Engineering Geology

Research projects at the Department of Engineering Geology

3D view of the Berlin Charlottenburg Campus © TU Berlin

EnEff: HCBC

In this project funded by the BMWi, we investigate how the university campus Charlottenburg could become more energy efficient by using geothermal heat.
Funding period: 2019 - 2023

Sign tsunami evacuation route © Anika Braun

Tsunami_Risk

In this project funded by the BMBF, we investigate how landslides could induce tsunamis.
Funding period: 2021 - 2024

Kardia Mine in Greece © PPC

ATLANTIS

An interdisciplinary feasibility study on hybrid pumped-hydro power storage of excess energy in open-pit coal mines, funded by the Research Fund for Coal and Steel.
Funding period: 2021 - 2024

The El Guasimo landslide in Colombia © Anne-Sophie Mreyen

Massenbewegungen in Kolumbien

Together with the GEOHAZARDS Group at the Universidad Nacional de Colombia we investigate rainfall-induced and large paleo landslides, funded by the DAAD and Minciencias.
Funding period: 2020 - 2021, 2022