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Research Unit of Ground Engineering, Soil and Rock Mechanics

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News

Best Presentation Award 4th ICTG

29. June 2021

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At the 4th International Conference on Transportation Geotechnics, which took place in Chicago from 24 to 27 May 2021, Assistant Prof. Johannes…

Team building with enjoyment

06. June 2019

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Team Building "Essentially Designed"

Kézdi Árpád Award

28. May 2019

Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Péter Nagy has received the Kézdi Árpád Prize for his dissertation entitled "Vibratory compaction - Dynamic compaction control…

Széchy "Young Talent" Lecture

08. February 2019

The Széchy Károly Memorial Session takes place annually and is one of the most important events of the Hungarian Geotechnical Society. Dipl.-Ing.…

Austrian Foundation Building Award 2019

31. January 2019

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Awarded on 31.01.2019 during the 12th Austrian Geotechnical Conference on 31.01.2019

Christiana HÖRBIGER Award

25. January 2019

for the promotion of international mobility of young researchers, awarded in January 2019

Current job postings

Current job postings in the field of civil engineering:

Head

[Translate to English:] Dietmar Adam

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Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Dietmar Adam
Head, Research Unit Ground Engineering, Soil and Rock Mechanics
Head, Institute of Geotechnics

Karlsplatz 13
1040 Vienna, Austria

Phone: +43 1 58801 22100
Email: dietmar.adam@tuwien.ac.at

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Research Unit Ground Engineering, Soil and Rock Mechanics
Institute of Geotechnics, TU Wien
Karlsplatz 13/220-02
A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Phone: +43 1 58801 20101
Email: sekretariat+e220-02@tuwien.ac.at

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Head

[Translate to English:] Dietmar Adam

© TU Wien, Institute of Geotechnics

Univ.Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn.
Dietmar Adam
Head, Research Unit Ground Engineering, Soil and Rock Mechanics
Head, Institute of Geotechnics

Karlsplatz 13
1040 Vienna, Austria

Phone: +43 1 58801 22100
Email: dietmar.adam@tuwien.ac.at

Contact

Site plan: TU main building, access via main entrance, staircase 2 and staircase 7 to the secretariat

© Basemap.at

Research Unit Ground Engineering, Soil and Rock Mechanics
Institute of Geotechnics, TU Wien
Karlsplatz 13/220-02
A-1040 Vienna, Austria

Phone: +43 1 58801 20101
Email: sekretariat+e220-02@tuwien.ac.at

Contact & site plan >

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