Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering

General research topics at the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering:

• Resource-efficient building, development of new construction methods and materials
• Infrastructure planning, planning and construction in metropolitan areas

Research focus (with third-party funding research activities):

• Building and room acoustics / staircase construction
  (Department of Architecture, Construction Physics Laboratory, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Robert Kanz, Dipl.-Ing. Mario Miscioscia)
• Structural inspection and construction research
  (Department of Architecture: Laboratory for Structural Inspection and Construction Research, LfB, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Rohn)
• Solid construction materials technology and solid construction preservation
  (Department of Civil Engineering, Solid Construction Laboratory, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Heese)
• Flowing water, flood safety
  (Department of Civil Engineering, Water Engineering Laboratory, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ruiz Rodriguez)
• Task force "Spate and Flashfloods" (Department of Civil Engineering, Water Engineering Laboratory, Prof. Dr.-Ing. E. Ruiz Rodriguez in collaboration with the Hessisches Landesamt für Umwelt und Geologie, HLUG)
• MPA Wiesbaden (Wiesbaden Construction Materials Testing Center)
  (Construction Materials Testing Center for Civil Engineering MPA Wiesbaden, Director: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Heese)
• Timber engineering, timber-concrete composite constructions and timber-steel bonds
  (Department of Civil Engineering: Timber Engineering Laboratory, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Bathon)

In addition, there are numerous small-scale research activities going on in the specific laboratories.