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Digitally optimized sectioning and packing of activated concrete structures into Konrad-Containers when dismantling nuclear facilities

Since October 2022, the Institute of Numerical Methods and Informatics in Civil Engineering has been conducting research in the field of dismantling nuclear facilities as part of the DABKO research project. The team recently received a guided tour through the Emsland nuclear power plant and participated in the seminar “KERNthemen” in Dresden.

2nd place and special prize from Ed. Züblin AG go to Maximilian Gehring for the development of a concept for process optimisation of the executing construction site logistics.

As part of the handling of a construction project, the executing construction site logistics deals with the transport and storage of building materials on the construction site.

News from the Institute

On 01. April 2023 Jens Wala, M.Sc. started his work as a research assistant at the Institute of Numerical Methods and Informatics in Civil Engineering. Mr. Wala is going to supervise the course “Engineering Informatics II” in the coming terms.

Four students and two scientific research assistants from the IIB visit TU Graz and work with the game engine Unity

The Institute of Numerical Methods and Informatics in Civil Engineering (IIB) and the Institute for Urban Design at the Technical University of Graz have been cooperating in teaching and research for three years. For the first time since the cooperation was established, the IIB organised a five-day excursion to Graz with students from Faculty 13. There, the participants worked intensively with the game engine Unity.

New publication “Tensor Calculus with Object-Oriented Matrices for Numerical Methods in Mechanics and Engineering” published by Springer Vieweg

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Udo F. Meißner, former professor at the IIB, is the author of the book “Tensor Calculus with Object-Oriented Matrices for Numerical Methods in Mechanics and Engineering Sciences” recently published by Springer Vieweg.

Interdisciplinary Unity workshop for students of TU Darmstadt and TU Graz comes to an end after a work-intensive week

From 22-27 November 2022, the IIB hosted a Unity workshop where students from the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and architecture students from TU Graz worked together on virtual reality projects and multiplayer scenarios.

Talk on the conception of the course “Geometric Modelling and Visualisation I”

Pascal Mosler and Dimitri Haas gave a report on the challenge of conceptualising a new course holistically with all target groups in mind at the Digital Coffee Roundtable of the HessenHub on 8 November 2022.

News from the Institute

On September 1, 2022 Mr. Benedikt Kandler, M.Sc. starts his work as a research assistant at the Institute of Numerical Methods and Informatics in Civil Engineering. In the coming terms Mr. Kandler will supervise the courses “Engineering Informatics I” and “Engineer-suitable Modelling and Visualisation”.

The RessStadtQuartier research project enters the continuation phase

After the successful first phase of the RessStadtQuartier project, the IIB started work on the RessStadtQuartier2 research project together with the research partners on 1st September 2022. The project is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for a period of 2 years as part of the “FONA Strategy”.

Presentation of the institute within the orientation week for the start of studies of civil and environmental engineers for the winter term 2022/2023

To welcome the new freshmen, the Institute of Numerical Methods and Informatics in Civil Engineering introduces itself at the Darmstadt Civil, Environmental and Safety Engineering Lab (DACES)

Nomination of the Extended Reality Platform for Digital Teaching in Engineering Hydrology (XR4Hydro) for the DIVR Award

The research project XR4Hydro was nominated for the DIVR Award and was presented at the DASA in Dortmund.

Interdisciplinary Unity Workshop for students of TU Darmstadt and TU Graz from 22 to 25 November 2022

We teach you how to create an interactive VR game from a digital building model (BIM)! During a workshop week, you will get to know the game engine Unity and develop an immersive multiplayer application together with students from TU Graz/Austria.

First Forum Bauinformatik in presence since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic

After the IIB hosted last year's Forum Bauinformatik, it took place this year at the TU Munich.

News from the Institute

From June 9th to 11th, 2022, the summer event and mountain seminar of the IIB-Förderverein finally took place again after a long break caused by the COVID19 pandemic.

Insight into practice and networking at digitalBAU

At the digitalBAU this year, 270 exhibitors presented their ideas and solutions for the digitization of the construction industry at the Cologne exhibition center. In order to get an insight into practice and to establish contacts with leading digital companies, scientific research assistant Maximilian Gehring visited the fair on behalf of the IIB.