The faculty is pleased to announce that its contributions to the poster competition of the Research & Development Day on October 27, 2009 received fairly high ratings:

Ranking by the overall university community:

Gold Medal

BASALTON
Development of a 2-mm waterproof nano-cement membrane reinforced with basalt fiber
Project team: students of the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering

Silver Medal

Applicability of Timber-Concrete Composite Construction in Bridge Building
Professor Leander Bathon and Oliver Bletz, Certified Engineer

Ranking by the expert jury:

Gold Medal

SchaVIS – Software System for Visualizing Flood Damage in Buildings
Professor Ralf Dörner, Professor Ernesto Ruiz Rodriguez and Sonja Tuxhorn, Certified Engineer

Bronze Medal

Wood-Steel Bonding
Professor Leander Bathon and Oliver Bletz, Certified Engineer

The Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering's third-party-funded research focuses on the following areas:

The Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering's third-party-funded research focuses on the following areas:

• Construction Acoustics
  (Dept. of Architecure: Construction Acoustics Laboratory, Professor Norbert Moest and Professor Wilhelm)
• Architectural Surveying and Construction Research
  (Dept. of Architecture: Laboratory for Architectural Surveying and Construction Research, Professor Corinna Rohn)
• Concrete Engineering and Solid Construction
  (Dept. of Civil Engineering: Institute for Construction Materials and Building Construction, Professor Michael Schäper)
• Open Channel Waters, Flood Protection
  (Dept. of Civil Engineering: Water Engineering Laboratory, Professor Ernesto Ruiz Rodriguez)
•  Wiesbaden Construction Materials Testing Center
  (Prof. Dr.-Ing. Schäper)
• Timber Construction, Timber-Concrete Composites and Wood-Steel Bonds
  (Faculty of Civil Engineering: Timber Construction Laboratory, Professor Leander Bathon)

Beyond the above-listed research, the faculty's labs are working on numerous smaller research projects as well.