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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.

HessenHub OER Award 2022 for Pascal Mosler

Pascal Mosler, research assistant at the IIB, was awarded the first OER Prize of the HessenHub. Pascal Mosler received the prize for creating explanatory videos for the course “Geometric Modelling and Visualisation I”. The HessenHub is a network for digital university teaching in Hesse that awards educational resources under free licence (Open Educational Resources) with the OER prize.

Workshop for architecture students finished

As part of the teaching and research cooperation between the Institute of Urban Design at TU Graz and the Institute for Numerical Methods and Informatics in Civil Engineering at TU Darmstadt (iib), a workshop for architecture students was held in Graz.

News from the Institute

On May 1, 2022 Mr. Oskar Neumann, 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. Neumann will supervise the courses “Engineering Informatics I” and “Engineering Informatics II”.