The video series ‘Women Building Sustainability’ presents female scientists from the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering and provides exciting insights into work in civil and environmental engineering.

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Take 1: Teresa Liberto, Associate Professor at the Research Unit of Building Materials, working on the physico-chemistry of sustainable cementitious materials.

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Take 2: Gabriela Eder, a doctoral student in the Research Unit Water Quality Management. She is working on the detection of various pathogens in wastewater to support public health.

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Take 3: Francesca Taddei, full Professor at the Research Unit Mechanics and Structural Dynamics. Her work focuses on analytical and numerical methods in structural dynamics and seismic analysis, integrating wave propagation theories, model order reduction, and innovative vibration reduction measures.

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Take 4: Barbara Laa, Projektassistentin am Forschungsbereich für Verkehrsplanung und Verkehrstechnik. Sie beschäftigt sich mit nachhaltiger Mobilität und Stadtentwicklung.

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Take 5: Julia Reisinger, Assistant Professor at the Research Unit for Integrated Planning and Industrial Building. Her research connects production and building processes through integrated, digital planning approaches to enable more sustainable and efficient building systems.

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Take 6: Sophie Schmid, post-doctoral research assistant at the Research Unit of Structural Analysis and Experimental Mechanics, working on the early-age mechanics of cementitious materials made from composite binders with Portland cement, limestone, and calcined clay.

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Take 7: Margaret Stevenson, Assistant Professor in the Research Unit of Engineering Hydrology and Water Resources Management, who is working on developing novel tracers for the protection of groundwater resources.
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Take 8: Benedetta Costa Ramizi, PhD student at the Research Unit of Building Materials, working on the consolidation of historical buildings from the Gründerzeit period.

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Take 9: Iva Kovačić – Head of the Institute of Building and Industrial Construction and Professor of Integrated Planning. She shows how digital technologies support decision-making in early Design phases – and introduces her dog Bity.

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Take 10: Delara Etezad, PhD student and Project Assistant at the Research Unit of Structural Concrete. She works on the future of sustainable construction with basalt-reinforced earthen materials.

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Take 11: Azra Korjenic, Full Professor, Head of the Institute of Building Materials, Building Physics and Building Ecology, and leader of the Research Unit for Ecological Building Technologies. Her research contributes to the development of resilient and healthy buildings made from regenerative materials and to making cities more climate-resilient and livable.

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Take 12: Bingyu Zhao from TU Wien’s Research Unit of Transport Planning and Traffic Engineering. She shares her experience of working as a transport modelling and planning researcher at TU Wien.

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