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VIENNA CONGRESS ON RECENT ADVANCES IN EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING AND STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
August 28 - 30, 2013
Vienna, AUSTRIA
VEESD2013 will
be held in Vienna, Austria, from 28 to 30 August 2013. The conference is co-organised by Professor Adam.
For more information, please visit the following website: VEESD 2013 & 13 D-A-CH Tagung
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Experimental
damage tests on a historic railway bridge
The company VCE provided the Unit of Applied Mechanics with a small historic
railway bridge for research purposes. In spring 2012 damage tests will be
carried out in collaboration with the Technical Laboratory for Research and
Testing (TVFA, University of Innsbruck) and the Unit for Steel Construction and
Mixed Building Technology (University of Innsbruck), and the Unit of Structural
Mechanics and Dynamics (Vienna University of Technology).
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April 4, 2012
Lecture of Dr. Flavia de Luca
In the course of the Colloquia on recent Advances in the Field of Applied Mechanics and Strength of Materials Dr. Flavia de Luca will give a lecture on "Hazard
analysis and ground motion: PSHA and record selection issues"
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March 20, 2012
Lecture of Professor Isaac Elishakoff
In the course of the Colloquia on recent Advances in the Field of Applied Mechanics and Strength of Materials
Prof. Dr. Isaac Elishakoff will give a lecture on "Critical Overview of Safety Factors"
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March 1, 2012
Award of the Austrian Society of Engineers and Architects in Tyrol (ÖIAV) 2011
Mr. Patrick Salcher and Mr. Alexander Tributsch have been awarded for their diploma theses.
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December 9, 2011
Nomination for the Austrian National Award for Consulting 2011
The project partner of the Unit of Applied Mechanics, VCE Holding GmbH, has been nominated for the Austrian National Award for Consulting for the project SEISMID, which was supported by the ZIT - the technology promotion agency of the City of Vienna. The certificate was awarded on December 1st, 2011 in the Oktogon of the Bank Austria in Vienna.
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December 6, 2011
New publication of the book:
"Erdbeben im Wiener Becken: Beurteilung, Gefährdung, Standortrisiko"
"Earthquakes in Vienna Basin: Evaluation, Hazard, Location Risk"
In this book, which has been co-written by Professor Adam, are
summarized the most important results of the research project SEISMID -
Seismic System Identification for Vienna Basin.
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01.12.2011
Public lecture given by Professor Krawinkler (Stanford University)
On May 11, 2011 Professor Krawinkler, Innsbruck-born and one of the leading scientists in the field of earthquake engineering, holds a public lecture on "Collapse
prediction in earthquakes".
For further information please follow the link.
April 7, 2011
Award for Mr. Lukas Moschen
On April 1st, 2011 Mr. Lukas Moschen was awarded with the FCP
Innovationspreis for his diploma thesis on the field of sustainable
civil engineering.
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April 7, 2011
Lecture of Prof. Antonella Pirrotta
In the course of the Colloquia on recent Advances in the Field of Applied Mechanics and Strength of Materials Prof. Antonella Pirrotta will give a lecture on "The De Saint Venant torsion problem: stress field evaluation through a novel line elementless method (LEM)"
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March 11, 2011
Open Positions
The Unit of Applied Mechanics offers two positions for PhD students.
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January 25, 2010
Doctoral Program at the University of Innsbruck
The FWF (Austrian Science Fund) approved for the first time a doctoral program at the University of Innsbruck. Prof. Sabine Schindler from the Institute of Astro- and Particle Physics leads this doctoral progam "Computational Interdisciplinary Modelling". Prof. Christoph Adam from the Unit of Applied Mechanics is responsible for the subproject "Computational Mechanics: Computational Dynamics of Structures and Soils".
December 12, 2009
Best Practice Project Award of BRA.IN Bauwirtschaft
The joint research project "IMPULS – Dynamic Compaction of Soils by means of the Rapid Impact Compactor (RIC)" funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) was rewarded the Best Practice Project Award of BRA.IN Bauwirtschaft during the award ceremony on BRA.IN Day at Linz, November 16 2009. (-> read more...)
Project Partners: University of Innsbruck - Unit of Applied Mechanics, TERRA-Mix Bodenstabilisierungs GmbH and Geotechnik Adam ZT GmbH.
November 18, 2009
Job Advertisement - PhD Student Position
Announcement for a PhD student position at the Unit of Applied Mechanics within the joint research project "MIMOSA - Multi Non-Linear Structural Condition Modeling and Assessment".
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August 27, 2009
Nomination for the Best Practice Project Award of BRA.IN Bauwirtschaft
The joint research project "IMPULS – Dynamic Compaction of Soils by means of the Rapid Impact Compactor (RIC)" funded by the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) is nominated for the Best Practice Project Award of BRA.IN Bauwirtschaft. The award ceremony will be held on BRA.IN Day at Linz, November 16 2009.
Project Partners: University of Innsbruck - Unit of Applied Mechanics, TERRA-Mix Bodenstabilisierungs GmbH and Geotechnik Adam ZT GmbH.
July 29, 2009