KIT IWU

Sediment transport and river morphodynamics remain among the most complex challenges in civil engineering and Earth sciences. While efforts to control them have driven advances in erosion mitigation, flood protection, and navigation, they have also led to interventions that often suppress natural river dynamics. Yet, in the face of climate change, understanding and managing sediment processes remains both a practical necessity and a scientific challenge. In this talk, he will present a series of non-conventional approaches to controlling sediment dynamics that shape his broader vision for sustainable river engineering.

Abstract submission for the 1st Scientific Colloquium – Large Scale Testing has been extended by one month.

We continue to invite you to contribute and share your recent findings, innovative approaches and case studies with the community in the following areas:

– Large-scale laboratory testing (e.g. triaxial, compression, shear tests)
– Specimen preparation and other techniques
– Automation and digitalization & Constitutive modelling
– Engineering case studies on design and performance

Under the motto "Timber structures – research for practice", we want to continue the long-standing and intensive exchange between science and practice – with new insights, an outlook on standardisation and plenty of room for discussion.

A first glimpse into the programme. The following presentations have already been confirmed:
- Force interaction (M-N-V) in fasteners, e.g. in hardwood
- Stiffness of screwed connections, e.g. in truss girders
- Design of connections according to the new Eurocode 5
- Earthquake design of timber structures according to the new Eurocode 8
- Robustness of timber structures – Innovations in Eurocode 5 and Swiss guidelines
- Moisture protection on construction sites – experiences, measurements and recommendations
- KARLA – Planning and execution of the 90-metre-high timber hybrid building

The Seed Money scheme aims to provide initial financial support for innovative cross-border projects within Eucor – The European Campus. Created by the universities to promote the exchange and networking of teachers and researchers from member institutions, it consists of an annual call for projects divided into two funding streams, namely the “Teaching” stream on the one hand, and the “Research, Innovation and Transfer” stream (which covers doctoral training programmes) on the other.

Currently, Seed Money is endowed with 300,000 euros per year, the maximum funding for any project being 60,000 euros. Only project consortia that actively involve at least two member universities of Eucor from at least two countries in the project are eligible to apply. It is also essential that no grant – national or international – has already been granted to the project.

The 2026 Seed Money call is open until September 24!