnel construction and underground excavation
• Slope movements / landslides in mountain regions

• Characterization of rock and soil properties

Concrete Structures

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Oliver Fischer

• High-performance and traditional materials of structural civil engineering
• Engineering models and design questions in civil engineering, bridge and tunnel construction
• Construction in existing structures and the reinforcement of load-bearing structures
• Development of numerical methods and measurement technology in concrete structures
• Special load cases, such as fire and earthquakes

Metal Structures

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Mensinger

• Steel, light metal and composite construction
• Steel and composite bridge construction
• Assessment of historical steel structures
• Fire protection of steel and composite structures

Engineering Risk Analysis

Prof. Dr. Daniel Straub

• Risk and reliability analysis of technical and anthropogenic systems
• Probabilistic modeling and statistical methods in engineering
• Stochastic simulation methods for uncertainty and reliability analysis
• Engineering decisions based on uncertainty
• Natural Hazards

Urban Water Systems Engineering

Prof. Dr. Jörg E. Drewes

• Development of sustainable urban water systems
• Energy recovery from waste streams
• Membrane hybrid processes
• Engineered natural treatment systems, in particular groundwater recharge
• Water recycling and the fate and transport of emerging trace organic chemicals in the aqueous environment

Structural Analysis

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Kai-Uwe Bletzinger

• Computational Mechanics for the static-dynamic analysis
• Numerical analysis of the interactions of mechanical components and structures
• Structural geometry (shape optimization)

Road, Railway and Airfield Construction

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stephan Freudenstein

• Vehicle-Track interaction
• Rail and road superstructure
• Aviation surfaces
• In-situ measurements

Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering

Prof. Dr. phil. Nils Rüther

• Hydraulic engineering technologies and water management
• Water power
• Flood prevention
• Flow morphology issues
• Environmental hydraulics